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Prof.  H.  0.  Aun,  Prof,  T.  0.  Comstocx,  Prof.  0.  J.  Hum, 

Prof.  8.B.  Bakiow,  Prof.  Join  Ellis,  Prof.  B.  L.  Hill, 

Prof.  A.  0.  Blaib,  Prof.  B.  0.  Fravzl»,  Prof.  Jonra  Hoofer, 

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Prof.  H.  P.  BioflAS,  Prof.  W.  Tod  Hkludtb,  Prof.  B.  Lddlam, 

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8.  LOienthsl,  M.  D. 

John  8.  Linsley,  M.  D. 
D.  J.  V.  Long,  M.  b. 

Lewit  G.  Lowe,  M.  D. 

M.  B.  Lukens,  M.  D. 

8.  8.  Lungren,  M.  D. 
D.  J.  G.  Malcolm,  M.  D. 

O.  P.  Hnnn,  H.  D. 
I.  D.        A.  V.  Marshall,  M.  D. 

J.  H.  Handen,  M.  D. 

H.  N.  Martin,  M.  D. 

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J.  F.  Merritt,  M.  D. 

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The  fifth  volume  of  the  '■ American  Homoeopathic  Observer  '' 
is  commenced  under  the  most  favorable  auspices.  The  support 
which  the  profession  has  extended  so  liberally  will  enable  us  to 
add  one  hundred  pages  for  the  year  without  increasing  the  price. 
We  have  determined  to  devote  the  profits  of  the  publication  to 
its  improvement,  and  if  our  friends  work  to  increase  its  sub- 
scription during  the  year  1868  as  they  have  done  heretofore,  we 
shall  be  able  to  add  to  its  interest  and  value  in  many  particu- 
lars. Nearly  all  our  readers  are  physicians  in  active  prac- 
tice, and  we  shall  always  have  in  view  their  needs,  and  give  the 
preference  to  articles  which  are  practical  in  their  character. 

The  Department  of  Materia  Medica,  under  the  editorship 
of  Prof.  Edwin  M.  Hale,  will  be  diligently  kept  up,  With- 
out neglect  of  the  old  remedies,  he  will  doubtless  point  out  the 
proper  sphere  of  the  new.  The  present  number  contains  an 
admirable  pathogenesis  of  Myrica  cerifera  from  his  pen. 

We  have  given  charge  of  the  Department  of  Surgery  to 
Bushrod  W.  James,  M.  D.,  of  Philadelphia.  Dr.  J.  is  young, 
talented  and  ambitious,  and  we  know  that  he  can  make  this 
part  of  the  Journal  much  more  valuable  than  it  has  been  here- 
tofore. 

New  contributors  will  be  welcomed,  and  we  hope  that  all  our 
old  ones  will  continue  to  send  us  their  favors.  We  wish  to 
make  up  the  present  volume  with  original  matter  of  value  to 
the  profession,  and  to  accomplish  this,  rely  very  much  upon  our 
correspondents.  If  MSS.  are  wrapped  up  with  open  ends,  only 
pamphlet  postage  need  be  prepaid,  (two  cents  on  each  four  oz.) 

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VI  INTRODUCTORY. 

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preserve  the  professional  character  of  the  Observer,  we  know 
that  many  who  do  not  practice  medicine  take  quite  an  interest 
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increased. 

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greater  disposition  to  conciliation  ;  to  cooperation  in  all  things 
calculated  to  extend  our  cause  ;  that  our  forces  may  not  be  dis- 
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MYRICA    CERIFERA. 

{Bayberry.) 


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PROP.  EDWIN  M.  HALE,  Editor. 


PATHOGENESIS    OF    MYRICA    [CEBXFERA. 

x  BTE.M.  BALE,  M.  D. 


Analogues. — Asarum  canadensis,  Acidum  benzoic,  Berberis 
vulgaris,  Bromine,  Ohimaphila,  Corntis  circinata,  Oubeba, 
Eryngium  aquaticum,  Eupatorium  aromaticum,  Hydrastis  can,, 
Hepar  vulphur,  Kali  bichromicum,  Lachesis,  Mercurius  iodatus, 
Spongia. 

The  Myrica  belongs  to  a  group  ~of  remedies  of  which  Hepar 
sulphur  is  the  typical  member.  It  has  many  points  of  analogy 
with  other  medicines  belonging  to  that  group,  while  it  holds 
relationship  to  members  of  others.  A  close  study  of  its  symp- 
toms will  show  these  points  of  resemblance. 

The  Bayberry  has  been  in  common  use  in  the  practice  of  the 
people,  and  the  so-called  "  Botanic  "  physicians,  ever  since  the 
settlement  of  New  England.  The  Eclectic  school  hold  it  in 
high  estimation  in  many  diseases. 

It  remained  for  the  Homoeopathic  School  to  investigate  its 
powers  and  uses  in  a  rational  manner.  The  first  notice  of  this 
medicine  in  our  literature  was  in  the  second  edition  of  "New 
Remedies/'  where  its  botanical  description  and  medical  history 
was  given,  and  two  extended  provings  by  Dr.  L,  Walker. 

The  next  public  mention  of  the  Myrica  was  made  in  the 
second  volume  of  "  Publications  of  the  Massachusetts  Homoeo- 
pathicMedical  Society."  This  consisted  of  a  "Report  of  the 
Committee  on  Materia  Medica/'  made  to  that  Society  in  1864. 
This  report  consists  of  provings  made  by  Dr.  H.  L.  Chase,  Dr. 
Charles  Cullis,  Dr.  0.  Wesselhceeft,  Dr.  F,  H.  Krebs,  Dr.  J. 
E.  Linnell,  and  two  women.  Some  of  these  provings  were  made 
with  the  mother  tincture,  others  with  finely-pulverized  bark. 
Eight  provings  have  been  made  of  the  Myrica.    The  following 

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10  PATHOGENESIS   OF   MYRIOA   CERIFERA. 

pathogenesis  is  composed  of  the  symptoms  thus  obtained,  also 
from  a  few  fragmentary  provings,  and  accidental  symptoms, 
observed  by  Dr,  H.  P.  Hale  and  Mr.  Chapman  (Chemist).  All 
the  symptoms  recorded  appear  to  be  reliable  and  trustworthy. 

The  curative  symptoms  were  obtained  from  reliable  persons, 
and  from  the  results  of  my  own  observation  and  use  of  the 
remedy. 

This  pathogenesis,  although  not  as  complete  as  could  be 
desired,  is  full  enough  and  sufficiently  suggestive  to  be  the 
basis  of  its  use  in  the  selection  of  the  remedy.  That  it  will 
prove  a  valuable  medicine,  we  do  not  doubt,  if  it  is  carefully 
selected  and  used  in  proper  doses.  The  cures  made  with  the 
Myrica  have,  up  to  this  time,  been  made  with  the  crude  drug 
and  the  lower  attenuations ;  no  experience  of  its  use  in  the 
higher  potencies  has  yet  come  under  my  notice. 

Without  attempting  to  theorize  in  relation  to  its  special 
affinities,  the  Myrica  appears  to  me  to  act  principally  upon  the 
mucom  membranes.  This  is  a  general  action,  and  seems  to 
extend  to  its  remotest  and  minutest  ramifications.  I  believe 
that  nearly  all  its  symptoms  arise  directly  or  indirectly  from 
this  action. 

Explanation  of  Signs. — A  symptom  in  italic  indicates  its 
apparent  importance,  or  prominence  in  the  provings.  The 
words  "in"  "when,"  "with"  " it,,J  etc,, italicised,  indicate  the 
special  relation  of  two  or  more  symptoms.  The  sign  "."  indicates 
a  simple  pathogenetic  symptom.  The  sign  u  °  "  indicates  that 
the  symptom  has  been  verified  by  a  cure.  The  letters  (v)  or 
(vvv)  indicate  that  the  symptom  has  been  verified  by  one  or 
more  provers.  The  sign  "  °  "  is  prefixed  to  a  curative  symptom 
or  group  of  symptoms  not  found  in  the  pathogenesis.  The 
letter  (t)  indicates  that  the  cure  was  made  by  the  topical  appli- 
cation. The  pathogenetic  symptoms  are  all  numbered  after  the 
usual  plan. 

MIND   AND  DISPOSITION. 

1  .Deficient  concentration  of  mind  on  any  subject,  (v) 

2  .Gloomy,  terribly  depressed,  despondent (w). 

3  .Indifference  to  everything— even  to  friends. 

4  .Condemned  himself  for  imaginary  faults. 

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PATHOGENESIS   OF   MYRICA   CERIFERA.  11 

5  .Irritably  with  constant  desire  to  find  fault.    He  thinks 

himself  better  than  any  one  else.(v) 

HEAD. 

6  .Dull,  heavy  aching  in  the  forehead  and  temples,  on  waking 

in  morning,  (vv) 

7  .Pain  in  the  head,  worse  when   stooping  or  moving  about. 

8  .Headache,  with  pain  and  stiffness  in  the  nape  of  neck.(y) 

9  .Headache,  with  throbbing  in  the  temples,  (v) 

10  .Headache  in  morning,  with  aching  in  small  of  the  back.(v) 

11  .Dull,  heavy  feeling  over  the  eyes,  followed  by  stricture 

across  the  nose. 

12  .Soreness  of  the  scalp  to  the  touch. 

13  .Pain  in  back  part  of  head,  right  side. 

14  .Heaviness  in  back  of  head,  with  pressure  in  nose. 

15  .In  the  top  of  the  head  a  sensation  like  foam  rising  in  any- 

thing fermenting. 

16  .Chills  running  over  the  top  of  the  head,  with  tightness 

of  the  scalp. 

17  .Empty  feeling  in  the  head. 

18  .Headache,  with  drowsiness,  also  with  ringing  in  the  ears. 

19  .Pressure  and  dull  pain  in  forehead  and  vertex,  with  throb- 

bing, synchronous  with  the  pulse. 

SENSORIUM. 

20  .  Vertigo,  with  drowsiness. 

21  .Vertigo,  with  rush  of  blood  to  the  head,  on  stooping,  fol- 

lowed by  full,  oppressive  headache  in  right  side. 

22  .Vertigo  with  nausea,  and  with  yawning, 

EYES. 

23  .Dull  pain  in  the  eyes  and  head. 

24  .Smarting  in  the  left  eye.(v) 

25  .Eyes  feel  swollen. 

26  .Yellowness  of  the  sclerotica,  with  congested  appearance. 

27  .Eyelids  heavy  and  swollen. (v) 

28  .Both  eyes  feel  sore,  with  flushed  face. 

29  .Sharp  pain  in  the  left  eye. 

30  .Left  eye  sore  and  looked  inflamed,  in  morninj. 

31  .Heaviness  in  the  eyes. 


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IS  PATHOGENESIS  OF    MTRICA  CERIPERA. 

32  .Aching  in  right  eyeball,  with  quivering  in  the  eyelids. 

33  .Smarting  in  both  eyes,  with  feeling  as  of  sand  in  them, 

and  difficulty  of  closing  the  lids.(v) 

34  .Hot  feeling  in  the  eyes,  they  tire  easily  on  reading. 

EARS. 

35  .Ringing  in  the  left  ear.(v) 

36  .Ringing  in  both  ears,  with  slight  vertigo  ;  also  with  press- 

ure about  the  head.(v) 

NOSE. 

37  .  Sensation  in  the  nose,  as  if  he  had  catarrh. 

38  .One  painful  pimple  on  the  nose. 

39  .Pressure  in  the  left  side  of  the  nose.[v] 

40  .Constrictive  feeling  across  the  nose. 

41  .Severe  coryza,  in  the  morning. [v] 

42  .Aching,  excruciating  feeling  in  the  posterior  nares. 

43  .Tenacious,  offensive  mucus  in  the  nose. 
°Fcetid,  bloody  ozcena. 

FACE. 

44  .Pressure  in  the  malar  bones. 

45  .Yellowness  of  the  face  (jaundice). 

46  .Itching  and  stinging  in  right  side  of  face. 

47  .Burning  in  the  face,  with  sensation  of  fullness,  [v] 

48  .Creeping  sensation,  as  of  crawling  insects  on  the  face. 

49  .Fullness  about  the  face  and  head,  with  throbbing. 

MOUTH,    TEETH,  ETC. 

50  .Tongue  furred,  with  bad  taste  in  mouth  and  nausea,  [v] 

51  .Tongue  thickly  coated,  dirty  white  or  yellowish,  [v] 

52  .Saliva  increased,  with  heartburn. 

53  .Dryness  of  the  mouth  and  fauces. 

54  .Darting  pain  in  the  articulation  of  jaw,  right  side. 

55  .The  whole  buccal  cavity,  even  the  roof  of  the  mouth,  was 

coated  with  an  adhesive  coating,  difficult  to  detach,  with 

offensive  breath  and  foul  taste. 
°ApthaB  of  the  mouth,  [t] 
°Tender,  spongy  and  bleeding  gums. 
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PATHOGENESIS   OF    MTRICA   CERIPERA.  IS 

THROAT. 

56  .Soreness  of  the  throat  in  the  morning. 

57  .Sensation  as  of  a  foreign  substance  in  the  throat,  requiring 

it  to  be  frequently  cleared,  with  painful  deglutition,  in 
the  afternoon,  [v] 

58  .Constricted   and   rough   feeling   in   the   throat,   it  feels 

swollen,  [v] 

59  .Constant  desire  to  swallow,  from  a  sense  of  constriction  in 

throat,  [v] 

60  .Stringy  mucus  in  the  the  throat,  detached  with  difficulty. 

61  .Throat  and  nasal  organs  filled  with  an  offensive,  tenacious 

mucus,  detached  with  difficulty. 

62  .Dryness  of  the  throat. 

63  .Dry,  sore  feeling  in  the  pharynx,  as  when  one  has  taken 

cold,  succeeded  by  difficult  deglutition. 

64  .Semi-lancinating  pain  in  right  side  of  the  throat,  near  the 

tonsil. 
°Ulceration  of  the  fauces. 
°Aphthous  tonsillitis. 

TASTE   AND   APPETITE. 

65  .Taste  bitter  and  nauseous. 

66  .Taste  foul,  with  offensive  breath. 

67  .Feeling  of  fullness  in  the  digestive  organs,  as  if  food  was 

slowly  digested. 

68  .  Craving r,  unnatural  appetite,  with  feeling  of  fullness  in  the 

stomach,  as  after  a  hearty  meal.[vv\  [primary] 

69  .Appetite  for  breakfast  impaired. 

70  .Complete  loss  of  appetite,  but  with  a  feeling  of  fullness 

and  repletion  in  the  abdomen,  [v]  [secondary] 

71  .Strong  desire  for  acids. 

GASTRIC    DERANGEMENTS. 

72  .Nauaea,  followed  by  heavy  headache. 

73  .Empty  eructations,  relieving  the  pressure  in  the  stomach 

for  a  short  time  only. 

74  .Heartburn,  with  water-brash. 

HEPATIC     SYMPTOMS. 

75  .Dull  pain  in  the  region  of  the  liver. 


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14  PATHOGENESIS   OF  MYRICA   CERIFEBA. 

76  .Complete  jaundice,  with  bronze-yellow  skin,  loss  of  appe- 

tite ;  fullness  in  the  stomach  and  abdomen ;  scanty, 
yellow,  frothy  urine  ;  loose,  mushy,  clay-colored  (or 
straw-colored)   stools,  destitute  of  bile,  much  debility, 

•  and  drowsiness  almost  amounting  to  stupor.0 

[This  jaundice  was  not  relieved  by  Podophyllum,  Leptan- 
dra,  Nux  vomica,  Arsenicum,  or  Mercurius  dulcis,  but 
was  speedily  removed  by  Digitalis  ^th  dil.] 
*"  Black  jaundice." 

STOMACH    AND   ABDOMEN. 

77  .Distress  in  the  stomach  after  dinner. 

78  .Acidity  of  the  stomach. 

79  .Severe  pain  in  the  stomach. 

80  .Weak,  sinking,  feeling  in  the  epigastrium,  approaching  nau- 

sea, increased  after  eating,  relieved  by  rapid  walking,  [v] 

81  .Vomiting,  with  heat  in  the  stomach. 

82  .Severe  griping  pains  about  the  stomach,  followed  by 

83  .Empty  eructations,  [v] 

84  .Stinging,  cramp-like  sensation  in  left  prae-cardial  region, 

under  the  ribs. 

85  .Griping  pressure  in  stomach,  extending  to  a  place  to  the 

left  of  the  navel. 

86  .Grumbling  pain  in  the  bowels,  in  afternoon. 

87  .Griping  pain  in  bowels,  ai  night,  followed,  in  the  morning 

by  loose  stool,  with  tenesmus. 

88  .Colic-like  pains  in  umbilical  region,  in  a  small  spot,  with 

accumulation  of  flatus,and passage  of  offensive flatus.\y] 

89  .Constant,  unusual  rumbling  in  abdomen,  above  the  navel. 

90  .Griping  pain  in  region  of  umbilicus,  with  rumbling. 

91  .Weak,  taintish  feeling  about  the  bowels,  as  when  one  has 

diarrhoea. 

*  The  icteric  symptoms  of  Myrica  are  undoubted.  Dr.  Walker  proved  the  drug  under  my 
own  observation.  By  reference  to  the  two  proviugs  made  by  him,  it  will  be  seen  that  during 
the  nr*t  proving  he  had  '*  drowsiness,  with  heavy  frontal  morning  headache,  yellowness  of  the 
eyes,  scantiness  of  urine,  and  light -colored  feces," — all  the  premonitory  symptoms  of  jaundice. 
At  this  point  the  medicine  was  suspended,  and  the  above  symptoms  disappeared.  At  the  next 
proving  the  same  symptoms  recuired,  but  this  time  were  kept  up  by  the  action  of  the  drug  until 
complete  jaundice  obtained.  This  jaundice,  I  believe,  was  owing  to  suspended  secretion,  and 
not  to  obstruction.  Had  the  latter  condition  been  the  cause  of  the  jaundice,  critical  discharges 
of  black,  tarry  matters  would  have  been  noticed, whereas,  in  this  case,  the  fiece**,  undei  the  action 
of  Digitalis,  gradually  resumed  a  healthy  color  and  appearance,  and  the  same  change  occurred 
in  the  condition  of  the  urine.  Jaundice  appears  to  be  a  secondary  effect  of  Myrica ;  conse- 
quently when  used  as  a  curative  agent  in  that  disease,  the  lower  attenuations  will  be  best  indi- 
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STOOL   AND   ANUS. 

92  .Loose  stool,  after  dinner,  with  pain  and  tenesmus. 

93  .Sensation  as  of  approaching  diarrhoea,  followed  by  small, 

costive  discharges  and  griping,  colic-like  pains. 

94  .Constant  discharge  of  flatus  when  walking. 

95  .In  a.  m.  felt  as  though  diarrhoea  would  occur,  followed  by 

weakness  about  the  bowels,  with  urging  and  pressing, 
without  stool. 

96  .Constipation,  after  previous  loose  stools. 

97  .Soft,  copious,  papescent  stool,  attended  by  tenesmus  and 

cramp-like  sensation  in  umbilical  region. 

98  .Urging  to  stool,  with  no  other  result  than  the  expulsion  of 

a  great  amount  of  flatus. 

99  .Excessive  flatulence,  in  p.  m.,  with  frequent  rumbling,  as  if 

diarrhoea  would  set  in.[v] 

100  .Stool  nearly  natural  in  consistency,  but  lighter  colored. 

101  .Loose,  light-colored  stool,  growing  lighter-colored  daily, until 

it  became  ash-colored  and  destitute  of  bile. 
°  Chronic  diarrhoea.     °Diarrhoea  of  consumptives. 

SEXUAL   0RGAN8. 

MALE. 

102  .Amorous  dreams,   with  emission  of   semen   (this   never 

occurred  to  the  prover  before.) 
°Chronic  gonorrhoea. 

Female— (None  yet' obtained). 

°Leucorrhoea,  excoriating,  foetid,   thick  and  yellowish,  [t] 
(of  several  years'  duration.) 

URINARY   ORGANS. 

103  .Sharp,  plunging  pain  in  region  of  the  left  kidney. 

104  .Difficulty  of  urinating ;  the  bladder  seemed  to  lack  con- 

tractive expelling  power. 

105  .Copious  flow  of  limpid  urine,  [v]  [primary  effect] 

106  .Urine  deposits  a  light- colored  sediment. 

107  .Light-brownish-colored  sediment. 

108  .Urine  darker  than  usual, — grows  darker  every  day,  until 

it  is  a  deep  brownish-yellow,  [secondary  effect] 

109  .A  pinkish-brown  sediment  in  the  urine. 


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110  .Scanty,  high-colored  urine,  saturated  with  the  coloring  mat- 

ter of  the  bile. 

111  .Frothy,  high-colored  urine — (froth  yellow). 

RESPIRATORY  ORGANS. 

112  .Smarting  in  larynx  and  trachea. 

113  .Pain  in  the  left  Jung. 

114  .Dull  pain  in  right  lung,  middle  lobe,  lasting  a  few  minutes. 

115  .Constriction  in  the  chest  when  lying  on  the  left  side  in 

bed,  with  such  increase  of  the  impulse  of  the  heart  that 
its  pulsations  were  audible. 

116  .Sharp  pain  in  the  region  of  the  heart. 

°Cough,  very  much  aggravated  by  talking.  °Tickling 
cough,  at  night,  on  lying  down.  °Congh,  with  profuse 
expectoration.     °Chronic  bronchitis. 

BACK    AND  NECK. 

117  .Dull,  aching  pain  in  lumbar  region,  all  day.[v] 

118  .Dull  pain  under  both  shoulder  blades. 

119  .Sensation  of  warmth  along  the  whole  spine,  particularly 

between  the  shoulder  blades. 

120  .Pain  in  the  back  of  the  neck.[vx] 

121  .Dull  dragging  pain  in  small  of  the  back.[v] 

122  .Pain  under  left  scapulae. 

UPPER  EXTREMITIES. 

123  .Lancinating  pain  in  left  axilla. 

124  .Pain  (tearing)  in  left  arm,  between  shoulder  and  elbow.[v] 

125  .Pain  in  third  and  little  finger  of  left  hand.[v] 

126  .Severe  pain  in  shoulder  and  arm,  extending  to  little  finger. 

127  .Right  arm  felt  lame  and  heavy,  particularly  about  the 

wrist  joint. 

128  .Dull  aching  pain  in  all  the  extremities. 

LOWER  EXTREMITIES. 

129  .Soreness  of  the  muscles  of  both  thighs. 

130  .Trembling  and  aching   in   calves   of  the  legs ;  worse  in 

the  left. 

131  .Sharp,  shooting  pain  in  right  thigh,  followed  by  a  similar 

pain  in  left  thigh. 


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132  .Sharp,  piercing  pain  at  the  inner  side  of  left  knee  joint. 

133  .Soreness  and  pain   in  the  left  tendo-Achillis,  worse  on 

pressure  and  motion. 

134  .Severe  pain  midway  between  the  knee  and  ankle,  a  little 

outside  of  the  tibia ;  a  contractive   pain,  with  soreness 
to  the  touch,  changing  to  a  burning  ;  worse  on  motion. 

135  .Pain  in  the  hollow  of  the  right  foot. 

136  .Burning  in  the  soles  of  the  feet. 

137  .Bruised  pain  in  heel  of  left  foot. 

138  .Coldness   of  lower   extremities,   with  pain    from    knees 

downward. 

SKIN. 

139  .Itching  and   stinging   sensation  on  the  skin  of  the  face, 

neck,  shoulder,  fore  arm,  aud  right  leg. 

140  .Persistent  itching  in  different  parts,  worse  near  the  point 

of  insertion  of  the  deltoid  muscles,  in  both  arms. 

141  .Itching  of  the  face,  giving  way  to  creeping  sensation,  as 

of  insects. 

142  .Yellowness  of  the  skin  of  the  whole  body. 

SLEEP. 

143  .Restless  night,  with  tossing  about. 

144  .Waking  with  dull  frontal  headache.[vv] 

145  .Waking  in  a  gloomy  state  of  mind,  unrefreshed. 

146  .Sleep  disturbed  at  night ;  bad  dreams  and  frequent  waking. 

147  .Drowsiness,  with  and  after  headache,  [vv] 

148  .Falls  asleep  in  her   chair,  in   the   daytime,  (an   unusual 

occurrence). 

149  .Dreams  of  enormous  bugs,  which  attacked  his  head,  and 

which  he  killed  with  much  difficulty. 

150  .Sleeplessness,    with   exhilaration   of  nervous   system,  in 

evening. 

FEVER,  PULSE  AND  HEART. 

151  .Warmth  along  the  whole  spine,  especially  between  the 

shoulders,  followed  by  chill,  gentle   perspiration,  more 
perceptible  over  the  dorsal  vertebrae. 

152  .Chilliness  upon  going  out  of  doors,  with  aohing  pain  in 

the  lumbar  region. 
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153  .Savere  chill,  with  quivering  sensation  in  calf  of  right  leg. 

154  .Feverish    acceleration  of  the   pulse,  attaining   its   height 

about  4  o'clock. 

155  .Excited,  feverish  feeling,  alternating  with  chilliness,  at  10 

o'clock  p.  M.,  with  pain  in  the  lumbar  region. 
153  .Feeling  of  feverishness,  while  the  pulse  was  at  60. 

157  .Pulse  51,  feeble  and  irregular. 

158  .Impulse  of  heart's   action   increased,  but  the   number  of 

pulsations   diminished    to  sixty  per  minute,  (ordinary 
pulse  75  to  80). 

159  .Increased  pulsation,  and  audible  beating  of  the  heart  when 

lying  in  bed.  on  left  side. 
°Night  sweats — in  phthisis. 

GENERALITIES. 

160  ..General  malaise,  and  feeling  of  unfitness  for  duty. 

161  .General  languor,  with  depression  of  spirits. 

162  .Weak,  sick  feeling;  every  kind  of  exertion  was  irksome. 

163  .Shifting  pains. 

164  .General  muscular  lameness  and  soreness,  affecting  chiefly 

the  lower  limbs. 

165  .Staggering  gait,  with  confusion    of  thought  and  purpose 

in  the  head. 
°Great  debility. 

CONDITIONS. 

Worse  by  the  warmth  of  the  bed — disturbing  sleep. 
Better  when  moving,  and  in  open  air  (gastric  symptoms). 
Left  side  predominantly  affected. 
'     The  headache  worse  when  stooping  or  moving. 
Digitalis  removed  the  hepatic  symptoms. 


9&*  The  February  number  will    contain    provings,    &c,    of 
Polyporus  officinalis,  by  W.  H.  Burt,  M.  D. 


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[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 
APOOYNUM    CANNABINUJff. 

BT  A.  LINDSAY,  M.   D.,   LACOMA,   K.    H. 


Dr.  Lindsay  sends  the  following  report  of  the  use  of  Apoc. 
can.,  in  his  own  case  : 

"  I  had  a  very  severe  haemorrhage  from  the  lungs  some  eleven 
years  ago,  raising  more  or  less,  some  12  or  14  times  during 
four  or  five  days.  It  was  then  some  four  months  before  I  could 
talk  aloud,  but  by  leaving  the  city  (Roxbury,  Mass.,)  and 
coming  up  among  the  New  Hampshire  hills,  I  have  kept  along 
and  done  a  good  deal  of  work,  with  a  few  slight  attacks,  till 
last  fall.  I  was  taken  without  any  warning  a  few  days  after 
returning  from  a  journey  to  New  York  and  Philadelphia,  the 
blood  almost  pouring  out  to  the  amount  of  half-pint  ; 
this  was  about  8  a.  m..  At  10,  another  attack,  in  which  I 
raised  something  more  than  a  half-pint  ;  at  6  p.  m.,  and  9  in 
the  evening,  two  more  attacks,  each  time  about  half-pint.  I 
had  taken  Aeon.,  Ham.,  China,  Senecio  gra.,  Oil  erigeron,  etc, 
with  only  temporary  relief.  After  the  fourth  attack  I  told  my 
wife  that  I  could  not  live  through  many  more  turns,  and  to 
prepare  some  of  the  Apoc.  cann.  1st,  and  have  it  ready  to  give 
if  I  should  have  another  attack.  About  6  o'clock  next  morning 
it  commenced  as  furious  as  ever.  I  took  the  Apoc.  can.  every 
few  minutes  ;  it  began  to  check  at  once,  and  by  the  time  I  had 
raised  halt*  the  usual  quantity,  it  had  ceased  entirely,  with  no 
return  since.  I  continued  to  take  it  occasionally  tor  a  few 
days,  till  I  began  to  feel  the  vital  powers  returning.  I  also 
applied  cloths  wet  in  strong  Arnica  tincture  externally  for  a 
week  or  two.  I  could  seem  to  feel  the  effect  of  the  Apocynum 
in  one  minute  after  taking  the  first  dose,  and  I  think  it  had 
wonderful  power  at  that  time. 

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SO  APOCYNUM    CANNABINUM. 

Dr.  L.  writes,  Oct.  18,  1867 :  "  When  I  was  writing  to  you 
before,  I  did  not  think  of  writing  out  my  case  for  publication 
then,  or  I  would  have  written  it  a  little  more  carefully  ;  but 
was  intendiug  to  ask  you  if  you  had  used  the  Apocynum  can- 
nabinum,  or  knew  of  its  being  used  in  haemorrhage  of  the 
lungs,  but  forgot  to  ask  the  question.     These  are  the  facts. 

"  I  knew  it  was  a  desperate  case,  and  the  remedy  which  had 
heretofore  controlled  those  attacks,  and  others  suggested  by  my 
partner,  Dr.  Weeks,  had  no  effect.  I  have  been  treating  a  case 
since  I  wrote  you,  of  a  young  man  of  a  consumptive  family, 
who  has  had  several  attacks  of  haemorrhage.  He  has  been 
treated  by  an  allopathic  physician,  but  as  he  seemed  to  be  fail- 
ing, they  changed  the  treatment.  Apocynum  cannabinum  was 
one  of  the  principal  remedies  I  gave  him.  He  commenced  to 
improve  immediately.  Although  he  was  raising  a  little  dark- 
colored,  dirty-looking  matter,  every  day,  it  gradually  decreased, 
and  became  whiter,  'till  now  he  is  about,  quite  comfortable. 

"I  have  used  many  of  the  '  New  Remedies/  for  several  years ; 
so  has  Dr.  Weeks,  often  with  striking  results.  We  will  try 
and  give  you  an  item  occasionally/' 


[For   the  American   Homoeopathic  Observer.] 
CANCER. 

BT  W.  H.   BURT,  H.  D.,   OP  LINCOLN,  ILL. 


An  interesting  case  of  ihis  malignant  disease  has  just  ter- 
minated fatally  in  a  young  lady  of  this  place,  aged  18  years, 
a  report  of  which  I  think  ought  to  be  given  to  the  profession. 

Last  November  I  was  called  to  prescribe  for  her  for  the  fol- 
lowing symptoms  :  Ten  months  since  menstruation  ceased. 
Although  she  has  lived  with  a  physician  and  had  constant 
medical  care,  has  not  been  able  to  bring  on  a  return  of  the 
menses.  Has  no  pain  or  any  untoward  symptom,  excepting  a 
constant  diarrhoea  of  mucus,  sometimes  mixed  with  blood  ; 
she  has  no  pain  attending  stool ;  some  days  has  as  many  as 
twenty  stools  a  day.  She  looks  pale  and  anaemic  ;  tempera- 
ment nervous.  I  thought  the  case  was  colitis,  with  enough  of  the 

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scrofulous  element  to  so  effect  the  whole  system  as  to  put  a  stop  to 
menstruation.  Prescribed  Sulphur,  3d  dec.  for  one  week.  My 
next  visit,  I  learned  through  her  grandmother,  that  she  had  a 
tumor  in  her  groin  as  large  as  a  goose-egg,  but  could  not  get 
the  privilege  to  examine  it ;  she  said  it  felt  hard  and  move- 
able. I  now  knew  why  she  did  not  menstruate,  the  grand 
difficulty  being  in  the  ovaries.  Gave  Pulsatilla  one  week  ;  no 
change  in  her  diarrhoea  or  any  other  way.  Gave  Apis  m.  two 
weeks,  with  no  benefit.  Arsenicum  30th  two  weeks  ;  no  change 
for  the  better.  She  now  passed  out  of  my  hands  into  that  of  an 
old  school  physician.  He  treated  her  three  months,  with 
no  better  success  than  I  had  ;  but  she  now  was  so  weak  she 
was  compelled  to  keep  her  bed.  When  I  left  her  she  was 
teaching  school.  The  last  month  he  treated  her  she  allowed 
him  to  examine  the  tumor.  His  diagnosis  was  that  the  uterus 
was  badly  retroverted. 

I  was  now  called  again  to  take  charge  of  the  case.  Upon  a 
careful  examination  I  found  the  peritoneum  greatly  distended 
with  fluid.  A  movable  tumor  in  the  right  groin,  about  Ihe 
size  of  my  fist,  which  I  claimed  to  be  the  right  ovary  ;  a  small 
tumor  in  the  left  groin,  which  I  took  to  be  the  uterus  pressed 
to  the  left  side,  or  the  left  ovary,  I  could  not  tell.  This  could 
not  be  moved.  My  diagnosis  to  the  lady  was  ovarian  tumor, 
and  medicine  could  not  remove  it,  but  there  was  some  hope 
that  a  surgical  operation  would  prolong  her  life.  I  subse- 
quently found  a  small,  hard,  scirrhus  tumor  in  the  left  breast, 
about  the  size  of  the  end  of  my  thumb.  I  was  now  fearful 
that  the  whole  thing  was  cancer,  and  informed  the  lady  that 
an  operation  had  not  better  be  attempted  ;  but  I  had  said  too 
much,  she  had  made  up  her  mind  to  have  an  operation  per- 
formed. 

Dr.  D.  Prince,  of  Jacksonville,  Ills.,  was  now  sent  for  to'perform 
the  operation  of  ovariotomy.  He  came  and  placed  the  patient 
under  the  influence  of  chloroform,  and  made  a  rigid  examina- 
tion of  the  tumor,  per  vagina  and  rectum,  as  well  as  abdominal. 
He  disagreed  with  me  in  the  diagnosis,  and  said  the  case  was 
not  ovarian  at  all,  but  a  genuine  case  of  malignant  cancer 
of  the  womb.    Also  what  I  had  taken  for  dropsy  of   the 


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peritoneum,  was  nothing  but  flatus.  I  make  these  statements 
to  show  how  doctors  will  differ.  He  of  course  decided  against 
an  operation,  and  the  poor  girl  awoke  to  hear  the  decision  that 
the  case  was  cancerous,  and  death  (that  f greatest  blessing  God 
has  bestowed  upon  man,)  sooner  or  later,  was  the  inevitable 
result.  I  now  watched  the  case  for  seven  months.  Gave 
Arsenicum,  Hydrastis,  Phytolacca,  etc.,  but  none  of  the 
remedies  did  the  least  good  ;  the  200th,  30th,  6th,  3d,  and 
crude  article  were  all  tried  faithfully.  The  diarrhoea  was,  if 
anything,  worse.  There  were  stools  every  night,  about  every 
half  hour  ;  not  so  often  in  the  day  time.  The  distention  of 
the  bowels  became  enormous,  which  compelled  her  to  sit  up  in 
bed  the  last  four  months  of  her^life.  She  now  took  morphine 
once  a  day,  which  kept  her  quite  easy,  and  the^diarrhoea  was 
so  much  checked  that  cathartics  had  to  be  given  ^>nce  a  week 
to  open  her  bowels.  The  tumor  filled  the  whole  pelvis,  so  that 
a  syringe  could  not  be  used.  During  the  whole^disease  she  at 
nn  time  suffered  from  acute  pain,  but  vomited  a  great  deal,  so 
much  so  that  I  expected  her  stomach  was  implicated.  Arseni- 
cum would  control  this  until  the  last  month.  She  became  a 
living  skeleton  as  it  were.  Death  finally  closed  the  scene,  after 
twenty  months  of  suffering. 

Autopsy  ten  hours  after  death.  I  being  away,  the  privilege 
of  holding  the  post-mortem  examination,  which  she  had 
requested,  was  granted  to  an  allopath,  with  six  invited  physi- 
cians. I  came  in  time  to  witness  the  autopsy.  To  the  great 
indignation  of  the  allopaths,  on  opening  the  peritoneum  it  was 
found  to  contain  about  twelve  quarts  of  a  thick,  dark,  watery 
fluid,  Dr.  Prince,  to  the  contrary,  notwithstanding  ;  the  right 
ovary  was  about  the  size  of  a  man's  two  fists,  oblong  in  shape, 
and  weighed  four  pounds  ;  left  ovary  about  the  size  of  a  small 
goose-egg,  and  about  its  shape  ;  the  uterus,  about  the  natural 
size,  excepting  the  os,  which  was  slightly  hypertrophied  and  in  a 
decided  scirrhous  condition.  Both  ovaries  were  largely  adherent 
to  the  walls  of  the  abdomen  ;  it  was  a  difficult  task  to  separate 
them.  Bladder  natural.  They  all  were  removed  together,  and  I 
have  them  now  preserved  in  my  office.  The  rectum  and 
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inches  from  the  anus  the  rectum  had  ulcerated  off.  This  ex- 
plains why  I  could  not  check  the  diarrhoea.  The  omentum 
was  one  cancerous  mass  ;  also  the  spleen  was  greatly  effected, 
being  almost  one  solid  scirrhus  tumor.  I  regret  I  did  not  get 
it  for  preservation.  The  peritoneum  was  studded  with  small 
cancerous  tumors  ;  kidneys  were  healthy,  and  so  was  the  liver ; 
The  heart  and  lungs  were  not  examined.  The  principal  portion 
of  the  ovaries  seemed  to  be  of  a  hard  fibrous  nature,  the 
balance  made  up  of  numerous  cysts,  filled  with  a  thick 
gelatinous,  yellowish  substance. 

This  case  has  several  points  of  interest  attached  to  it.  First, 
the  history  of  the  patient's  relatives.  As  far  as  could  be  traced, 
not  one  had  ever  had  cancer,  showing  that  it  was  not  hereditary. 
Second,  that  she  should  die  so  young  with  cancer  oi  the 
ovaries  and  its  appendages.  Third,  that  four  physicians  should 
all  disagree  in  their  opinions.  I  yielded  at  once  to  Dr.  Prince's 
diagnosis,  thinking  that  a  man  with  such  a  wide- spread  reputa- 
tion could  not  err  easily,  but  I  found  my  judgment  to  be  the 
nearest  right  of  any ;  in  fact  it  was  a  true  diagnosis.  Dr. 
Prince  was  right  in  calling  it  cancer  of  the  uterus,  but  wrong 
in  excluding  the  ovaries — the  main  organs  diseased. 


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CATABRHTJS    JESTIVTTS. 

BT  0.   W.   BOYCE,   M.   D.,  AUBURN,   B.  T. 


MeC,  in  a  former  number  of  the  Observer,  asks  for 
assistance  in  the  treatment  of  Catarrhus  ^Estivus  or  hay 
fever.  "Be  pleased  to  suggest  something  for  present  use," 
says  McC.,  like  a  hungry  man  at  11  A.  M.,  asking  tor  lunch  to 
stay  his  stomach  until  dinner  time.  Well,  McC,  here  is  a 
small  slice  "for  present  use." 

Mrs.  D.  M.  O.,  a  lady  of  40  years,  who  has  had  "  rose  cold,'' 
44  hay  fever,"  etc.,  for  several  years,  even  to  the  prohibition  of 
having  a  rose  in  the  house,  and  all  through  the  summer  (1866) 
she  was  constantly  sneezing  and  blowing  her  nose,  applied,  to  me 

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last  summer  (1866)  for  a  prescription.  Knowing  the  obstinacy  of 
some  of  these  colds,  I  took  down  "The  Symptomen  Codex,"  and 
transcribed  all  the  symptoms  of  sneezing,  coryza,  and  their  con- 
comitants, on  blank  paper,  and  then  compared  them,  and  under 
Sabadilla  I  found  the  following  symptom,  which  was  the  prom- 
inent one  in  her  case  :  "  *Lachrymation — when  walking  in  the 
open  air,  when  looking  at  a  bright  light,  when  coughing  or  yawn-  - 
ing."  Mrs.0.had  all  the  other  symptoms  bad,  but  this  one  trans- 
cribed was  the  only  one  that  was  characteristic,  "  or  that  dis- 
tinguished it  from  all  other  cases  of  a  like  character."  I  sent 
one  powder  of  Sacc.  lac,  in  which  were  six  pellets  of  Sabad., 
200th  of  Jenichen,  to  be  dissolved  in  six  spoi/nfuls  of  water,  of 
which  one  spoonful  was  to  be  taken  every  four  hours  until  all 
was  used.  The  next  day  Mrs.  O.  rode  up  to  my  door  and 
asked  for  some  more  ot  the  very  same  medicine.  She  had  not 
sneezed  that  morning. 

To-day  I  have  inquired  whether  Mrs.  O.  has  had  any  return 
of  her  complaint,  but  I  am  assured  that  she  has  not,  and  what 
is  further,  she  now  has  flowers  and  roses  constantly  in  her 
House.  I  don't  know  whether  Sabadilla  has  ever  been  used 
for  "  hay  fever"  before  or  since,  certainly  not  in  my  ex- 
perience or  knowledge. 

By  the  way,  the  symptom  on  which  was  based  the  prescrip- 
tion is  under  the  section  belonging  to  the  "eyes." 


[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 

Bobinia    Pseudo-Acacia    in    Acidity    of   the    Stomach. 

BT  R.  C.  8MBDLIT,  M.  D.,  WEST   CHESTER,   PA. 


On  July  3d  I  was  called  on  to  prescribe  for  a  young  man 
who  had  been  troubled  for  four  months  with  acidity  of  the 
stomach.  The  food,  soon  after  eating,  would  turn  sour. 
There  was  constant  feeling  in  the  stomach,  of  weight,  ful- 
ness and  tension.  Eructations  were  accompanied  by  a  sour 
liquid,  with  at  times,  portions  of  ingesta.  Burning  pain  in 
stomach  and  between  scapula";  thirst ;  constant  frontal  head- 
ache ;  water  taken  before  retiring  at  night,  would  be  returned 

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in  the  morning  green  and  sour.  Prescribed  for  the  first  time 
Eobinia  pseudo-acacia  in  about  one-third  drop  doses  of  the 
tincture — a  powder  half  an  hour  before  each  meal,  and  at  any 
other  time  when  he  would  experience  the  sourness  after  eating. 
Saw  him  nearly  two  weeks  after,  when  he  told  me  the  medi- 
cine corrected  the  derangement  promptly,  and  he  was  then 
better  than  he  had  been  for  several  months.  I  have  since 
given  it  to  other  cases  of  the  same  character,  and  thus  far 
always  with  like  results.  It  has  been  more  prompt  and  effi- 
cient in  my  hands  in  relieving,  or  even  curing,  the  sour  re- 
gurgitations of  infants,  than  any  other  remedy  I  have  hitherto 
employed. 

On  July  29th,  was  called  to  see  Mrs.  R.,  with  the  follow- 
ing symptoms,  produced,  or  excited,  by  inhaling  Carbolic 
acid :  Severe  frontal  headache,  particularly  over  left  eye, 
pain  tearing  and  lancinating,  producing  total  blindness, 
momentarily,  during  the  severest  paroxysms  ;  head  cold,  with 
coldness  over  entire  body  ;  burning  in  stomach,  with  eructa- 
tions and  vomiting  of  a  sour,  acrid,  greenish  liquid,  copious 
frothy  ptyalism  ;  she  would  saturate  several  handkerchiefs 
within  half  an  hour  ;  pain  and  coldness  between  scapula,  as 
if  ice  were  placed  there.  Not  having  Eobinia  with  me,  I 
gave  Merc,  v.,  3d  trit.,  every  two  hours.  Next  day,  no  ameliora- 
tion of  the  symptoms,  except  that  the  vomiting  was  at  longer 
intervals.  Gave  then  Eobinia  tincture  in  water,  every  three 
hours.  All  the  symptoms  abated  for  a  few  days,  till  the  sour- 
ness of  stomach  and  ptyalism  were  entirely  removed,  when 
Eobinia  seemed  to  do  no  further  good.  Nux  and  Podophyllum 
completed  the  cure. 

The  above  symptoms,  she  told  me,  were  invariably  produced 
whenever  she  inhaled  the  odors  of  either  Carbolic  acid  or 
Kreosote,  and  as  invariably  she  did  not  recover  from  the  attacks 
under  a  month ;  with  the  present  treatment  she  resumed  her 
domestic  labors  in  ten  days.  The  results  from  the  administra- 
tion of  the  tincture  have  been  so  satisfactory  that  I  have  not 
yet  tried  the  efficacy  of  higher  preparations. 


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gtrrjjitat  Qtfuiwnt. 


BUSHROD  W.  JAMES,  M.  D.,  Philadelphia,  Editor. 


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IMPORTANCE'  OF    MINOR    SURGERT. 


How  natural  it  is  for  the  human  mind  to  grasp,  before  it  is 
properly  qualified,  at  the  accomplishment  of  objects  that  appear 
to  it  grand  and  difficult  of  performance. 

The  young  surgeon  lured  with  the  eclat  that  attends  the  per- 
formance of  capital  operations,  and  prompted  by  aspirations  of 
gaining  a  reputation  as  a  great  operator,  by  a  sudden  stroke,  too 
frequently  neglects  the  minutiae  of  general  surgery  and  devotes 
his  attention  almost  exclusively  to  these  apparently  grand  dis- 
plays of  surgical  art.  What  is  the  result  ?  He  feels  himself 
continually  embarrassed  until  he  really  learns  by  practice  that 
the  smaller  details  are  equally  of  use  to  him  in  his  daily  rounds 
of  practice  as  the  knowledge  of  the  major  operations.  He  for- 
gets that  he  cannot  be  considered  a  good  general  surgeon  until 
he  acquires  practical  information  with  regard  to  these  important 
minor  items. 

The  proper  and  neat  application  of  a  roller  or  dressing,  the 
setting  of  a  fracture,  the  reduction  of  a  dislocation,  the  replac- 
ing of  a  tendon  displaced  from  its  natural  groove,  or  returning 
an  articular  cartilage,  which  has  slipped,  back  to  its  normal 
position  in  the  joint,  and  the  performance  of  catheterism  of  the 
urethra  and  the  eustachian  tube,  as  well  as  many  other  mani- 
pulations that  come  under  the  head  of  minor  surgery,  it  is 
requisite  for  him  to  thoroughly  acquaint  himself  with,  for  even 
the  medical  practitioner  residing  a  distance  from  surgical  help 
is  called  upon  to  perform  them  continually  himself. 

Otherwise  his  reputation,  fair  as  it  may  become,  will  be 
tarnished,  if  in  the  presence  of  physicians  who  make  no  preten- 

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tions  to  surgery  he  cannot  make  a  bandage  fit  smoothly,  or 
cannot  diagnose  and  reduce  a  displaced  semi-lunar  cartilage  of 
the  knee  joint,  or  cannot  amputate  a  phalanx  of  a  finger  with- 
out missing  the  joint  and  cutting  for  his  first  incision  far  up 
upon  the  knuckle  and  making  a  bungling  operation,  or  with 
flaps  too  small  to  cover  the  exposed  bone. 

I  have  known  instances  where  a  fibro-cartilage  of  the  knee 
has  been  thrown  from  its  situation  by  a  sudden  twist  of  the 
limb  and  caught  between  a  condyle  of  the  femur  and  the 
superior  edge  of  the  tibia,  and  the  case  entirely  mistaken,  and 
the  sufferer  permittee},  to  go  limping  and  hobbling  around  for 
days  and  weeks,  when  by  a  correct  diagnosis  of  the  case,  and  a 
momentary  manipulation,  he  might  at  once  have  been  sent  on 
his  way  rejoicing,  with  a  straight  sound  member,  at  the  first 
interview  with  his  professional  adviser. 

From  a  misstep  or  twist  of  the  interior  extremity,  a  man  in 
perfect  health  becomes  suddenly  lame,  and  he  imagines  he  has 
sprained  his  knee.  No  swelling  of  the  joint  occurs,  unless  some 
contusion  has  resulted  to  the  parts,  and  while  he  remains  in 
the  sitting  posture,  with  the  limb  flexed,  no  uneasiness  is  felt, 
but  as  soon  as  he  stands  erect  and  attempts  to  walk,  he  finds  it 
very  uncomfortable  to  him,  as  well  as  being  unable  to  walk  with- 
out lameness  and  considerable  stiffness  of  the  joint.  Is  it  remedied 
by  local  applications  or  the  internal  use  of  drugs  ?  No  ;  far 
from  it.  It  must  have  mechanical  treatment,  and  I  know  of 
no  better  plan  for  its  relief  than  the  one  proposed  by  Mr.  Hey 
many  years  ago. 

I  have  used  it  ever  since  I  have  been  in  practice  with  perfect 
success,  and  can  testify  to  its  being  an  excellent  plan.  Many 
cases  of  the  kind  occur  in  our  city — the  habit  many  men  in  this 
place  have  of  getting  off  the  city  passenger  cars,  while  the  car  is  in 
motion,  being  a  fruitful  source  of  the  injury.  Hey  placed  "  his 
patient  upon  an  elevated  seat,  having  nothing  underneath 
it  which  could  prevent  the  leg  from  being  pushed  backwards 
towards  the  posterior  part  of  the  thigh,  and  then  extending 
the  joint  by  the  assistance  of  one  hand  placed  just  above  the 
knee,  while  with  the  other  hand  he  grasped  the  leg.  During 
the  continuance  of  the  extension  he  suddenly  moved  the  leg 
backwards  that  it  might  make  as  acute  an  angle  with  the  thigh 

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as  possible.  Immediately  after  this  simple  operation  his 
patients  were  in  general  able  to  walk  without  much  inconven- 
ience, and  the  joint  soon  gained  its  natural  condition."  I  grasp 
the  joint  with  my  left  hand  and  make  pressure  with  my 
fingers  and  thumb  each  side  of  the  joint  at  the  side  of  the 
patella,  and  catching  the  lower  part  of  the  leg  with  my  right 
hand  swing  it  backwards  and  forwards  a  few  times,  and  then 
throw  it  quickly  all  the  way  back  as  far  as  it  will  go.  If  one 
attempt  is  unsuccessful,  I  repeat  it  until  the  cartilage  is 
dislodged  and  reduced. 

A  similar  error  in  diagnosis  it  not  unfrequently  made  with 
regard  to  a  displacement  of  the  long  head  of  the  biceps  flexor 
cubiti  muscle  from  the  bicipital  groove  in  the  head  of  the 
humerus.  A  jerk  or  twist  of  the  arm  will  sometimes  loosen 
the  tendon  from  its  sheath  and  throw  it  up  over  the  edge  of 
the  bony  sulcus  where  it  is  retained,  causing  extreme  pain, 
together  with  impairing  the  movements  of  the  joint.  A  dislo- 
cation of  the  humerus  is  at  once  conjectured  by  the  uninformed 
practitioner,  and  with  the  ordinary  extension  of  the  wrist  and 
counter-extension  in  the  axilla  the  limb  is  pulled  and  the 
patient  tortured  without  avail,  whereas  if  the  biceps  had  been 
relaxed  by  flexing  the  fore-arm,  and  the  humerus  had  been 
rotated  and  moved  inwards  and  outwards,  while  the  finger  and 
thumb  of  one  hand  placed  over  the  head  of  the  bone  each  side 
of  the  groove  pressed  the  tendon  in  towards  the  direction  of 
canal,  it  would  have  slipped  in,  and  the  lameness  and  suffering 
would  at  once  have  been  relieved. 

The  tendon  of  the  peroneus  longus  muscle  may  likewise  be 
thrown  out  of  its  groove  in  the  external  malleolus  and  cause 
loss  of  power  in  the  ankle,  or  a  tendon  passing  over  the  meta- 
carpophalangeal articulation  may  slip  from  its  natural  situation 
and  cause  pain  and  loss  of  use  of  that  joint,  but  the  same  prin- 
ciple, that  of  relaxation  ot  the  tendon  and  lateral  pressure 
thereon,  will  remedy  the  accident. 

For  the  removal  of  foreign  bodies  that  may  become  lodged 
in  the  external  meatus  of  the  ear,  the  hasty  practitioner  will 
commence  with  his  forceps  to  remove  it  and  most  likely  thrust 
them  against  the  object  and  do  serious  mischief  by  rupturing 
the  delicate  membrana  tympani,  when  in  all  probability  by 


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throwing  a  fine  stream  of  water  into  the  meatus  by  means  of  an 
ear  syringe,  it  would  have  been  instantly  dislodged  and  re- 
moved. For  removing  a  living  insect  from  the  meatus  which 
causes  intense  pain  when  it  has  crept  in  and  moves  about 
against  the  drum  membrana,  the  same  management  will  apply, 
or  if  a  syringe  is  not  at  hand,  the  patient's  head  might  be  turned 
to  the  opposite  side  and  the  meatus  filled  with  oil  or  water  and 
in  a  majority  of  instances  the  offender  will  quickly  find  its  way 
to  the  surface  of  the  fluid  and  thus  out  of  the  ear. 

What  an  insignificant  matter  is  the  spraining  of  a  joint,  and 
yet  an  improperly  managed  accident  of  this  kind  to  the  ankle 
or  wrist  may  permanently  impair  the  usefulness  of  the  joint, 
and  both  the  sufferer  and  the  practitioner  have  cause  to  exclaim 
ere  recovery  takes  place,  how  unfortunate  that  the  limb  was  not 
broken  instead  of  the  occurrence  of  this  troublesome  strain — the 
same  having  in  all  probability  been  aggravated  into  a  serious 
case  by  the  patient  continuing  to  use  the  joint.  It  is  in  fact 
good  practice,  to  bind  up  at  once,  the  joint  and  part  of  the 
limb,  in  many  cases  of  sprains,  and  compel  rest  for  a  season, 
the  same  as  though  a  fracture  had  occurred. 

A  surgeon  must  always  adapt  himself  to  circumstances  and 
make  use  of  anything  at  hand  to  subserve  his  purpose,  Dr, 
Physick,  who  was  in  his  day  a  celebrated  surgeon  of  Philadel- 
phia, used  for  a  stomach  pump  an  arrangement  which  every 
physician  has  at  command — a  flexible  catheter  of  large  size  as 
the  stomach  tube,  and  a  common  syringe  as  the  pump.  Un- 
handy as  if  might  now  appear  in  the  light  of  modern  improve- 
ments, it  nevertheless  answered  well  the  purpose  of  extracting 
fluid  and  soluble  poisons  from  the  stomach. 

Every  medical  man  is  expected  to  understand  well  the  minor 
part  of  surgery  and  certainly  it  is  none  the  less  the  duty  of  the 
general  surgeon  to  be  ever  ready  to  perform  any  and  every 
manipulation  or  operation  that  may  present  itself  or  the 
emergency  may  require,  from  the  manufacture  of  a  temporary 
fracture  splint  to  the  most  delicate  operation  in  major  sur- 
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New  Modes  of  Treating  Wounded  and  Incised  Surfaces. 


As  there  has  lately  been  introduced  in  Europe  some  new 
forms  of  treating  wounds,  I  will  here  call  attention  to  them. 
Some  extracts  from  Braithwaite's  Retrospect  for  July,  1867, 
will  explain  the  first,  as  follows : 

1. STYPTIC   FLUID  TREATMENT. 

"  The  fluid  named  by  Dr.  Richardson  «  Styptic  Colloid,'  is 
a  compound  fluid  which  is  at  one  and  the  same  time  a  styptic, 
an  antiseptie,  and  a  complete  means  of  excluding  wounded, 
abraded,  or  ulcerated  parts  of  the  body  from  the  influence  of 
the  external  air." 

As  now  used,  it  is  "  a  mere  solution  capable  of  being  kept 
on  the  table  as  gum  is  kept,  and  of  being  applied  with  a  soft 
brush  in  the  same  simple  way." 

The  process  of  manufacture  of  the  fluid  is  tedious,  but  suffi- 
ciently easy.  The  object  to  be  aimed  at  is  to  saturate  ether 
entirely  with  tannin,  and  a  collodial  substance,  Xylodine  or 
gun-cotton.  In  the  first  step  of  the  process,  the  tannin, 
rendered  as  pure  as  it  can  be,  is  treated  with  absolute  alcohol, 
and  is  made  to  digest  in  the  alcohol  for  several  days.  Then 
the  ether,  also  absolute,  is  added  until  the  whole  of  the  thick 
alcoholic  mixture  is  rendered  quite  fluid.  Next  the  collodial 
substance  is  put  in  until  it  ceases  readily  to  dissolve.  For  the 
sake  of  its  very  agreeable  odor,  a  little  tincture  of  benzoin  is 
finally  admixed. 

The  solution  is  now  ready  for  use.  It  can  be  applied  directly 
with  a  brush,  or,  mixed  with  equal  quantities  of  ether,  it  can 
be  applied  in  the  form  of  spray.  In  order  to  give  to  the  fluid 
a  short  name  by  which  it  may  be  known,  I  have  called  it 
'  styptic  colloid.' 

Properties, — When  the  solution  is  brought  into  contact  with 
an  open  surface  of  the  body,  the  resultant  phenomena  are 
these  :  The  heat  of  the  body  gradually  volatilises  the  ether  and 
the  alcohol,  and  the  tannin  and  cotton,  as  the  ether  leaves 
them,  are  thus  left  stranded  on  the  surface  in  intimate  com- 
bination. In  proportion  as  the  ether  passes  off,  the  blood 
or  the  secretion  of  the  surface  permeates  the  tannin  and  cot- 
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ton ;  but  tannin  acts  directly  upon  albumen,  coagulating  it, 
and  transforming  it  into  a  kind  of  membrane,  almost  like 
leather,  The  cotton  meanwhile  unites  the  whole,  gives  Bub- 
stance  to  the  mass,  and  adhesive  quality.  When  all  is  solidi- 
fied, the  dressing  becomes,  in  fact,  a  concrete,  having  a  true 
organic  hold  or  basis  on  the  tissues  ;  and  as  the  tannin,  if  the 
solution  be  freely  applied,  is  in  excess,  any  new  exudative 
matter  or  blood  is  for  several  hours  taken  up  by  it,  and  the 
annealing  is  made  the  more  complete. 

Thus,  by  this  dressing,  the  air  is  excluded  from  every  possi- 
ble point  in  every  possible  direction,  not  by  a  mere  septum, 
but  by  the  combination  of  the  animal  fluids  with  the  remedy ; 
and  because  the  air  is  excluded  and  fluid  is  absorbed,  there  is 
no  decomposition — i.  e.,  no  oxidation  ;  and  because  there  is 
no  oxidation,  there  is  no  irritation." 

For  illustrating  its  application.—"  Suppose  this  to  be  an 
open  wound,  the  two  flaps  of  an  amputation.  I  close  it  with 
silk  ligature  in  five  places.  This  done,  I  take  a  little  cotton- 
wool, tease  it  out  finely  in  a  wine  glass,  and  saturate  it  with 
the  styptic  solution.  Next,  with  a  soft  camel-hair  brush,  I 
apply  the  solution  freely  over  the  closed  wound,  letting  it  lie 
between  the  edges.  If  blood  exude,  it  simply  combines  with 
the  solution,  making  a  mass  much  like  red  wax.  I  lay  on  the 
solution  also  for  a  little  distance  beyond  the  wound,  and  wait 
a  few  moments  to  allow  for  the  evaporation  of  ether.  Next 
I  take  from  the  wineglass  the  saturated  cotton-wool  with 
forceps,  and  lay  a  seam  of  it  half  an  inch  wide  and  the  eighth 
of  an  inch  in  thickness  over  the  line  of  incision.  Finally,  I 
coat  the  whole  over  with  another  layer  of  the  solution,  wait 
until  the  layer  is  nearly  dry,  cover  with  a  little  dry  cotton, 
and,  if  pressure  be  necessary,  carry  over  the  whole  a  bandage. 

If  time  is  a  matter  of  importance,  the  evaporation  of 
the  fluid  can  be  hastened  by  gentle  blowing  with  the  warm 
breath  over  the  solution  as  each  layer  of  it  is  applied  with  the 
brush. 

Presuming  that  a  cavity  has  to  be  treated,  the  fluid  is  often 
more  neatly  and  handily  used  as  spray.  Thus  in  treating  the 
roof  of  the  mouth  for  carious  bone,  or  in  plugging  a  -bleeding 

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alveolar  cavity  after  extraction  of  a  tooth,  the  spray  is  excel- 
lent. We  begin  in  such  a  case  by  applying  the  spray  direct 
to  the  bleeding  surface,  and  when  a  layer  of  deposit  is  formed 
we  use  that  as  a  foundation  for  a  thin  layer  of  cotton-wool 
ready  saturated  in  the  solution.  Then  we  re-apply  the  spray, 
and  again  cotton,  until  the  whole  operation  is  complete. 

For  bleeding  or  foetid  discharge  from  the  uterus  or  vagina 
the  spray  is  not  advisable,  because  of  the  introduction  of  air. 
Here  injection  by  the  syringe  is  the  best  process,  followed,  if 
need  be,  by  a  plug  of  cotton-wool  saturated  with  the  solution. 

In  cases  of  compound  fracture,  after  the  parts  have  been 
brought  into  apposition  as  far  as  is  possible  and  fixed  in  the 
necessary  position,  the  fluid  should  be  poured  slowly  into  the 
open  cavity  so  as  to  fill  it.  Then  the  parts  externally  should 
be  covered  with  a  layer  of  cotton-wool  saturated  with  the  solu- 
tion. 

On  open  cancer,  and  on  suppurating  or  decomposing  sur- 
faces, the  solution  may  be  freely  applied  with  the  brush,  and 
afterwards  the  parts  may  be  covered  with  cotton-wool  saturated 
with  the  fluid." 

2. — ANTISEPTIC  TREATMENT. 

While  in  Europe  during  the  past  summer,  I  had  the  oppor- 
tunity of  observing  some  other  plans  of  treating  the  soft  parts 
when  a  solution  of  continuity  has  resulted  from  any  cause.  I 
gave  an  account  of  these  to  our  county  society  on  my  return, 
and  as  they  are  of  some  interest  I  will  here  note  two  of  them. 
The  first  was  the  antiseptic  treatment  with  Carbolic  acid,  which 
Prof.  Lister  had  introduced  into  the  Glasgow  Eoyal  Infirmary, 
Scotland.  In  a  compound  fracture  for  instance,  the  pure  fluid 
carbolic  acid  was  first  used,  and  as  far  as  possible  applied  to 
every  part  of  the  lacerated  surfaces  by  covering  the  external 
wound,  and  also  pressing  with  the  forceps  deep  into  the  wound 
a  piece  of  lint  saturated  with  the  carbolic  acid.  A  putty  made 
of  prepared  chalk  or  whiting  and  boiled  linseed  oil — the  oil 
having  had  previously  added  to  it  one  part  of  carbolic  acid  to 
every  four  parts  of  the  oil — was  then  rolled  out  into  a  thin 
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by  adhesive  plaster,  or  on  sheet  block-tin,  was  laid 
npon  the  wound,  already  covered  and  filled  with  the  lint  and 
saturated  with  the  pure  carbolic  acid.  The  putty  must  extend 
some  distance  around  the  limb  or  injured  part.  The  tin  foil  is 
then  lapped  over  and  fitted  somewhat  to  the  inequalities  after 
which  a  roller  can  be  applied,  or  a  splint  used,  as  the  case 
may  require. 

After  about  twenty-four  hours  has  elapsed  the  wound  is  ex- 
amined, and  a  fresh  application  made  to  it,  consisting  of  one 
part  carbolic  acid  to  four  parts  of  boiled  linseed  oil,  and  then 
again  covered  with  fresh  putty  and  the  tin  foil  as  before — this 
last  solution  and  lint  is  then  permitted  to  remain  on  almost 
altogether  unless  it  should  become  soiled  by  any  discharge,  in 
which  case  a  rag  dipped  in  the  oil  and  acid  mixture,  is  ready 
and  slipped  on  to  the  wound  instantly  as  the  other  is  removed, 
the  idea  of  so  doing  being  to  keep  the  air  from  coming  much 
in  contact  with  the  wound.  In  the  course  of  about  three  weeks 
or  in  some  cases  sooner,  an  oil  and  acid  mixture  made  one-half 
or  two-thirds  weaker,  by  increasing  the  quantity  of  oil,  is 
applied  and  continued  until  the  bones  are  united  and  the 
external  wound  healed.     The  putty  is  changed  daily. 

It  is  a  remarkable  fact  that  no  suppuration  of  any  amount 
takes  place  in  this  mode  oi  treatment. 

All  contused  and  lacerated  wounds  were  treated  in  the  same 
way,  and  a  very  slight  modification  made  for  abcesses,  the 
knife  was  wet  with  the  mixture  (carbolic  acid  one  part  to  boiled 
linseed  oil  four  parts)  and  plunged  into  the  abcess,  while  a  bit 
of  lint  saturated  in  the  same  fluid  was  slipped  over  as  soon  as 
the  knife  came  out,  and  when  the  pus  was  all  evacuated,  the 
wound  was  covered  as  in  other  wounds  and  the  same  kind  of 
putty  used. 

Amputation  flaps  and  other  incised  surfaces  are  first  washed 
off  with  a  solution  of  carbolic  acid  and  water,  one  part  of  the 
former  to  about  twenty  of  the  latter,  the  flaps  are  then  brought 
together  and  a  linen  or  surgeon's  lint  covering  dipped  in  the 
same  solution  is  laid  over  the  stump  and  the  putty  and  tin 
foil  as  before  described  made  to  enclose  the  whole. 
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3. — PNEUMATIC   PRESSURE  TREATMENT. 

This  was  a  novel  manner  of  managing  amputation  cases.  I 
noticed  it  in  the  Hotel  Dien,  Paris,  France. 

The  apparatus  consisted  in  a  long  cnp  of  gutta  percha,  one 
end  being  made  of  such  6ize  and  shape  as  to  n't  over  and  around 
the  stump,  and  at  the  outer  extremity  made  gradually  tapering. 
A  rubber  tube  extends  from  a  small  opening  in  the  outer  end 
oi  the  cup  to  a  large  bottle  or  jar  and  passes  through  its  cork. 
Through  the  same  cork  passes  another  pliable  tube,  and  one 
which  has  midway  along  its  course  a  stop-cock  attached, 
while  the  other  end  of  this  tube  is  arranged  so  as  to  fit  on 
to  an  air  pump. 

After  an  amputation,  when  the  arteries  are  all  ligated,  and 
the  hemorrhage  has  all  ceased,  the  flaps  are  brought  together 
and  secured  principally  by  adhesive  strips  (no  sutures  being 
used)  and  then  this  gutta  percha  cup,  made  so  as  to  closely 
and  neatly  fit  the  limb,  is  slipped  up  over  the  stump  for  several 
inches.  The  air-pump  is  then  applied  to  the  free  extremity  of 
the  outer  tube,  and  the  air  then  pumped  out  of  the  jar,  and  of 
course  out  of  the  gutta-percha  stump-covering  at  the  same 
time,  and  when  the  air  is  well  exhausted  the  stop-cock  can  be 
turned  and  the  tube  detached  from  the  air-pump.  Any  dis- 
charge that  may  result  from  the  cut  surfaces,  runs  down  through 
the  opening  in  the  cup  and  passes  through  the  tube  into  the 
glass  bottle  entirely  away  from  the  wound. 

The  main  feature  in  all  these  modes  of  treatment  is  the  ex- 
clusion of  atmospheric  air  from  constant  contact  with  the  in- 
cised or  torn  tissues,  thereby  preventing,  it  is  claimed,  the 
development  of  the  infinitesimal  living  organisms  in  the 
wound  by  keeping  out  the  minute  germs  that  it  is  supposed  are 
always  floating  in  the  air.  The  main  idea  in  these  forms  of 
treatment,  the  exclusion  of  the  atmosphere,  is  a  good  one,  and 
I  have  no  doubt  other  means  of  accomplishing  the  same  object 
will  ere  long  be  brought  forth.  Thus  far  the  carbolic  acid 
treatment  seems  to  be  the  most  reliable  and  successful  one. 
If  the  mode  of  action  of  the  carbolic  acid,  is,  that  of  destroying 
these  atmospheric  germs  or  this  germ  power,  in  the  wounds  to 
which  it  is  applied,  it  may  play  an  important  part  in  the  treat- 
ment of  contagious  fevers  by  passing  the  air  supplied  to  such 
patients  and  inhaled  by  them,  through  this  chemical  agent  in 
some  way  or  other. 

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PROF.  CONSTANTINE    HERING'S  INTRODUCTORY 

To  Course  of  Lectures  at  Hahnemann  College  of  Philadelphia,  1 867-68 


There  was  an  old  retired  statesman  in  Holland,  a  man  of  standing, 
who  in  the  year  1831  wrote  a  small  but  replete  work  containing  a 
sketch  of  all  the  most  important  events,  characterising  the  last  sixty 
years  of  his  life.  Beginning  1770,  six  years  before  the  new  era  in 
history,  he  pictured  what  had  happened  in  the  world  siuce  that  time, 
from  the  Declaration  of  Independence  to  the  French  devolution,  the 
conquering  of  Europe,  the  German  wars  against  Napoleon,  the  Battle 
of  Waterloo,  fought  very  near  his  home,  up  to  Napoleon's  death  on  the 
Island  of  St.  Helena. 

The  author  did  not  forget  the  principal  power,  the  inward  moving 
force,  the  sciences  and  arts. 

Speaking  of  medicine  he  showed  how  in  that  also  one  revolution 
followed  the  other,  and  one  new  system  the  other.  He  mentioned 
John  Brown,  who,  like  a  rocket,  shot  up  among  the  clouds,  bursting 
and  sending  fire-balls,  spreading  a  brilliant  light  in  the 
dark  night  of  medicine,  to  be  followed  by  a  greater  darkness. 
Broussais,  with  his  French  centralisation,  "all  diseases  are  gastritis," 
and  "  the  universal  remedy  leeches ;"'  Rasori,  the  Italian,  an  altered 
Brown,  proposing  "  contra-stimulus,"  and  giving  the  most  overwhelm- 
ing doses.  Finally,  our  author  speaks  of  the  Organon  of  Hahnemann* 
As  he  was  more  or  less  opposed  to  all  revolutions,  conservative  in  the 
extreme,  he  objects  to  this  too,  but  still  allows,  "  at  first  sight  this 
system  seems  to  be  very  acceptable,"  4I  but  as  there  are  so  many 
different  diseases  and  thus  a  great  many  different  drugs  required, 
where  vrill  Hahnemann  ever  find  so  many  healthy  men,  willing  to 
submit  to  being  made  sick,  merely  from  love  of  their  fellow-men  ?" 

How  can  you  expect,  he  says,  to  find  men  willing  to  make  them* 
selves  sick,  in  order  to  be  able  to  heal  the  sick  ? 

That  was  his  principal  doubt,  and  it  was  a  more  cutting  objection 
than  all  others  thrown  against  Hahnemann,  but,  it  did  not  do  any 
harm.  At  the  time  he  was  writing  this,  only  twenty  years  after 
Hahnemann  published  the  first  edition  of  his  Organon,  six  volumes 
of  his  Materia  Medica  had  been  published  already,  and  four  volumes 
of  his  Anti-p8orics.  Two  volumes  had  been  published  by  Hartlaub, 
and  twenty-seveu  numbers  of  the  Archives  had  given, in  each  number, 
a  new  proved  drug. 

The  next  objection  to  Hahnemann's  Materia  Medica  had  not  much 
more  sense  or  weight :  "  The  healthy  and  the  sick  are  entirely  and 
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use  and  cannot  be  applied  to  the  sick."  This  is  an  absurdity 
throughout.  The  differences  between  the  most  healthy  and  the  sick- 
est are  gradual  ones,  therefore,  a  sharp  line  of  division  can  nowhere 
be  drawn. 

As  soon  as  a  healthy  man  is  proving,  he  gets  sick,  and  thus  he 
belongs  in  so  far  to  the  sick.  Why  should  we  not  have  a  right  to 
compare  the  one  suffering,  from  a  drug,  with  another  suffering  from 
miasma  or  other  influences  ? 

A  third  grand  objection  was  made,  a  monstrous  one, — a  real 
monster  of  an  objection  : 

14  Come  out  ye  Homoeopathic  men,"  they  said,  "and  make  a  true  in- 
termittent, make  a  scarlet  fever,  make  a  real  disease,  and  we  will 
come  with  our  diagnostic  instruments  and  examine."  They  supposed, 
of  course,  we  did  not  understand  their  pathology,  and  were  not  able  to 
make  a  diagnostic  investigation.  Of  course  it  would  be  an  easy  thing 
to  show,  in  each  such  case,  if  we  would  offer  them  as  such,  that  they 
were  not  real  intermittent,  nor  real  scarlet  fevers,  etc.  Strange  infat- 
uation 1  we  do  not  need  their  pathology,  nor  their  instruments  to 
obtain  exactly  objective  characteristic  diagnostics.  We  can  do  this 
ourselves,  just  as  well  as  they.  Why  should  we  not  have  been  able 
to  learn  what  they  have  learned  ?  But  the  greatest  absurdity  in  their 
objection  lies  herein :  we  have  never  pretended  to  make  such 
diseases,  we  never  did  pretend  to  make  diseases.  Did  we  ever  say 
we  could  make  the  plague,  as  the  witches  did  in  the  middle  ages  ? 
Did  we  ever  say  we  could  make  an  epidemic  Cholera  Asiatica,  as  the 
stupid  peasants  in  Russia  believed,  and  in  Italy  still  believe  ?  All 
that  we  ever  pretended  to  find  out  and  get  by  our  provings  was  :  a 
number  of  symptoms,  resembling  cases  of  sick  men,  not  of  diseases. 
Even  Hahnemann  in  his  first  experiment  did  not  say  Cinchona 
powder  had  produced  an  intermittent  fever.  He  very  wisely  said, 
it  made  such  symptoms  as  I  had  been  subject  to  before,  when  I 
suffered  with  the  intermittent. 

A  fourth  objection  has  been  made  and  has  been  repeated  by  a  great 
number,  has  been  echoed  all  over  the  land,  has  been  such  a  powerful 
and  persuasive  one,  that  we  hear  it  even  in  our  midst,  from  our  own 
friends  up  to  this  day.  Our  Materia  Medica  contains  a  great  many 
symptoms,  and  a  great  many  of  them  are  uncertain,  a  great  many  even 
very  doubtful,  some  decidedly  false.  Thus  our  Materia  Medica  is  not 
pure,  and  it  must  be  purified. 

This  "  uncertainty  of  symptoms"  so  much  complained  of,  is  not  a 
thing  we  pretend  to  oppose ;  this  objection  is  not  only  allowed  to  them, 
but  it  is  even  granted  that  every  single  symptom  of  each  prover 
may  not  be  from  the  drug,  but  from  something  else.  We  do  not 
think,  do  not  dream  of  opposing  it  at  all,  we  give  up  to  it  altogether  and 
entirely.  It  was  considered  not  worth  while  on  our  side  to  talk  much 
about  it,  why  should  we  ?  Are  not  all  human  undertakings  liable  to 
error  ?  Why  did  Hahnemann  so  often  and  emphatically  recommend 
the  greatest  care  in  proving  ?  He  knew  as  well  as  any  one  of  us, 
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be  deceived,  and  may  make  an  erroneous  observation.  Did  not  Hip- 
pocrates, 2,300  years  ago,  state  in  the  first  of  his  famous  aphorisms  : 
"  Life  is  short,  our  art  is  long,  the  chances  are  transient ;  trials  very 
slippery,  and  judgment  a  difficult  thing." 

Thus  allowing  all  these  objections,  regarding  the  uncertainty,  as 
based  on  a  self-evident  truth ;  they  may  be  raised  by  all  our  opponents 
and  repeated  in  our  midst,  but  they  all  fall  down  to  the  ground,  like 
the  above  first  objection  of  the  old  retired  Hollander,  for  we  are  a  great 
many  years  ahead  of  them,  as  we  have  a  way  to  ascertain  what  is 
true.  This  very  cry  of  uncertainty  or  impurity  was  raised  further  and 
particularly  against  symptoms  quoted,  taken  out  of  old  reports,  books, 
etc.;  neither  Hahnemann  nor  any  one  of  us  laid  much  weight  on  any 
.  of  them.  We  can  do  without  them  ;  let  them  all  be  stricken  out,  we 
do  not  care.  The  opponents  in  our  midst  dwell  upon  symptoms 
observed  on  the  sick  and  call  them  impure ;  they  roll  their  eyes, 
like  hypocrites,  saying,  Hahnemann  used  the  word  M.  M.  Pura,  and 
he  had  no  right  to  do  it ;  a  single  symptom  taken  from  a  sick  man 
made  all  the  rest  impure.  He  used  this  word  as  it  has  been  used  by 
all  philosophers  and  scientific  men,  meaning,  free  from  guessing, 
but  they  use  it  now  as  the  washerwomen  use  the  word  "  clean." 

The  more  our  Materia  Medica  became  enlarged  by  observations, 
and  the  greater  the  difficulty  in  studying  it,  the  more  popular  the 
cry  became  for  purifying  it ;  and  the  more  physicians  were  driven 
over  to  our  side,  the  more  enemies  we  had  in  our  own  camp. 

What  is  to  bo  said  about  these  objections  ?  Regarding  the  uncer- 
tainty of  the  symptoms  obtained  by  provers,  it  is  true  ;  further, 
symptoms  observed  in  sick  persons  are  very  uncertain,  that  is  also 
true  ;  farther,  symptoms  taken  out  of  old  mouldy  books,  are  still  more 
doubtful,  that  is  true  ;  in  fact,  all  the  objections  raised  against  the 
collection  called  Materia  Medica  are  true,  every  one  of  them.  But 
what  possesses  our  opponents  and  all  their  imitators  within  our  own 
ranks,  to  imagine,  that  they  tell  us  something  new  by  making  such 
objections  ?  How  self-conceited  they  must  be,  to  come  out  thus, 
like  wiseacres,  supposing  we  had  not  known  all  this  long  ago.  Of 
course  we  did.  It  is  a  self-evident  truth,  that  particularly  in  such 
experiments  with  drugs  on  the  healthy,  and  still  more  on  the 
sick,  the  symptoms  may  or  may  not  be  caused  by  the  drug. 
Only  the  most  shocking  impudence,  and  as  is  usually  the  case, 
ignorance  combined  with  it,  could  pretend  to  teach  us,  to  correct  us, 
to  reprimand  us,  as  if  we  were  school-boys.  It  is  not  at  all  in  these 
objections  that  we  differ  from  them.  All  the  conclusions  drawn 
by  our  opponents  and  by  all  their  imitators  within  our  own  ranks :  all 
their  conclusions  are  wrong,  essentially  and  entirely  wrong,  are 
against  all  sound  logic,  against  all  principles  of  the  strict  method  to 
build  up  a  real,  a  natural  science,  by  careful  induction.  We  do  not 
care  much  about  all  their  opposition,  original  or  copied,  because 
we  are  all  the  time  engaged  in  healing  the  sick,  and  that  is  the  very 
way,  nay,  the  only  way  of  continually  perfecting  our  Materia  Medica. 
While  we  are  collecting  facts  upon  facts,  bona  fide,  according  to  the 
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to  them ;  while  we  are  collecting  one  cure  after  another  and  trying 
to  find  oat,  how  far  they  correspond  with  the  symptoms — a  difficult, 
a  tedious,  a  toilsome  task,  but  one  that  brings  its  reward — our 
opponents  creep  into  the  core,  into  the  midst,  and  object  synthetically, 
arbitrarily,  without  any  real  reason,  against  all  the  rules  of  sound 
thinking,  and  ask  a  number  of  hypocritical  and  hypercritical 
questions :  Who  was  the  prover  ?  Was  he  roally  healthy  ?  Who 
reported  the  proving  ?  Was  he  able  to  report  1  Were  his  reports 
in  the  strict  scientific  form  ?  And  arbitrarily  they  say :  All  symptoms 
observed  on  the  sick  are  good  for  nothing,  etc.  Striking  in  this  way, 
as  it  were,  at  the  roots,  the  symptoms  fall  by  the  hundred,  and  by 
the  thousand.  One  of  the  most  impudent  and  most  illogical,  objected, 
for  instance,  to  all  symptoms  of  Nenning,  a  late  Surgeon  in  Bohemia, 
and  with  one  stroke  he  cut  them  all  off,  boasting  and  crowing  like  a 
rooster  on  his  own  dunghill,  that  11,447  symptoms  were  all  to  be 
stricken  out.  Hundreds  of  most  striking  cures  have  been  made,  before 
and  since,  simply  by  the  use  of  symptoms  of  the  same  Nenning.  But, 
because  the  great  critic  was  not  able  to  make  such  cures  himself,  he 
follows  in  the  footsteps  of  our  opponents  in  the  old  school,  and  doubts 
them,  and  because  he  doubts  them,  he  denies  them,  and  because  he 
denies  them,  of  course  they  cannot  be  worth  anything. 

What  is  our  way  now  to  certainty  ?  How  do  we  find  out  what  is 
true,  what  is  trustworthy  and  what  is  not  ? 

To  give  you  an  idea  in  a  few  words,  of  our  way  to  certainty,  our 
manner  of  sifting  the  results  of  our  provings,  it  is  the  following  : 

1.  Some  symptoms  are  more  decided,  and  of  course  require  more 
attention. 

2.  If  we  repeat  our  proving  and  get  the  same  symptoms ;  still 
more. 

3.  If  others  prove  the  same  drug  and  get  the  same  or  corres- 
ponding symptoms,  harmonizing  with  each  other  physiologically  or 
pathologically,  we  consider  this  a  further  corroboration. 

4.  By  comparative  study  of  the  symptoms  of  the  same  drug,  we 
find  out  what  agrees,  and  what  does  not,  and  use  Physiology  and 
Pathology  as  much  as  we  can. 

4.  We  finally  give  a  drug  in  cases  where  it  seems  to  be  indi- 
cated, according  to  our  law,  and  make  successful  cures,  these  corro- 
borate some  of  them  still  more.  Some  symptoms  become  conse- 
quently more  prominent,  some  are  very  often  useful,  others  less  often. 

6.  Some  of  the  sick  while  we  are  treating  them  will  get  new 
symptoms,  soon  after  the  administration  of  a  drug,  if  such  symp- 
toms disappear  a  while  after,  and  if  they  agree  with  the  others 
from  healthy  persons,  such  symptoms  may  likewise  be  used  and 
likewise  be  corroborated  afterwards  by  cures. 

7.  In  this  way  we  obtain  our  much  talked  of 

CHARACTERISTICS. 

This  is  our  way  to  certainty,  and  all  objections  disappear  and 
vanish  before  them. 

These  characteristics  are  to  be  regarded  as  settlements  in  the 
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The  question  has  often  been  raised,  what  do  we  mean  by  character- 
istics ?  What  are  they  ?  Characteristics  are  symptoms,  or  only 
parts  of  symptom  or  groups  of  several  symptoms,  together  representing 
the  character  of  a  drug,  or  the  character  of  its  effects. ' 

What  is  character  ? 

Applied  to  the  effects  of  drugs  we  mean  by  character  the  whole  of 
such  peculiarities  as  distinguish  this  drug  from  all  others.  Originally 
the  word  character  meant  the  stamp  of  coins,  the  mark,  the  sign 
of  worth.  Such  drugs  as  we  do  not  know  enough  about,  we  say, 
have  no  decided  character.  Such  as  we  have  been  giving  often 
and  repeatedly,  and  with  a  sure  success,  we  say  have  a  character. 
The  single  symptoms,  or  parts  of  them,  we  call  characteristics. 

It  is  an  error  to  suppose  a  characteristic  to  be  such  a  symptom  as 
any  respective  drug  has  alone ;  this  may  be  the  case,  but  even  the 
most  decided  and  true  symptom  of  a  drug  maj  be  a  unicum,  and 
not  be  characteristic,  It  never  becomes  a  characteristic,  because 
it  is  a  unicum.  We  do  not  know  all  symptoms  of  our  best  proved 
and  most  given  drugs,  and  we  know  very  little,  or  nothing  at 
all,  of  an  endless  number  of  others.  Thus  a  symptom  being  known 
of  one  drug  only,  our  attention  may  be  called  to  this  drug,  if  we  meet 
the  symptom  in  practice,  but  such  a  symptom  is  not  a  characteristic 
until  cures  corroborate  it,  and  if  this  is  the  case,  we  certainly  will 
obtain  other  symptoms  combined  with  it. 

It  is  true,  we  have  some  very  remarkable  characteristics,  corrobor- 
ated again  and  again,  symptoms  standing  alone,  as  unica. 

To  illustrate  by  example,  when  Schreter,  one  of  the  provers  most 
objected  to  by  the  purificators,  next  to  Nenning,  proved  Borax 
on  himself  and  also  collected  symptoms  observed  in  sick  children, 
as  being  new  and  corresponding  to  the  other  symptoms  of  Borax, 
he  published  the  following  : 

No.  4.  Very  anxious  when  riding  quickly  down  hill,  it  is  as  if  it 
would  take  his  breath  away,  which  was  never  the  case  before.  (This 
symptom  continued  during  the  first  five  weeks.) 

5.  The  child,  when  dancing  it  up  and  down,  is  afraid  ;  when  rock- 
ing it  in  the  arms,  it  makes  an  anxious  face  during  the  motion  down- 
ward.    (Observed  the  first  three  weeks.) 

These  two  observations  strengthen  each  other.  Hence,  lecturing 
on  Borax  in  Allentown,  in  1835,  the  attention  of  the  students  was 
called  to  this  fact.  There  was  nothing  like  it  in  our  whole  Materia 
Medica,  Coffea  tosta  produced  once  a  similar  symptom.  After  it 
had  been  taken  in  a  strong  dose,  extract  of  a  pound,  the  slightest 
motion  of  the  hammock  seemed  an  enormous  one.  The  perception 
of  passive  motion  was  a  magnifying  one.  Carbo  vegetabilis  has  since 
been  added  by  Boenninghausen :  symptoms  increasing  by  sitting  on  a 
swing.  Carbo  has  vertigo  from  the  slightest  motion,  also  hiccough 
and  nausea,  and   thus   differs  from  borax  considerably. 

This  one  symptom  of  Borax  hes  been  the  source  of  an  infinite  num- 
ber of  cures  in  this  country.  (In  Hartmann's  Therapeutics  and 
Ruckert's  collection  of  cases  it  is  not  mentioned  as  having  been  used 
once.     See  Dr.  Martin's  case  in  our  Journal.) 


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Another  famous  unicum  was  the  aggravation  of  symptoms  by  shav- 
ing, in  Carbo  animalis,  observed  by  Dr.  Adams  of  Petersburg ;  this 
was  generalized  by  Boenninghausen,  and  in  the  preface  of  his 
Repertory  he  mentions  a  remarkable  case.  Others  will  appear  in  our 
journals.  But  also  this  unicum  no  longer  stands  entirely  alone. 
Pulsatilla  has  the  same  peculiarity,  and  others  may  follow. 

A  famous  much  talked  of  symptom  is  the  fanlike  motion  of  the 
wings  of  the  nose  in  Lycopodium.  This  one  symptom  has  a  literature, 
such  quarrels  arose  about  it.  It  should  never  be  forgotten  .  that  the 
real  symptom  of  Lycopodium  is  not  a  fanlike  but  a  spasmodic  motion 
of  the  nostrils,  and  it  corresponds  with  a  dozen  of  others  of  this 
drug,  as  we  will  see  in  the  lectures.  If  the  other  symptoms  of  the 
case  do  not  correspond  with  Lycopodium,  and  it  is  given  according  to 
this  one  single  symptom,  it  will  either  not  make  a  cure  of  the  case,  or 
the  cure  will  be  merely  an  accidental  one.  It  also  no  longer  stands 
as  a  unicum,  since  Gross  ascertained,  in  asthma,  Ferrum  has  the  same 
as  a  characteristic.  And  how  could  it  ?  The  fanlike  motion  is  a 
symptom  in  all  diseases  with  difficult  breathing,  and  we  cannot  expect 
to  cure  all  by  Lycopodium. 

In  short,  a  symptom  that  is  found  in  one  of  our  drugs  and  in  no 
other,  never  is  a  characteristic  because  it  is  a  unicum ;  every 
day  we  may  find  the  very  same  in  another,  and  on  the  other 
hand,  it  may  be  a  very  good  genuine  symptom  and  a  unicum,  still 
very  far  from  being  a  real  characteristic. 

There  are  a  great  many  more  such  peculiarities  of  a  very  different 
value  ;  further  observations  only  can  decide. 

Another  error  was  once  started,  and  the  attempt  was  made  to 
adopt  one  real  good  and  characteristic  symptom  as  the  main  one  of 
each  drug,  and  dropping  all  the  rest,  give  that  medicine  in  every 
case  where  we  meet  such  a  symptom  in  practice,  as  a  characteristic 
of  a  case.  It  is  against  the  main  rule  of  Hahnemann  ever  to 
give,  if  we  can  possibly  help  it,  a  medicine  for  a  single  symptom,  but 
always  select  a  medicine  for  the  totality  of  symptoms,  that  is,  for 
the  sick,  for  the  individual  before  us.  Such  a  practice  would  also 
lead  to  a  continual  change  of  medicine,  and  to  the  breaking  of  another 
wise  rule  of  our  master :  "  Let  every  given  medicine  have  its  full 
time,  as  long  as  the  case  allows  it." 

We  arrive  at  another  error  to  which  characteristics  have  led  some 
of  our  practitioners ;  an  error  requiring  your  particular  attention.  It 
rests  on  a  very  remarkable  fact,  observed  by  our  school,  and  we  may 
well  say,  the  greater  the  truth,  the  greater  the  error.  Among  all 
corroborations  of  our  Materia  Medica,  the  greatest  and  the  most 
undeniable,  is  the  following  : 

Having  found  by  our  provings,  by  cures,  and  by  careful  obser- 
vations, a  group  of  characteristics,  and  knowing  the  full  and  complete 
character  of  the  drug,  we  sometimes  meet  with  cases,  where, 
after  we  find  one  or  a  few  such  characteristics, we  find  also  the  others, 
even  all  of  them  ;  all  characteristic  symptoms  of  the  case  are  to  be 
found  in  the  very  same  drug  together.  For  instance  we  find  some 
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the  same  with  a  child.     The  best  illustration  is  a  case  communicated 
once  by  Boenninghausen. 

PULSATILLA   CHARACTERISTICS. 

"About three  years  ago,  while  traveling,"  says  Boenninghausen, "in 
1835,  I  arrived  one  evening  at  a  hotel,  where,  as  it  happened  to  be 
Sunday,  I  found  several  friends  of  the  proprietor  assembled,  and  also 
the  family  physician,  quite  a  young  man.  I  had  but  just  entered  the 
parlor  when  the  eldest  daughter  stepped  up  "to  me  and  asked  me  to 
euro  her  toothache,  which  she  said,  since  a  fortnight,  came  on  every 
evening  after  sunset  and  lasted  till  --midnight.  Many  things  had 
been  tried  but  all  in  vain,  which  was  also  affirmed  by  the  young 
physician  who  stood  near  us,  and  the  only  possible  relief  she  obtained 
was  by  going  out  of  doors  or  leaning  out  of  the  open  window.  It 
was  hardly  the  place  to  question  her  in  regard  to  other  symptoms, 
particularly  of  a  more  private  nature,  so  with  the  conviction  that  if  it. 
did  not  help  her,  it  would  certainly  do  her  no  harm,  I  took  from  my 
pocket  case  a  bottle  of  the  decillionth  potency  of  Pulsatilla  and  asked 
the  young  lady  to  smell  of  it  once.  The  success  exceeded  my  most 
sanguine  expectations,  for  while  closing  my  case  and  putting  it  back 
into  my  pocket,  to  the  great  amazement  of  all  the  guests  she  cried 
out  my  toothache  is  gone,  I  do  not  feel  any  more  pain. 

The  young  physician,  who  was  fresh  from  the  University,  was  very 
much  astonished  and  said  if  the  cure  were  lasting  it  was  indeed 
wonderful. 

I  now  began  to  draw  my  conclusions  backwards,  because  Pulsatilla 
had  helped  her  so  quickly  the  characteristics  of  the  remedy  must 
also  be  found  among  her  symptoms.  So  I  answered  that  if  the 
patient  would  obey  homoeopathic  rules  regarding  diet  eight  or  ten 
day 8,  the  toothache  would  not  only  stay  away,  but  she  would  also 
be  freed  from  her  other  complaints.  This  puzzled  the  youthful 
disciple  of  iEsculapius  still  more,  and  he  asked  what  other  com- 
plaints ?  I  began  to  enumerate  some  of  the  characteristics  of  this 
remedy:  Predominant  chilliness ;  want  of  thirst ;  lachrymose  dis- 
position ;  the  warmth  of  the  stovn  is  unbearable  ;  sleeplessness  before 
midnight,  and  stupifying  unrefreshing  sleep  towards  morning  ;  dis* 
gust  for  fatty  dishes  etc.  He  declared  that  I  must  have  ascertained 
all  these  symptoms  from  the  young  lady  herself,  and  when  the 
others  said  that  I  had  but  just  arrived,  and  not  spoken  a  word 
with  her  but  what  he  had  heard,  he  replied  rather  crossly  that 
they  only  said  so  to  please  me,  and  that  it  was  not  possible  for 
me  to  know  these  things  otherwise.  I  then  proposed  to  him  that 
I  would  tell  him  something  secretly,  and  he  should  then  go  to  the 
lady  and  ascertain  whether  I  was  right,  and  as  he  assented  to 
this  I  took  him  aside  and  told  him  that  the  patient  suffered  from 
diarrhoea  which  was  mostly  slimy,  and  that  menstruation  appeared 
too  late,  about  every  five  weeks,  lasted  only  a  few  days,  and  that 
she  suffered  during  that  time  with  pain  in  the  small  of  her  back, 
and  cramp-iike  pain  in  the  abdomen. 

To  test  the  truth  to  his  own  satisfaction,  he  told  her  that  I  had 
said  she  suffered   from    constipation,  and    her    menstruation    came 
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too  soon,  and  was  too  copious,  whereupon  she  answerod  that  in 
this  respect  I  had  made  a  great  mistake,  for  exactly  the  opposite 
were  the  case,  and  on  questioning  her  more  closely  he  found  every 
thing  that  I  had  told  him  corroborated,  which  he  afterwards  told 
me  himself  with  most  praiseworthy  candor. 

A  few  months  later,  when  I  saw  the  girl  again,  she  was  fresh 
and  blooming,  and  thanked  me  warmly  for  the  good  I  had  done 
her,  as  my  prophesy  in  regard  to  her  complaints  had  proved  true, 
and  she  was  now  entirely  well. 

Whether  the  young  Doctor  ever  investigated  Homoeopathy  I  do 
not  know,  but  I  hardly  think  so,  for  I  never  heard  of  it." 

Such  cases  we  meet  with  in  life,  but  it  would  be  a  very  deceiving 
rule  to  expect  it  always  to  be  so. 

The  first  symptoms  in  this  case  could  have  bden  connected  with 
others,  with  entirely  different  symptoms,  not  indicating  Pulsatilla, 
but  Sepia.  B.  saw  the  girl  before  him,  her  face,  her  whole 
appearance  may  have  reminded  him  of  Pulsatilla.  Her  features  may 
have  been  such  as  reminded  him  of  other  cases  cured  by  the  same 
medicine.  B.  further  was  careful  enough  and  said,  "  As  it  helped 
her  so  quickly,  I  concluded  that  the  girl  would  have  the  other 
characteristics  of  Puis."  There  is  a  very  great  and  an  essential  differ- 
ence between  a  conclusion,  a  priori  or  a  'posteriori. 

If  we  find  in  a  case  one  characteristic  symptom  which  indicates  a 
certain  well  known  drug,  our  attention  may  be  called  to  it  and  we 
may  expect  to  find  some  of  the  others,  but  we  ought  to  find  all  the 
others  corresponding,  before  giving  it,  and  then  we  may  expect  a  cure. 
Of  course  we  ought  not  to  suggest  them  in  the  examination  of  the 
sick.  We  ought  always  to  get  the  symptoms  out  of  the  sick,  not 
examine  them  into  the  sick.  This  is  the  main  rule  of  a  true 
Hahnemannian  examination. 

To  decide  to  give  a  medicine  according  to  one  symptom,  no  matter 
how  characteristic  it  may  be,  is  to  repeat  the  same  fault  that  others 
may  have  fallen  into,  prescribing  for  names  when  they  decide  to  give 
Belladonna  because  the  child  has  the  scarlet  fever.  We  may  suc- 
ceed, by  good  luck,  by  chance  only.  All  such  cures  are  on  the 
one  side  as  on  the  other,  accidental  ones.  We  will  have  ample 
occasions  in  the  course  of  the  lectures  to  explain  this  more  fully  ; 
to  elucidate  it,  and  prove  it. 

Characteristics  ought  always  to  be  used  in  combination,  not  singly. 

These  combinations  even,  if  they  appear  to  differ  endlessly,  like 
the  position  of  the  pieces  on  the  chessboard,  are  limited  by  laws ;  not 
every  variation  that  can  be  made ;  not  every  combination  that  is  pos- 
sible, is  to  be  found  in  nature.  Aided  by  physiology  and  pathology, 
we  may  find  these  laws  ;  in  the  course  of  the  lectures  this  will  be 
spoken  of.  On  the  other  side,  you  will  learn  how  far  each  combination 
of  characteristics  indicates  the  respective  drug.  As  often  as  we  meet 
with  them  in  the  sick,  they  indicate  the  drug,  independent  of  the 
pathology  of  the  case.  Ample  illustration  will  be  given  of  this  very 
important  fact  It  is  the  method  of  the  Philadelphia  School  to  study 
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phia  School  have   to  learn   how  to  heal  the  sick  by  mastering  the 
characteristics. 

The  lectures  on  Materia  Medica  will  thus  principally  give  you  the 
main  characteristics,  at  least  of  all  of  our  well  known  drugs,  and  in 
such  an  order  that  you  will  be  able  to  comprehend  them,  digest  them, 
as  it  were,  and  if  you  are  willing,  earnest,  and  do  your  share,  and 
store  thom  up  by  daily,  weekly,  monthly  repetitions,  you  will  have 
them  on  hand,  and  they  will  be  ready  for  use  all  your  lifetime. 

We  will  not  forget  the  general  principles  or  lose  sight  of  them. 
One  hour  of  the  four  every  week  we  will  dwell  on  generalities,  while 
the  other  three  hours  we  will  take  the  specialities  of  one  drug  after  the 
other,  and  one  family  after  the  other,  the  most  important  first,  adding 
from  time  to  time  by  comparisons.  One  hour  we  must  have  to  bestow 
on  the  higher  principles  of  our  healing  art. 

If  you  know  nothing  but  generalities  you  are  altogether  dependent 
on  good  luck  to  meet  such  cases  as  your  characteristics  will  be  fit 
for.  Then  you  would  be  like  a  man  in  a  large  hotel,  having  a  great 
many  rooms,  with  a  large  bundle  of  keys  in  his  hand.  Such  a  man 
has  continually  to  try  and  find  the  right  one.  He  may  find  it  or  not, 
just  as  it  happens.  The  master-key  will  open  all  doors.  General 
principles  are  master-keys. 

Regarding  the  characteristics,  in  order  to  save  time,  you  ought  to 
get  what  was  printed  a  year  ago,  for  the  use  of  our  Philadelphia  School, 
in  the  form  of  cards,  according  to  Dr.Tucker's  method,  and  introduced 
by  us.  You  ought  to  have  them,  either  printed  or  copy  them.  They 
have  been  selected  with  great  care  and  will  form  the  basis  of  the  lec- 
tures. You  ought  to  commit  them  to  memory  according  to  Dr.Tucker's 
method,  if  possible,  before  the  lecture  on  each  such  drug. 

Supposing  every  one  of  you  to  know  them  by  heart,  we  may  refer 
to  them  again  and  again,  but  lose  no  time  by  dictating  any  of  them. 
All  others  to  be  added  will  be  dictated. 

All  those  that  may  have  been  printed  in  the  journal  of  our 
school  will  be  referred  to,  but  not  dictated.  In  this  way  we 
save  time  and  you  may  be  able  to  carry  with  you  at  the  end  of  the 
lectures,  all  that  is  most  valuable  in  our  Materia  Medica,  At 
the  time  of  your  examination  you  will  find  the  very  same  little 
cards  spread  out  on  the  table.  Then  you  will  have  a  chance  to  show 
how  many  you  know. 

CONCLUSION. 

While  all  your  instruction  in  the  Philadelphia  School  is  based  on 
characteristics,  you  should  be  warned  in  the  first  lecture  against  all 
errors  in  regard  to  them,  which,  when  practising,  you  might  fall  into. 
There  is  one  more  to  be  spoken  of.  Suppose  you  had  a  case  where 
not  only  the  symptoms  were  changing  all  the  time,  but  even  the  most 
characteristic  symptoms.  One  day  you  find  the  one,  another  day 
another  medicine,  as  it  seems,  clearly  indicated  by  them.  What  have 
you  to  do  ?  Such  hysterical  or  hypochondriacal  cases  you  will  cer- 
tainly meet  with,  and  it  may  be  that  your  whole  reputation  will  de- 
pend on  such  a. case.  What  have  you  to  do  ?  Be  very  careful  in  the 
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you  ample  time  to  study  them.  And  after  having  carefully  decided, 
and  found,  by  similarity,  of  course,  the  best  opposite,  be  firm,  make  it 
a  main  condition,  the  patient  must  not  take  any  other  medicine,  and 
stand  firm  with  your  well  selected  one ;  give,  if  necessary  to  repeat, 
the  same  higher  and  higher,  but,  if  possible,  do  not  change,  until  all 
has  been  gained  by  that  drug  which  can  possibly  be  gained  by  it. 
The  best  remedy  there  is  for  changeability  is  firmness.  This  may  bo 
illustrated  by  an  example  taken  from  life. 

Suppose  there  was  a  college,  a  medical  college,  a  homoeopathic 
medical  college,  which  had  existed  twenty  years  and  had  changed 
professors  nearly  every  year,  or  if  there  was  no  change  in  men,  they 
changed  their  chairs,  and,  what  is  still  worse,  changed  principles 
every  year,  sometimes  even  in  one  single  summer.  Another  set  of  men 
each  winter ;  another  modification  of  doctrines  each  course.  What 
would  be  the  remedy  for  it  if  it  became  dangerous  to  the  cause  ? 
Something  simihr,and  of  course  opposite.with  the  principal  character  of 
firmness.  A  similar  but  an  opposite  college,  opposite  by  its  firmness; 
free  from  all  undue  iufluence  from  without  and  from  within.  To  pre- 
vent this  it  was  better  to  hire  rooms.  Have  no  building  except  what 
could  be  paid  for,  or  built  on  endowments  of  cash  in  hand  No  interest 
on  stocks  to  be  paid,  but  scholarships,  thereby  affording  to  students 
who  may  not  have  the  necessary  money,  a  chance,  without  begging  or 
marketing.  No  floating  debt  or  mortgage  ;  but  a  permanent  body  of 
trustees.  Not  a  floating  concern,  but  above  aft,  a  permanent  faculty, 
every  member  selected  with  care  and  elected  for  a  lifetime. 

This  will  be  the  remedy  and  secure  permanent  progress  But 
still,  objections  may  be  made  to  this,  as  well  as  to  our  Materia 
Medica.  The  very  word  "  life-time"  reminds  e\*ery  one  that 
this  very  time  is  limited.  Life  is  short  says  Hippocrates.  Sup- 
pose there  was  an  old  man  among  the  permanent  faculty,  his 
death  would  make  a  change  in  spite  of  all  the  trustees  and  by- 
laws. That  is  true,  it  may  be.  But  how  have  we  to  act  as  long  as 
we  have  life  ;  by  what  must  we  be  ruled  in  such  cases  ?  There  is  a 
great  difference  between  possibility  and  probability.  The 
possibility  of  dying  is  the  same  to  all  of  us,  young  aud  old.  The 
probability  of  it  makes  the  difference.  Now  let  us  ask  the 
Insurance  Companies  about  probabilities  ;  they  know,  because  with 
them  large  sums  of  money  are  at  stake.  The  rule  of  probability  says, 
that,  for  instance,  if  a  man  has  reached  the  age  of  67,  he  may  be  ex- 
pected to  live  till  76.  Of  course,  according  to  possibility,  changes 
may  take  place  at  any  time  in  spite  of  probability.  But  the 
difference  is  a  very  great  one  between  changes  happening  accord- 
ing to  a  higher  law  by  the  divine  will,  and  a  change  made  according 
to  the  arbitrary,  tyrannical  notions  of  one,  two  or  three  wire-pulling 
men.  Suppose  tho  said  old  man  reaches  his  76th  year,  possibly 
more,  what  a  burden  such  an  old  fogy  will  be,  full  of  notions, 
and  how  arbitrary  he  may  be  in  ten  years,  nobody  knows,  he 
dues  not  know  himself.  How  will  you  get  rid  of  him  ?  By 
impeachment  ?  We  know  that  is  easier  said  than  dona.  Well,  if  any 
one  should  be  uneasy  about  that,  he  will  send  in   his   resignation,  to 


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take  effect  on  the  221  of  March,  1876,  when  it  will  be  fifty  years  since 
he  obtained  his  degree  as  M.  D. — nine  years,  they  may  be  willing  to 
bear  with  him. 

But,  the  age  of  76  reminds  us  of  a  story,  and  a  very  good  one. 

After  Napoleon  had  disturbed  the  peace  of  Europe,  and  was  finally 
beaten  in  the  battle  of  Leipzig  by  the  allied  powers,  and  banished  by 
them  to  the  Island  of  Elba,  he  returned  again  with  a  large 
army.  The  allies  had  once  more  to  march  from  the  North  to  the 
South.  Blucher  was  placed  at  the  head  as  main  commander  of  tho 
Prussian  army,  and  marched  from  the  North  towards  Belgium.  Great 
objections  were  raised  on  account  of  his  age.  He  is  old  now  and 
infirm,  and  full  of  queer  notions,  etc  He  was  attacked  near  Ligny, 
before  he  was  ready,  and  was  beaten,  his  horse  fell,  he  was  thrown 
under  it,  and  was  carried  away  for  dead.  Of  course  in  a  day  or 
two  he  rallied  again,  sat  on  the  back  of  another  horse,  and  was 
smoking  his  little  pipe  lustily. 

Napoleon  now  turned  his  whole  power  against  Wellington,  who 
stood  before  Waterloo.  The  Iron  Duke  stood  it  manfully  and  did 
not  move  an  inch  all  day,  kept  his  position  firm. 

But  as  tho  sun  turned  towards  the  West  and  sank  deeper  and 
deeper  in  the  horizon,  the  Duke  wrote  with  a  lead  pencil  the  order  to 
his  generals  to  be  ready  to  return  during  the  night  and  retreat 
to  another  position.  There  was  a  little  cloud  seen  in  the  far 
East  on  the  horizon.  The  cloud  increased.  It  was  an  army,  coming 
nearer  like  a  hailstorm,  and  the  cloud  opened,  and  cannon  balls  came 
like  hail  into  the  right  wing  of  the  French  army  and  rolled  it  up. 
The  battle  was  won. 

Who  was  the  commander  of  that  army?  Who  rolled  up  Napoleon's 
old  guards  with  his  young  volunteers  l  It  was  Blucher,  the  old 
man  of  76. 

By  that  battle  peace  was  secured  for  fifty  years.  Let  us  trust  to 
the  one  from  whom  comes  life  and  progress  and  peace,  and  let  us 
never  forget  our  friends,  the  Life  Iusurance  Companies  and  their 
probabilities.  We  hope  they  will  be  right,  and  if  they  should ; 
present  company  is  invited  to  come  on  tho  22d  of  March  in  1876,  to 
114  N.  12th  street.     Please  take  a  note  of  that  and   do  not  forget  it. 


Transactions  New  York  Homozopathic  Medtcal  Soctety,  1864. 
We  have  a  few  copies  left  of  this  book,  an  illustrated  volume  of  477 
pages,  well  bound,  which  we  shall  be  most  happy  to  send  to  any  of  our 
subscribers,  free  of  charge.  If  sent  by  mail,  the  cost  of  postage  will 
be  24  cents. 


Permanent  Anesthetic. — A  reward  of  $10,000  has  been  offered 
by  an  English  gentleman,  through  the  Chairman  of  the  London  hos- 
pital, to  any  person  who  shall  have  discovered,  by  July  1,  1868,  any 
means  by  which,  in  all,  or  nearly  all  cases,  pain  can  be  both  perma- 
nently and  completely  extinguished,  as  it  can  now  be  extinguished 
for  a  short  time. 


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The  Science  and  Art  of  Surgery,  embracing  Minor  and 
Operative  Surgery,  compiled  from  Standard  Allopathic 
Authorities,  and  adapted  to  Homoeopathic  Therapeutics,  &c, 
&c,  &c.     By  E.  0.  Franklin,  &c.,  &c. 

The  Science  of  Surgery,  in  one  volume  complete,  844  pages, 
handsomely  bound.  Price  $8.  Dr.  E.  A.  Lodge,  Homoeo- 
pathic Pharmacy,  51  Wayne  street,  Detroit,  Michigan. 

We  have  before  us  a  voluminous  work  of  844  pages,  which  consti- 
tutes half  of  a  treatise  upon  the  Science  and  Art  of  Surgery,  adapted 
to  the  use  of  Homoeopathic  physicians.  The  members  of  our  profes- 
sion have  every  reason  to  feel  gratified  with  the  improvement  which 
can  be  noticed  in  the  literature  of  our  school,  in  almost  every  depart- 
ment, within  the  past  few  years.  The  most  laudable  efforts  in  this 
direction  have,  in  the  majority  of  instances,  resulted  in  the  produc- 
tion of  books  which  all  contain  valuable  information,  and  the  indica- 
tions at  present  tend  to  the  prediction  that  ere  long  every  specialty 
will  have  its  appropriate  homoeopathic  as  well  as  allopathic  authority. 
In  a  few  years  the  student  of  Homoeopathy  will  have  at  his  command 
works  of  reference  to  which  he  may  not  only  turn  for  advice  in  rela- 
tion to  the  diagnosis,  prognosis  and  pathology  of  disease,  but  where 
also,  in  its  appropriate  place,  will  be  found  the  Homoeopathic  Thera- 
peutics. 

Dr.  Franklin's  book,  as  far  as  it  has  progressed,  does  great  credit 
to  himself  and  the  school  to  which  he  belongs.  He  has  spared 
neither  time  nor  money,  nor  industry  to  render  "  The  Science  and 
Art  of  Surgery"  equal  to  the  expectations  of  those  who  have  anxious- 
ly awaited  its  appearance ;  and  having  entered  into  the  enterprise 
entirely  alone,  (we  mean  taken  upon  himself  the  pecuniary  outlay  of 
its  publication,)  he  deserves  the  encouragement  and  support  of  the 
profession  at  large.  This  should  be  rendered,  and  rendered  freely^ 
and  we  believe  that  it  will  be-so. 

By  way  of  introduction,  we  have  a  brief  general  history  of  Surgery, 
in  which  the  names  of  the  most  celebrated  Surgeons,  and  the  age  in 
which  they  lived  and  achieved  their  immortality,  are  mentioned  ;  this 
is  followed  with  a  record  of  the  most  important  surgical  exploits 
which  have  been  accomplished  in  the  United  States,  with  the  names 
of  the  operators,  embracing  a  period  from  1802  to  1867,  and  begin- 
ning with  the  name  of  Philip  Syng  Physick  the  Father  of  American 
Surgery.  A  concise  and  well  written  article  on  Surgical  Pathology 
follows,  in  which  the  outlines  of  the  normal  nutritive  process  are 
briefly  considered.      The  wonderful  reproductive  power  of  cells  is 


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certainly  one  of  the  least  understood  processes  of  Nature — every  cell 
is  a  distinct  organism.  The  lowest  order  of  infusorial  life,  the  monad, 
is  a  single  minute  cell,  which  requires  to  be  magnified  640  times 
before  it  is  visible  at  all,  and  varies  from  1-24000  to  1-5000  of  an 
inch  in  size.  As  we  ascend  in  the  scale,  the  number  of  cells 
increases,  and  in  these,  when  one  or  several  of  the  cells  are  abstract- 
ed and  placed  under  favorable  circumstances,  the  animal  will  be  re- 
produced. As  this  independence  of  cell  and  cell  growth  is  true  of 
the  lower  orders  of  the  animal  kingdom,  so  also  is  it  true  of  man. 
The  various  modification  of  cells,  whether  physiologically  or  patholo- 
logically  considered,  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  studies  that  can 
arrest  the  attention  of  the  physician  or  the  micographer,  and  can 
merely  be  alluded  to  in  a  treatise  upon  surgery. 

The  chapter  on  Surgical  Semeiology  is  taken  from  Smith's  Princi- 
ples and  Practice  of  Surgery,  and  is  followed  by  a  complete  treatise 
on  the  bandage,  its  uses  and  its  manner  of  application ;  this  portion 
the  book  is  very  profusely  illustrated  with  wood  cuts,  representing  the 
methods  of  applying  the  roller,  the  handkerchief,  the  pad  and  other 
dressings.  The  cuts,  from  our  remembrance  of  Smith's  Minor  Sur- 
gery, are  similar  to  those  found  in  that  work.  To  the  student  for 
constant  study  and  to  the  practitioner  for  general  reference,  this  por- 
tion of  the  book  is  certainly  of  the  utmost  service.  We  have  foL  ow- 
ing this  a  full  chapter  on  Anaesthesia,  which  contains  an  article  on 
Local  Anaesthesia  by  Dr.  Comstock,  of  this  city.  In  this,  besides  the 
use  of  Ether  and  Rhigolcne,  mention  is  made  of  Xylo-styptic  spray 
and  Ferro-styptic  ether  as  useful  in  controlling  hemorrhage,  and  also 
of  electricity.  There  are  other  substances  which  have  been  introduced 
to  the  notice  of  the  profession  for  the  production  of  anaesthesia,  one 
of  which  is  the  bromide  of  ethyl,  another  the  chloride  of  elayl  (defiant 
gas),  which  were  introduced  by  Dr.  Nunneily,  a  well  known  English 
physician.  At  a  meeting  of  the  British  Medical  Association,  he 
stated  that  both  in  private  practice  and  in  the  Leeds  General  Infirm- 
ary he  had  used  both  of  the  above  agents,  with  the  most  satisfactory 
results,  whenever  it  was  necessary  to  produce  anaesthesia,  and  that 
they  not  only  possessed  many  important  advantages  over  chloroform, 
but  that  thus  far  no  disagreeable  symptoms  had  resulted  from  their 
use.  Chimogene  (cold  generator)  is  the  name  given  by  Dr.  P.  H. 
Vanderweyde  to  a  highly  volatile  and  gaseous  product  which  causes 
by  its  evaporation,  intense  cold,  and  can  be  made  to  boil  at  any 
desired  degree  of  temperature,  from  60  to  30  degrees  Fahr. 

Chapter  IV.  is  given  to  the  consideration  of  the  means  and  instru- 
ments for  arresting  hemorrhage.  As  an  instance  of  the  rapidity  with 
which  surgical  science  advances,  there  has  lately  been  given  to  the 
profession  a  styptic  and  adhesive  fluid,  called  styptic  colloid,  intro- 
duced by  Dr.  Bcnj.  W.  Richardson,  which  is  not  only  styptic  and 
antiseptic,  but  possesses  the  power  of  excluding  the  atmospheric  air 
from  wounded  or  abraded  surfaces.  It  is  a  species  of  collodion,  con- 
fining tannic  acid.  When  the  preparation  is  applied  to  the  wounded 
surface  the  heat  of  the  body  gradually  e vaporizes  both  the  alcohol 
and  the  ether,  of  which  the  solution  is  composed,  and  leaves  the   gun- 


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cotton  and  the  tannin  in  close  approximation  with  the  parts  to  which 
it  has  been  applied.  In  the  half-yearly  abstract  of  RankiD,  Dr. 
Richardson  relates  cases  to  which  this  compound  has  been  most  suc- 
cessfully used,  viz.:  "  cases  of  profuse  hemorrhage  ;  cases  of  common 
ulceration;  cases  of  syphilitic  ulceration;  cases  of  open  cancer;  and. 
cases  of  recent  wounds. "  This  fluid  forms  the  base  of  many  other 
useful  medicinal  agents,  among  which  are  carbolic  acid,  creosote, 
quinine,  iodine,  cantharides,  morphia,  and  the  bi-chloride  of  mercury. 
This  substance  bids  fair  to  be  useful  to  the  surgeon,  and  will  no 
doubt  ere  long  receive  its  appropriate  place  among  styptics.  It 
remains,  however,  yet  to  be  thoroughly  tried  both  by  time  and  ex- 
perience. 

In  the  chapter  upon  disinfecting  agents,  after  alluding  to  the  great 
value  of  pure  atmospheric  air,  the  following  articles  are  mentioned  : 
First.  Due  notice  is  taken  of  the  value  of  chlorine  as  found  in  the 
chloride  of  lime,  the  chlorides  of  potash  and  soda,  the  chloride  of  zinc, 
and  then  the  binoxide  of  manganese,  nitrous  acid  fumes,  carbon, 
charcoal,  coal  tar,  creosote  and  oakum  ;  sulphuric  acid,  copperas, 
sulghate  of  iron,  iodine  and  heat  are  briefly  mentioned  and  their 
properties  noted. 

At  the  present  writing,  during  the  the  prevalence  of  cholera,  the 
attention  of  the  profession  has  been  especially  directed  towards  the 
proper  substances  for  disinfection  and  deodorization,  and  Dr.  J.  H. 
Baker,  in  his  prize  essay,  sums  up  the  results  of  many  experiments 
in  the  following  :  For  rapid  deodorization  and  disinfection,  chlorine 
is  the  most  effective  agent  known  :  for  a  steady  and  continuous  effect, 
ozone  is  the  preferable  article,  in  the  absence  of  which  iodine  exposed 
in  the  solid  form  is  best.  For  the  disinfection  of  fluid  or  semi-fluid 
substances,  iodine  in  the  form  of  tincture  is  most  excellent,  while  for 
the  deodorization  and  disinfection  of  solid  bodies  that  cannot  be  des- 
troyed, a  mixture  of  powdered  chloride  or  sulphate  of  zinc,  with  saw- 
dust, is  found  very  efficacious. 

The  article,  however,  which  is  at  present  most  in  vogue  is  Carbolic 
acid,  which,  from  its  cheapness  and  the  facility  of  application,  has 
become  a  most  excellent  and  efficacious  disinfectant. 

Phenic  acid,  or  phenylic  alcohol,  is  usually  accompanied  by  its  con- 
geners, xylic  and  cresylic  alcohols,  which  adhere  to  it  with  great 
tenacity,  and  give  it  the  property  of  becoming  brown  in  contact  with 
the  air.  For  its  purification,  M.  Muller  has  recourse  to  a  partial 
neutralization,  and  afterwards  to  the  fractional  distillation  of  the  pro- 
duct. The  crude  tar  cedes  to  soda  or  lime  water,  a  mixture  of  the 
matters  before  mentioned,  as  well  as  napthaline,  which  is  soluble  in 
concentrated  solutions  of  the  alkaline  phenates.  Water  is  added  to 
to  this  until  it  ceases  to  cause  a  precipitate,  when  the  liquid  is  exposed 
in  wide  vessels,  to  facilitate  the  formation  of  the  brown  bodies  and 
their  deposits.  After  filtering,  the  approximative  quantity  of  organic 
matter  held  in  solution  is  determined,  formed  principally  of  phenio 
%nd  its  congeners,  which  are  easily  displaced  by  acids.  It  was  first 
imed  carbolic  acid  by  Runge,  a  German  chemist,  who  discovered 
.1  in  1884.     But  it  is  not  properly  an  acid;    it  is  not  sour,  does  not 


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redden  litmus  paper,  nor  does  it  combine  with  alkalies  any  sooner 
than  with  acids  ;  hence  the  names  phenal,  etc. 

Phenic  acid,  when  pure,  occurs  in  beautiful  transparent  needle- 
form  crystals.  If  the  crystals  be  exposed  to  the  air,  in  a  few 
moments  they  absorb  a  very  small  quantity  of  moisture,  and  are 
transformed  into  an  oily  liquid,  which  is  slighily  heavier  than 
water.  Although  the  solid  acid  is  so  eager  for  water,  it  is  satis- 
fied with  a  very  little,  and  is  but  slightly  soluble  iu  water.  It  has 
a  burning  taste,  and  a  powerful  and  persistent  odor,  which  people 
call  smoky.  It  dissolves  freely  in  alcohol,  ether  and  oils,  and  is 
itself  a  powerful  solvent  of  gum,  resins,  sulphur  and  phosphorus. 
We  cannot  more  briefly  indicate  its  more  useful  properties  than  to 
say  it  is  often  called  creosote,  and  that  it  is  as  like  the  genuine 
creosote  as  two  peas.  It  is  a  poison  to  all  animals  and  plants,  and 
is  especially  destructive  to  insects  and  their  eggs.  All  vermin  hate 
the  smeh  of  it,  and  get  away  from  it  as  fast  as  they  can.  But, 
although  it  is  certain  death  to  the  animal,  it  is  kind  to  the  dead 
body,  for  it  may  preserve  that  tor  ever  ;  any  kind  of  flesh  which  has 
been  impregnated  with  phenic  acid,  refuses  to  decay  and  return 
to  dust  When  decay  has  commenced,  by  putrefaction  or  fer- 
mentation,phenic  acid  will  stop  it  instanter,  and  prevent  its  recurrence, 

Tests  far  Carbolic  Acid. — Carbolic  acid  is  now  so  largely  used  as  a 
disinfectant,  for  which  it  is  pre-eminently  fitted,  it  appears  that  a 
spurious  article,  composed  of  Oil  of  tar,  utterly  valueless  as  a  disin- 
fectant, is  now  being  imposed  on  the  public.  Mr.  W.  Crooks  directs 
attention  to  this  fraud,  as  well  as  to  the  following  means  by  which  it 
may  be  detected.  Commercial  carbolic  acid  is  soluble  in  from  25  to 
70  parts  of  water,  or  in  twice  its  bulk  of  a  solution  of  caustic  soda, 
while  oil  is  often  nearly  insoluble.     To  apply  these  tests  : 

1.  Put  a  teaspoonfal  of  the  carbolic  acid  in  a  bottle,  pour  on  it  half 
a  pint  of  warm  water,  shake  the  bottle  at  intervals  for  half  an  hour, 
when  the  amount  of  oily  residue  will  show  the  impurity. 

2.  Dissolve  1  part  of  caustic  soda  in  10  parts  of  warm  water,  and 
shake  it  up  with  5  parts  of  carbolic  acid  :  the  residue  indicating  the 
amount  of  the  impurity.  These  tests  are  not  scientifically  accurate 
but  sufficiently  so  for  common  use. 

There  has  lately  been  published  a  treatise  on  this  subject,  entitled 
the  Principles  and  Practice  of  Disinfection,  by  Roberts  Bartholow, 
A.  M.,  M.D.,  Prof,  of  Materia  Medica  in  the  Medical  College  of  Ohio. 

The  chapters  upon  catheterism,  injections,  vaccination,  the  removal 
of  foreign  bodies,  are  next  in  order,  and  are  all  illustrated,  concise, 
easily  understood  and  well  arranged.  We  notice  that  in  the  parts 
referring  to  the  removal  of  foreign  bodies  from  the  larynx,  the  Doctor 
recommends  the  plan  of  holding  the  patient  with  his  head  downwards 
and  slapping  him  on  the  back.  This  is  a  very  important  direction, 
and  should  be  remembered.  This  method,  if  we  recollect  rightly, 
has  been  lately  (certainly  since  this  portion  of  Dr.  Franklin's  work 
was  printed)  published  in  some  of  the  medical  journals  as  entirely 
new,  and  three  or  four  cases  successfully  treated  are  recorded. 
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Part  III.  treats  of  the  vexed  question  of  Inflammation.  This 
chapter  follows  closely  Miller's  Principles  of  Surgery,  which,  perhaps, 
all  things  considered,  is  one  of  the  best  essays  on  the  subject  that 
could  be  found.  To  merely  mention  the  theories  of  Inflammation  and 
its  terminations,  the  consideration  of  hyper aetnia,  progressive  and  retro- 
gressive metamorphosis,  the  homceoplastic  new  formations,  the  hetero- 
plastic, theheterostopic  and  hetero-chronio  growths,  necrobiosis  and  a 
hundred  other  changes,  resulting  directly  or  indirectly  from  the  inflam- 
matory process,  which  would  be  of  no  avail  to  the  student,  would 
embrace  a  space  as  large  as  the  entire  volume.  So  numerous  have  been 
the  theories  advanced  to  account  for  the  symptoms  of  inflammation 
and  inflammatory  action,  and  so  wide  a  field  do  they  cover  both  in 
medicine  and  in.  surgery,  that  some  of  the  mast  distinguished 
authorities  hesitate  not  to  announce  their  inability  to  give  a  definition 
of  the  term.  Paget,  for  instance,  thus  write :  "  I  shall  not  attempt 
to  define  inflammation  in  any  set  or  terms,  for  as  yet,  we  are  not,  I 
think,  in  a  position  to  do  this,"  and  Mr.  Miller  inclines  to  the  same 
opinion.  Dr.  Hammer,  of  this  city,  gives  the  following  .  "  We  define 
inflammation  to  be  the  irritation  of  a  tissue,  caused  by  an  irritant 
agent,  always  followed  by  an  efflux  of  nutrient  fluid,  with  an  increase 
of  the  formative  process,  and  an  increase  of  the  tendency  to  degenera- 
tion of  the  same  tissue."  We  are  glad  that  Dr.  Franklin,  having  in 
mind  the  'practical  rather  than  the  theoretical,  summarily  disposes  of 
the  theory,  and  gives  his  attention  to  the  symptoms  and  terminations 
of  the  inflammatory  process,  devoting  twenty-six  pages  to  the  treatment, 
giving  the  indications  for  the  appropriate  medicines  as  well  as  the  local 
treatment.  Mention  is  also  made  of  the  Allopathic  treatment,  which  the 
Doctor  concludes  with  tha  following  quotation  from  Tanner's  Practice 
of  Medicine  :  "  The  conclusion  appears  evident,  that  in  the  treatment 
of  acute  inflammatory  diseases,  practitioners  must  be  content  to  trust 
more  to  nature  and  less  to  heroic  remedies  than  they  have  been  in 
the  habit  of  doing ;  for  it  is  highly  probable  that,  though  we  may  be 
able  to  guide  inflammations  to  a  successful  termination,  yet  we  can- 
not cut  them  short,  and  any  attempts  to  do  so  will  merely  increase 
the  patient's  clanger. 

The  succeeding  parts  of  the  work  devoted  to  inflammatory  products 
and  consequences  are  followed  by  an  article  on  pyemia,  in  which 
latter  there  is  a  very  important  quotation  from  the  Surgeon  General's 
Circular,  No.  6.  It  is  as  follows  :  the  histories  of  754  cases  are  re- 
corded in  the  register,  the  post  mortem  observations  accompanying  a 
large  proportion  of  the  fatal  cases.  These  number  719,  or  95tVv  per 
cent.  Pyemia  supervened  in  377  cases  of  gun  shot  injury,  in  which 
no  operation  had  been  performed,  and  after  295  cases  of  amputation, 
of  which  155  cases  of  amputation  in  the  continuity  of  the  femur. 
The  purulent  infection  was  subsequent  to  the  excision  of  the  shafts  of 
long  bones  in  27  cases  and  to  excision  of  joints  in  28  cases.  It  has 
been  one  of  the  great  sources  of  mortality  after  amputations,  and  its 
victims  are  to  be  counted  by  thousands." 

We  next  have  a  short  treatise  on  the  treatment  of  those  fevers 
commonly  met   with  by   the    Surgeon,   which    precedes  "Textural 


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Changes,  the  Effects  of  Heat  and  Cold,  and  the  Specific  Forms  of  In- 
flammation." In  the  latter  we  observe  with  regret  that  when  upon 
the  subject  of  Erysipelas,  no  especial  mention  is  made  of  the  efficacy 
of  homoeopathic  treatment  of  the  disease,  which,  in  this  affection,  is 
so  eminently  useful. 

The  indications  for  the  use  of  Aconite,  Bell.,  Rhustoz.,  Rhus  rad.t 
Apis  mel.y  or  Arsenicum,  are  not  given,  except  in  a  short  quotation 
from  a  paper  from  the  pen  of  Dr.  Guilbert,  of  Dubuque,  Iowa.  This 
is  most  certainly  an  oversight,  and  should  be  remedied  in  subsequent 
editions.  If  there  be  a  disease  which  shows  the  superiority  of  the 
homoeopathic  treatment  over  that  of  the  old  school,  that  disorder  is 
Erysipelas.  It  was  formerly  our  custom  in  the  affection,  to  use  local 
applications,  but  further  and  more  accurate  experience  shows  that  the 
patients  do  better  without  any  such  topical  means,  save  that  of  rye 
floor,  which  is  useful,  particularly  in  the  latter  stages,  to  allay  itch- 
ing. There  are  two  facts  also  which  are  worth  noting  in  this  connec- 
tion ;  one  is,  that  persons  liable  to  repeated  attacks  of  erysipelas, 
when  properly  treated,  are  exempt  from  the  danger  of  subsequent 
invasion  ;  and  the  other,  that  the  appropriate  medicine  must  be  given 
for  some  time  before  any  marked  change  is  noticed,  in  other  words, 
the  remedial  agents  must  not  be  frequently  changed. 

The  other  specific  forms  of  inflammation  also  receive  a  due  share  of 
attention,  as  Boil,  Carbuncle  and  Malignant  Pustule;  after  which 
follows  a  chapter  on  Tuberculosis,  which  latter  has  been  given  to  the 
profession  in  the  columns  of  the  Western  Homoeopathic  Observer. 

The  next  portion  of  the  work  is  that  which  treats  of  the  venereal 
disease,  and  occupies  one  hundred  and  eighty-one  pages.  This  por- 
tion of  the  book  is  very  comprehensive,  and  treats  of  each  of  the 
varied  forms  of  the  disorder.  In  speaking  of  chancre,  the  Doctor 
adopts  the  classification  of  Bunistead,  and  denominates  the  (soft  and 
non-infecting  sore — Chancroid  : — the  indurated  sore — True  Chancre. 
This,  especially  to  the  student,  is  serviceable.  The  old-fashioned 
nomenclature  of  syphilis  was  rather  perplexing,  from  the  fact  that  the 
duality  of  virus  was  not  known  or  understood.  Even  the  great 
svphilograph  Ricord,  in  his  early  days,  wrote  in  his  celebrated 
"  Letters,"  •*  up  to  the  present  time  we  are  justified  in  denying  the 
existence  of  more  than  one  virus,"  It  was  Bassereau  who  first  stirred 
np  the  contest  concerning  the  unity  or  duality  of  the  virus,  and  no 
doubt  it  was  difficult  for  so  old  and  experienced  a  man  as  Ricord  to 
change  his  views  and  his  teachings.  He  has,  however,  certainly 
done  this.  In  his  last  lecture  upon  chancre,  he  has  the  following 
positive  language:  "The  chancre  is  no  longer  a  morbid  unit,  but  a 
mixed  manifestation,  belonging  to  two  distinct  pathological  species." 
The  one  of  these  is  the  simple  chancre  or  chancroid,  (as  Dr.  Franklin 
has  it ;)  the  other  is  the  indurated  or  infecting  chancre.  The  former 
is  one  "  with  a  soft  base,  an  affection  purely  local,  which  limits  its 
effects  to  the  region  which  it-attacks,  which  never  exercises  a  general 
influence  upon  the  system,  which  is  never  accompanied  by  constitu- 
tional affections.  In  other  words,  it  is  a  chancre  which  does  not 
affect  the  economy — a  chancre  without  syphilis"      How  different  is 


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this  from  the  views  of  the  older  pathologists  when  the  celebrated 
Hunter,  on  the  very  same  subject,  thus  speaks :  "  Experience 
teaches  us  that  the  venereal  pus  presents  no  variety  of  species,  and 
that  no  differencce  can  be  produced  in  the  manifestation  of  tho 
disease  in  the  malignity  of  the  purulent  matter.  The  same  pus  ex- 
ercises on  various  individuals  actions  totally  dissimilar  from  one 
another,  the  diverse  nature  of  which  depends  on  the  constitution  and 
the  general  state  of  the  economy  at  the  time  of  infection."  Recent 
investigation  and  observation  have  proved  other  remarkable  phenom- 
ena in  the  venereal  disease,  to  all  of  which  it  is  said  that  Ricord  at 
present  subscribes,  one  of  which  is  the  contagiousness  of  the  secre- 
tions of  secondary  lesions  and  the  blood,  the  second  vaccinal  syphilis. 

The  great  importance  of  proper  diagnostication  in  the  two  forms  of 
chancre  has  led  to  the  arrangement  of  a  well  drawn  table,  exhibiting 
the  distinguishing  marks  of  the  two  varieties  of  sore.  Dr.  Franklin 
has  inserted  this  in  his  work,  and  it  is  of  great  service.  The  table  is 
very  similar  to  one  we  prepared  in  1860,  while  reading  the  last  lec- 
tures of  Ricord,  annotated  by  Fournier,  and  translated  by  Maunder.of 
London,  which  was  published  in  the  United  States  Journal  of  Homoeo- 
pathy for  August,  1861. 

With  such  plain  directions  for  making  diagnosis  as  are  found  in 
the  work  we  are  reviewing,  neither  practitioner  or  student  need  be 
misled  ;  therefore,  in  many  instances,  the  proper  local  treatment  will 
suffice.  Our  favorite  caustic  for  the  local  one  is  the  carbo  sulphuric 
paste  of  Ricord.  It  has  never  disappointed  us,  and  is  worthy  of  trial; 
of  it  Ricord  thus  speaks  :  "  I  have  successively  tried  the  Vienna 
paste,  potassa,  nitric  acid,  the  actual  cautery,  etc.  All  these  have  in- 
conveniences, which  I  need  not  point  out  to  you,  inasmuch  as  I  have  to 
propose  to  your  notice  a  new  agent  particularly  efficacious.  This  caustic 
consists  of  sulphuric  acid,  mixed  with  powdered  vegetable  charcoal 
in  the  proportions  necessary  to  form  a  half  solid  paste."  It  is  im- 
possible to  enter  upon  the  treatment  of  the  infecting  chancre  or  the 
constitutional  lesions  and  thtir  treatment.  We  refer  the  reader  to 
Dr.  Franklin's  book,  and  feel  sure  we  can  predict  satisfaction  fro  ma 
perusal  of  its  pages  on  this  subject. 

But  we  may  pass  on  to  what  to  us  is  the  most  interesting  chapter 
in  tho  work,  viz.;  that  upon  Gun  shot  wounds.  Herein  the  Doctor  is 
enabled  to  give  his  own  personal  experience  on  a  subject  of  great 
importance,  and  what  is  still  more  interesting  to  us,  as  homceopathists, 
can  give  us  statistics  of  both  Homoeopathic  and  Allopathic  treatment. 
If  we  mistake  not,  we  have  read  portions  of  the  chapter  before  in  the 
North  American  Journal)  however,  it  matters  not.  In  his  book 
before  us  stand  facts  and  figures.  In  speaking  of  the  superiority  of 
the  old  school  over  the  new  in  the  treatment  of  gun  shot  wounds,  he 
says:  "I  am  fully  convinced  that  the  per-centage  of  mortality 
would  have  been  considerably  reduced  if  homoeopathy  had  been 
admitted  into  the  army  and  navy  upon  equal  footing  with  allopathy. 
To  illustrate  more  fully  the  force  of  this  conviction,  I  may  state 
that  an  entire  ward  of  thirty  beds  iu  the  U.    S.  Mound  City  General 


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Hospital  was  set  aside  for  the  homoeopathic  treatment  of  such  cases 
as  were  declared  by  consultation  of  my  assistant  surgeons  to  be 
beyond  the  hope  of  recovery.  This  ward  I  took  charge  of,  assisted 
by  two  other  physicians  of  the  same  school  as  myself,  viz.:  Drs. 
Pratte  and  Wales,  and  as  the  result  of  our  practice,  more  than  thirty 
per  cent  of  the  patients  given  up  by  Allopathic  medication  as  hope 
lessly  lost,  recovered  under  the  Homoeopathic  treatment.''  This  is 
as  an  experience  which  must  be  preserved  for  future  use ;  this  is  an 
argument  that  may  hereafter,  when  the  circumstances  call  for  its 
adduction,  be  of  service  to  the  Homoeopathic  school. 

In  this  chapter  upon  gun  shot  wounds  many  very  interesting 
cases,  taken  from  the  experience  of  the  author,  are  recorded,  and 
much  enhance  the  interest  of  perusal. 

In  the  treatment  of  fractures  of  the  thigh,  which,  by  the  way,  is  a 
sort  of  scientific  battlefield,  Dr.  Franklin  prefers  the  conservative 
plan,  and  records  fifteen  cases  of  compound  fracture  of  the  femur, 
with  more  or  less  comminution  of  the  bone,  of  which  four  died, 
amputation  having  been  performed  secondarily ;  ten  recovered  who 
were  left  to  the  conservative  plan,  and  only  one  died  during  that 
process. 

This  great  question  as  to  the  proper  treatment  of  fractures  of  the 
femur  appears  to  us,  from  our  reading,  (having  had  but  very  little 
experience  in  military  surgery,)  to  settle  itself  down  to  the  follow- 
ing : 

First. — Do  fractures  of  the  thigh  generally  admit  of  a  conser- 
vative treatment ;  or  do  they  either  sooner  or  later  require  ampu- 
tation 1 

Second. — Which  are  the  cases  in  which  either  of  these  courses 
should  be  preferred  ? 

Third. — When  amputation  is  deemed  necessary  from  the  first, 
ought  it  to  be  performed  immediately t  or  is  it  better  to  wait  until 
suppuration  has  ensued  ? 

According  to  the  table  of  Dr.  Franklin,  the  total  of  which  we  have 
just  given,  we  find  that  ten  recovered  out  of  fifteen  cases,  and  but 
one  died  during  the  conservative  process. 

The  two  remaining  questions  must  be  and  will  be  for  a  time  very 
difficult  to  properly  solve,  simply  because  the  term  secondary  ampu- 
tation is  not  understood  by  all  surgeons  in  the  same  sense.  It 
may  signify: — In  the  case  of  a  fracture  for  which  amputation  is 
judged  indispensable  from  the  first,  intentionally  to  delay  that 
operation,  with  the  idea  that  if  it  be  performed  later,  it  will  prove 
more  successful,  or  on  the  other  hand  :— it  may  mean  to  attempt  to 
re-unite  the  fragments  of  bone,  and  if  the  effort  is  unsuccessful 
and  the  patient's  life  is  endangered,  then  to  remove  the  limb. 
In  our  opinion,  secondary  amputation  should  be  restricted  to  the 
latter. 

With  reference  to  primary  and  secondary  amputations,  we  may 
give  as  an  example  the  following  table,  compiled  from  the  experience 
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Comparative  Table  of  Primary  and  Secondary 
Amputation. 


Primary. 


Secondary. 


Guthrie,  after  the  battle  of  Toulouse . j  47 

Ibid.,  Attack  on  Orleans  - J  45 

Dupuytren - [  7 

Baron  Larrey ......... i  13 

Roux(18J(.) !  10 

Jbid.,  (1848)  Feb j  1 

Ibid.,  June 1  11 

Ibid.,  says  elsewhere  in  adding  all  the  figures - 1  23 

Baudens _.J  14 

B.  Larrey,  (18*0)  Gros.  Caillou 6 

lbid„  (Siege  of  Antwerp) !  54 

Laroch  Lyon  ( 1834) 19 

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This  experience  certainly  decides  in  favor  of  primary  amputation 
in  general.  Now  let  us  for  a  moment  look  to  amputation  of  the  thigh 
especially.  We  find  from  a  comparison  of  cases,  that  an  average  of 
immediate  amputation  is  45  per  cent,  while  secondary  operations 
only  furnish  about  87  per  cent.;  and  from  consulting  many  tables 
which  it  would  be  unnecessary  to  record,  we  find,  that  taken  alto- 
gether, comminuted  fractures  of  the  four  limbs  heal  better  after  im- 
mediate amputations ;  that  among  fractures  from  gun  shot  wounds, 
those  of  the  thigh  present  the  least  reparative  power,  and 
taking  all  things  into  consideration,  primary  amputations  of 
the  thigh  present  better  results  than  secondary,  which  is  also  the 
opinion  of  our  author,  who  remarks :  "As  a  general  principle, 
primary  or  immediate  operations  should  be  performed  alike  in  civil 
as  well  as  military  hospitals.'1  Now,  with  our  understanding  of 
primary  and  secondary  amputation,  the  matter  resolves  itself  to  this  : 
If  there  be,  in  the  judgment  of  the  surgeon,  any  chance  for  preserv- 
ing the  limb,  save  it ;  if  not,  primary  amputation  should  be  resorted 
to.  In  the  cases  of  Dr  Franklin,  four  died  after  secondary  opera- 
tion, and  we  agree  with  him  that  perhaps  half  of  that  number  would 
have  been  saved  if  primary  amputation  had  been  resorted  to.  But 
we  have  already  extended  this  notice  to  greater  limits  than  we  in- 
tended. This  subject  is  almost  exhaustless,  and  so  full  of  interest, 
that  the  mention  of  one  topic  brings  to  mind  others  of  greater  import, 
until  we  find  ourselves  spending  too  much  time  on  one  point,  while 
we  overlook  others  of  equal  moment,  there  are  many  chapters  which 
we  have  not  noticod  at  all,  and  those  to  which  we  have  alluded  are 
so  cursorily  looked  into,  that  we  feel  as  though  nothing  had  been 
done. 

The  book  is  a  good  one,  as  a  text-book  on  the  specialty  of  which  it 
treats,  and  should  be  introduced  into  all  our  colleges,  And  when 
the  second  volume  makes  its  appearance  it  will  make  a  compend 
of  surgical  literature,  which  will  be  alive  in  other  editions  when 
both  the  author  and  the  reviewer   are  dust  and  ashes.     We  of  the 


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West  are  especially  grateful  for  the  work,  and  feel  an  interest  in  its 
welfare — not  only  on  account  of  its  worth  and  intrinsic  merits,  but 
for  this.  The  dedication  reads  :  "  To  the  Homoeopathic  practitioners 
of  America  ;"  (and  this)  "  especially  to  the  Students  of  the  Homoeo- 
pathic Medical  College  of  Missouri." 

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tic and  diagnostic  symptoms. 
Arranged  as  a  note-book,  by  Prof.  E.  M.  Hale.     It  will  be  found 

quite  convenient  for  students'  use. 


Homceopathy  and  Life  Insurance. — Louis  B.  Smith,  Esq.,  Sec'y 
of  Atlantic  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  writes :  "  We  are 
making  a  strong  record  for  Homoeopathy.  Out  of  the  twenty  one 
hundred  policies  which  we  have  issued,  probably  between  fifteen  and 
sixteen  hundred  are  under  homoeopathic  rates  ;  the  balance  under 
allopathic.  We  have  met  with  five  losses,  three  of  which  were  insured 
under  allopathic  rates  and  died  under  allopathic  treatment,  and  two 
under  homceopathic.  We  have  insured  between  five  and  six  millbn 
dollars,  and  increased  our  assets,  besides  losses  paid,  about  140  per 
cent.     We  consider  this  record  worth  boasting  of." 


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Anderson* — R.  L.  Anderson,  M.  D.,  sends  us  first  and  second  parts  of  a  series  of  papers 
on  the  "  Cause  and  Cure  of  Intemperance,"  which  we  accept  with  great  pleasure.  "We  hope  to 
insert  the  first  in  the  Feb.  No. 

Blakesly.— Dr.  J.  M.  Blakesly  has  renoved  from  Mt.  NCjrris,  N.  Y.,  to  Iowa  City, ^Iowa 

Bell»—  Jas.  S.  Ball,  M\  D.,  his  removed' to  Joliet,  Ills.,  where  he  succeeds  Dr.  Cooper,  who 
has  formed  a  co-partnership  with  Dr.  Van  Liew,  of  Aurora,  in  same  State.  A  good  homoeopath- 
ist  would  do  well  in  the  place  Dr.  Bell  has  left. 

Browu.-J.  E.  Brown,  M.  D.,  has  removed  from  Floyd,  Iowa,  to  Eagle  Harbor,  Orleans 
Co.,  New  York. 

Chajndler.— Dr.  A.  Chandler  has  left  New  Hartford,  Butler  Co.,  Iowa,  and  is  now  located- 
at  Cameron,  Clinton  Co.,  Mo. 

Ellis.—  Era8tus  R.  Ellis,  M.  D.,  a  nephew  of  Prof  John  Ellis,  of  N.  Y.  City,  has  receutly 
located  at  Detroit.  He  comes  well  recommended,  from  Grand  Rapids,  his  former  location,  as  a 
skillful  surgeon  and  successful  physician. 

Frost.— J.  H.  P.  Frost,  M.  D.,  has  been  elected  to  the  Chair  of  Pathology  in  the  Philadelphia 
Homoeopathic  College. 

Garside.— Wra.  Briggs  Oarside,  M.  D.,  has  removed  from  Lexington,  Mass ,  to  40  East  4th 
street,  New  York  City. 

Gau.se* — 0.  B  Cause,  M.  D ,  has  been  elected  to  the  Chair  of  Obstetrics  in  Hahnemann 
Med  College  of  Philadelphia,  in  place  of  H.  N.  Martin,  M.  D.,  who  retains  the  Professorship 
of  Clinical  Medicine  in  the  same  Institution. 

Hamisfar.— C.W.  Hamisfar,  M.D.,  contributes  a  paper  on  the  use  of  Hamamelis  in  wounds, 
which  is  gratefully  accepted. 

He  ring.—  We  cordially  welcome  the  venerable  Constantine  Herino,  M.  D ,  to  a  place  with 
the  Collaborators  of  the  Observer.  The  present  number  contains  his  recent  Introductory,  and 
we  expect  other  contributions  frequently. 

Hempel.— Dr.  Hempel  expects  to  remain  in  New  York  City  until  January,  ne  has  been, 
engaged  in  translating  Dr.  Jahr's  work  on  Venereal  and  Baehr's  Homoeapathic  Therapeutics 
both  of  whiah  will  be  issued  from  the  press  shortly. 

Hooper.— Prof.  Joseph  Hooper  recently  gave  a  lecture  on  Homoeopathy  to  th?  citizens  of 
Corunna,  Mich.,  in  their  Court  House.  It  was  favorably  received,  and  will  doubtless^  tend  to 
dissipate  many  unreasonable  prejudices. 

Linen  thai. —S.  Lilienthal,  M.  I).,  of  New  York  City,  has  sent  us  provings  of  Rhus  vernix, 
by  Preacher  Kunze,  Magdeburg,  translated  from  "Hirschel's  KliniCy"  which,  with  other  valuable 
contributions  from  his  pen,  we  will  insert  with  great  pleasure  in  subsequent  numbers.  ' 

Rice.— N.  B.  Rice,  M.  D.,  a  convert  from  Allopathy  of  last  year,  has  entered  into  copartner- 
ship wilh  Dr.  Spinney,  of  East  Saginaw,  Michigan. 

Schley.— Dr.  P.  T.  Schley  has  dissolved  partnership  with  Dr.  Cleckly.  at  Charleston.  S.  C, 
and  opened  an  office  at  64  Wen  (worth  street  in  that  city. 

Ware.— Win.  G*.  Ware,  M.  D.,  has  removed  from  East  Boston,  Mass.,  to  East  Dedham, 
Norfolk  Co  ,  Mass. 

New  Homoeopathic  Dispensaries.— Free  Dispensary  at  619  South  State  street, 
Chicago.  Dr.  H  N.  Small,  attending  physician.  Consulting  Physicians— Profs.  Small,  Cooke, 
Ludlam.  Mitchell,  and  Hale. 

Free  Dispensary  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  No.  240  Main  street  Thirteen  of  the  Homoeopathic 
physicians  of  Buffalo  have  volunteered  for  the  work.  This  institution  is  incorpo/ated,  the 
Board  of  Directors  embracing  some  of  the  most  prominent  citizens  of  Buffalo. 


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[For  tbe  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.  J 
A   MONOGRAPH     UPON 

POLYPORUS     OFFICINALIS     AND    P.    PINICOLA. 

Their  physiologic*) -pathological   effects,  together  with  their 

uses  in  disease. 

BY  W.H.  BUBT,  Jf.  D.,  LINCOLN,  ILLINOIS. 


PREFACE. 

Nothing  being  known  about  the  remedies  when  I  commenced 
experimenting  with  them,  I  have  found  it  to  be  a  greater  labor 
than  I  anticipated  ;  but  I  can  assure  the  reader  I  have  aimed 
to  be  conscientious  in  all  my  statements.  All  I  claim  for  this 
monograph  is  simply  that  it  is  suggestive,  and  I  hope  the  pro- 
fession will  receive  it  as  such.  I  am  well  aware  that  these,  like 
all  other  new  remedies,  will  receive  opposition,  because  "  every- 
thing new,  like  a  new  birth,  comes  with  struggling  and  pangs. 
The  old  and  useless  in  science  and  art,  as  in  everything  else,  loves 
ease,  hates  change,  dreads  death,  and  battles  against  the  new . 
until  its  last  breath/' 

If  the  few  suggestions  thrown  out  in  this  little  treatise  will 
act  as  a  stimulus  to  the  profession,  to  further  develope  the  great 
remedial  powers  that  exist  in  the  Polypori,  the  object  of  this 
monograph  will  be  accomplished. 

I  here  record  my  obligations  and  sincere  thanks  to  the  follow- 
ing physicians  for  the  aid  they  have  given  me  in  preparing  this 
monograph : 

Dr.  F.  A.  Lord,  Chicago,  111.  Dr.  R.  C  Sxedley,  West  Chester,  Pa. 

Dr.  J.  B.  Wood,  West  Chester,  Pa.  Dr.  E.  C.  Franklin,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Dr.  Wsi.  H.  Holcombe,  New-  Orleans,  La.       Dr.  A  Shbpheru,  Springdale,  Ohio. 

Dr.  L.  Hcbbell,  Anarga,  111.  Dr.  R.  E.  W.  Adams,  Springfield,  III. 

Dr.  F.  Ricb.  Washington,  Iowa.  Dr.  J.  A.  WakemaN,  Centralis  111. 

Dr.  W.  O.  Blaisdell,  Macomb,  111.  Dr.  E.  Coolet,  St.  Cloud,  Minn. 

Db.  T.  Cation  Duncan,  Chicago,  HI.  Dr.  Garnset,  Batavia,  111. 

Db.  E.  M.  Hals,  Chicago,  III.  Rbv.  M.  A.  Cubtm,  Hillsborough,  N.  0. 


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I  have  also  drawn  from  the  writings  of  Dr.  M.  D.  Coe,  of 
St.  Charles,  111.,  Dr.  0.  F.  Mann,  of  Ottawa,  111.,  Dr.  W.  A. 
Scott,  Covington,  Ky.,  and  the  American  Dispensatory. 

I  especially  feel  under  obligation  to  Drs.  Lord,  Wood  and 
Smedlet,  for  their  valuable  provings. 

I  regret  that  I  cannot  give  more  provings  of  Polyporus  pini- 
cola  besides  my  own. 

I  have  made  a  partial  proving  of  the  active  principle  of 
Polyporus  officinalis  (Agaricine),  and  hope  some  day  to  perfect 
and  give  it  to  the  profession,  with  an  exhaustive  proving  of  the 
Polypori. 

After  a  lengthy  correspondence  with  the  Rev.  Dr.  M.  A. 
Curtis,  of  Hillsborough,  N.  C,  an  eminent  cryptogamist,  I 
have  concluded  to  change  the  name,  Boletus,  to  the  true  botan- 
ical name,  Polyporus.  He  says  that  the  "  genus  Boletus,  as 
now  constituted,  includes  only  fleshy  species,  with  a  hymenium 
composed  of  sporable  tubes.  Those  species  formerly  included 
in  Boletus,  and  whose  hymenium  is  composed  of  pores,  now 
form  the  genus  Polyporus.  The  above  species  fall  into  the 
latter  genus." 

I  am  indebted  to  the  Dr.  for  a  specimen  of  the  Polyporus 
officinalis  from  the  Rocky  Mountains,  and  a  fine  specimen  of 
Polyporus  pinicola  from  Sweden,  sent  by  Fries,  the  founder  of 
the  species,  to  the  Doctor. 

Owing  to  the  undeveloped  state  of  these  remedies,  I  have 
made  but  few  clinical  remarks. 


POLYPORUS     OFFICINALIS. 

Larch  Agaric,  White  Agaric \  Purging  Agaric  of  medical  writers, 
Touchwood,  Spunk..  Tinder,  etc.,  etc. 

Natural  Order. — Fungales,  or  FungaceaB. 
Sexual  System. — Cryptogamia,  Fungi. 

BOTANICAL    DESCRIPTION. 

The  Polyporus  officinalis,  or  Larch  agaric,  is  a  fungus  found 
growing  upon  the  larch  of  Asia,  Corintha,  Russia,  Honduras 
in  Central  America,  and  in  the  Rocky  Mountains.  "  It  grows 
in  masses,  varying  from  the  size  of  an  ordinary  apple  to  that  of 


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a  large  nutmeg  melon  ;  its  shape  somewhat  resembles  a  horse's 
hoof;  it  is  reddish-gray  or  yellow,  externally,  whitish  internally, 
and  of  a  spongy  consistence."  The  hymenium  is  concrete,  with 
the  substance  of  the  pileus  consisting  of  sub-rotund  pores,  with 
their  simple  dissepiments.  Pileus  corky- fleshy,  ungulate,  zoned, 
smooth.     Pore%  yellowish." 

HISTORY. 

"  These  plants  afford  a  great  diversity  of  form  and  structure, 
being,  in  the  simplest  character,  little  articulated  filaments, 
composed  of  cellules,  as  in  the  mildew  of  the  rosebush,  and  in 
moldiness,  mucor:  again  they  may  present  an  even  and  imper- 
forate surface,  and  another,  separated  into  plates  or  cells,  in 
which  the  sporules  are  deposited."  "  They  absorb  a  great 
amount  of  oxygen,  with  evolution  of  hydrogen  and  carbonic 
acid  gas,  and  contain  a  considerable  proportion  of  nitrogen." 
They  are  destructive  to  nearly  all  organic  matter  upon  which 
they  grow.  Several  species  of  the  mushroom  are  used  as  food, 
several  are  poisonous,  and  two  have  been  ranked  among  officinal 
medicines  in  Europe." 

It  has  been  analyzed  by  Braconnot,  and  consists  of  72  parts 
resinous  matter,  two  of  bitter  extractive,  and  26  of  fungin,  a 
nutritious  animalized  principle,  constituting  the  base  of  the 
fleshy  substance  of  mushrooms.  It  also  contains  benzoic  acid 
and  various  saline  compounds. 

MEDICAL     HISTORY. 

Dr.  Wm.  M.  McPheeters  has  published,  in  the  St.  Louis 
Medical  and  Surgical  Journal  (X.  421)  an  account  of  several 
cases,  in  which  he  tried  a  specimen  of  the  Polyporus  officinalis, 
brought  from  the  Rocky  Mountains,  in  almost  all  of  which  it 
proved  decidedly  cathartic.  The  dose  was  28  grains,  which  it 
was  sometimes  necessary  to  repeat."  It  has  been  used  as  a 
purgative  in  half  drachm  or  drachm  doses.  In  larger  doses  as 
an  emetic.  In  doses  from  three  to  ten  grains,  gradually  increas- 
ing to  sixty  grains,  in  the  course  of  twenty-four  hours,  it  has 
been  found  efficacious  in  arresting  the  nocturnal  perspiration  of 
consumptives."  "Externally,  it  has  been  used,  together  with 
the  Agaric  of  the  Oaky  as  a  styptic,  and  said  to  restrain  not 
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tures."     "Prepared  with  nitre,  as  for  tinder,  it  has  been  used  as 
a  species  of  moxa." 

The  Indians  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  use  the  Polyporus 
habitually  as  a  purge,  in  preference  to  all  other  purgatives. 

PREPARATIONS. 

The  Polyporus  officinalis  should  be  used  in  the  form  of  a 
trituration  or  tincture.  I  prefer  the  trituration.  The  Polypo- 
fus  pinicola  should  be  used  in  tincture  made  from  the  green  sub- 
stance ;  if  dried,  it  is  useless.  The  same  remarks  will  apply 
to  the  Polypore  that  comes  from  the  tamarack. 

I  have  been  informed  by  good  authority  that  all  the  Polyporus 
officinalis  I  have  made  use  of  came  from  Hondurus,  Central 
America.  That  which  grows  in  the  Rocky  Mountains  is  prob- 
ably just  as  good. 

PROVING8    BY   F.  A.  LORD,  M.  D.,    OF   CHICAGO,  ILLINOIS. 

I  will  premise  the  account  of  the  provings  upon  myself  by  saying, 
that  I  think  I  am  rather  unsusceptible  to  the  influence  of  medicine. 
I  have  at  different  times  attempted  a  number  of  provings  of  different 
drugs,  and  failed  to  elicit  satisfactory  symptoms  in  anything  short  of 
more  massive  doses  than  I  thought  prudent  to  take  while  obliged  to 
be  engaged  in  constant  and  laborious  country  practice,  My  temper- 
ament is  bilious-nervous ;  eyes  and  hair  dark ;  height,  five  feet 
eight  inches  ;  of  spare  habit ;  usual  health  good. 

July  18. — Prepared  the  first  decimal  trituration  of  the  Polypo- 
rus officinalis,  and  took  two  grains,  at  11  a.  m.,  and  the  same  dose  at 
1  p.  m.;  experiencing  no  effect. 

19. — Took  two  grains  at  7  and  10  a.  m.,  1:47  and  10  p.  m  ,  without 
any  marked  effect. 

20. — Took  two  grains  at  7,at  9  a.m.  and  9:15  am.  Felt  slight  uneas- 
iness in  sub-umbilical  region,  which  gradually  increased,  with  inclina- 
tion to  go  to  stool,  having  about  an  hour  previously  had  my  usual  morn- 
ing stool*  During  the  stool  which  followed,  a  shooting  pain  extended  up 
on  each  side  of  the  umbilicus,  towards  the  iliac,  and  then  seemed  to 
extend  to  the  floor  of  the  pelvis,  in  a  ring  around  the  rectum.  These 
pains  were  not  very  severe,  abated  somewhat,  but  did  not  entirely 
disappear  after  stool.  In  about  fifteen  minutes  a  slight  pain  shot  up 
the  back  of  the  neck,  from  between  the  shoulder-blades,  followed  by 
a  little  soreness  of  the  occipital  region,  with  disposition  to  throw  the 
head  back.  This  soon  disappeared.  12  m.,  took  two  grains.  An 
unpleasant  sensation,  not  amounting  to  pain,  continued  about  the 
anus.  Was  seated  in  my  office,  writing,  most  of  the  morning.  3  p. 
m.,  took  two  grains,  and  one  grain  at  8  p.  m.  At  9  p.  m.  had  a  soft, 
mushy  stool,  similar  to  the  one  in  the  morning,  but  without  the 
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the  unpleasant  sensation  about  the  anus  since  1  p.  m.  Slept  soundly 
all  night. 

21  — 7  a.  m.,  took  four  grains.  Not  as  much  appetite  for  breakfast 
as  common.  No  stool  at  the  usual  time.  9|  a.  m.,  mushy  stool,  pre- 
ceded by  the  same  pains  in  the  lower  posterior  of  the  abdomen,  which 
immediately  passed  off  after  stool.  Took  four  grains  at  10  a.  m., 
1  and  3  p.  m..  Took  eight  grains  at  6  p  m.;  10  p.  m.,  took  ten  grains. 
Felt  slight  uneasiness  in  the  bowels  after  retiring.  Slept  soundly  all 
night. 

22. — Feel  well ;  had  ray  usual  stool  after  breakfast.  9  a.  m.,  took 
20  grains.  Slight  disposition  to  go  to  stool  at  10£  a.  m.  Soon 
passed  off. 

28. — Have  felt  no  perceptible  effect  from  the  remedy  since  the 
22d.  Being  in  usual  health,  at  4  p.  m.  took  40  grains  1st  decimal. 
In  about  an  hour  felt  slight  uneasiness,  as  if  I  would  have  a  stool. 
This  soon  passed  away.  Soon  after  felt  a  prickling  in  the  end  of  the 
tongue,  which  also  soon  passed  away. 

29. — Slept  well.  7  a.  m.,  took  sixty  grains.  No  marked  effect. 
Have  taken,  in  all,  182  grains. 

SECOND     PROVING. 

Oct.  27. — Took  ten  grains  crude  Polyporus  officinalis,  well  tritura- 
ted, at  6  p.  m.,  and  ten  grains  at  9  p.  m.     Slept  well. 

28. — Had  not  my  usual  morning  stool.  12  m.,  took  ten  grains. 
Natural  stool  at  3  p.  m.  In  the  evening  I  thoughtlessly  drank  a  glass 
of  ale.     Slept  well, 

29. — Awoke  with  a  dull  pain  in  the  head,  which  continued  all  day. 
Thinking  the  headache  might  be  the  effect  of  the  ale,  1  discontinued 
the  proving. 

31.  —Feeling  perfectly  well,  I  took  ten  grains  crude  article,  fasting 
in  the  morning.     12  m.,  took  twenty  grains.     No  marked  effect. 

Nov.  1  — 12  m.,  took  40  grains  crude  Polyporus  on  an  empty  stom- 
ach. In  twenty  minutes,  nausea.  1  p.  m.,  while  sitting  in  a  warm 
room,  by  a  fire,  reading,  I  felt  slight  chilliness  creep  up  the  back  to 
nape  of  the  neck,  most  noticeable  between  the  shoulder-blades.  This 
was  succeeded  by  a  general  feeling  of  chilliness,  lasting  for  several 
minutes.  For  the  moment,  it  did  not  seem  to  me  that  this  was  the 
effect  of  the  drug.  I  imagined  the  room  was  getting  too  cool,  and 
rose  to  stir  the  fire,  when  the  truth  occurred  to  me.  I  mention  this 
to  show  that  this  symptom  was  no  imaginary  one,  caused  by  any  expec- 
tation of  such  an  effect.  Soon  after  felt  a  slight  momentary  pain  in 
hypogastric  region ;  in  a  few  minutes  experienced  similnr  pains  in 
both  hypochondria,  then  a  momentary  twinge  over  the  left  eyebrow, 
and  a  slight  feeling  of  fullness  in  the  head.  This  was  again  imme- 
diately followed  by  heartburn,  with  acid  risings  ;  rawness  and  scraping 
in  the  throat.  8£  p.  m.,  copious,  soft,  mushy  stool,  followed  by  slight 
uneasiness  in  the  umbilical  region.  Feel  weak  and  depressed,  and 
indisposed  to  any  exertion,  physical  or  mental.  4  p  m.,  chilliness 
between  the  shoulder-blades.  The  uneasiness  of  the  bowels  contin- 
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The  disagreeable  feeling  in  my  throat  has  continued  all  the  afternoon 
and  evening ;  have  been  low-spirited  and  irritable. 

2. — Slept  well  last  night,  but  awoke  with  a  dull  pain  in  the  brad, 
with  sensation  of  soreness  in  the  brain,  increased  by  stooping  or 
shaking  the  head.  This  headache  is  precisely  similar  to  that  experi- 
enced on  the  29th  ult.,  which  I  attributed  to  the  glass  of  ale.  1  now 
believe  that  the  pain  at  that  time  was  caused  by  the  Polyporus.  9  a. 
m.,  scanty  stool.  Feel  dull  and  indisposed  to  exertion.  For  five  days 
succeeding  this  I  had  not  my  usual  appetite  or  spirits.  Suffered  from 
a  general  feeling  of  not  being  quite  well,  but  without  any  special 
describable  pains  or  symptoms.  It  was  precisely  the  feeling  of  one 
who  is  said  to  be  "  bilious." 

THIRD   PROVING. 

Nov.  13. — Feeling  perfectly  well.  Took  20  grains  crude  Polyporus 
officinalis,  well  triturated.  In  half  an  hour,  while  riding  in  th«  coun- 
try, weather  fine,  I  felt  a  sharp  pain,  for  about  a  miuute  exactly 
where  the  pulse  is  in  the  right  wrist,  and  seeming  to  extend  along  the 
course  of  the  artery  for  about  two  inches  above  the  joint.  The  pain 
was  quite  severe  and  very  sudden  in  coming  on  ;  about  like  a  shock 
from  a  galvanic  battery.  Soon  after,  while  still  riding,  I  felt  a  similar 
pain,  for  about  half  a  minute,  in  the  right  shoulder,  seeming  to  be  in 
the  joint  and  thence  outward  to  the  deltoid  muscle.  1  p.  m.,  poor 
appetite  for  dinner.  2  p.  m.,  while  writing  felt  a  pain  precisely  like 
that  experienced  in  the  wrist,  just  above  the  elbow  joint,  and  external 
to  the  tendon  of  the  biceps  muscle  ;  lasted  but  a  moment.  In  a  few 
seconds  felt  a  similar  pain  in  the  left  knee,  on  the  ipternal  side.  3  p. 
m.,  lacerating  pains  here  and  there  throughout  the  abdomen,  for  about 
five  minutes;  the  pains  then  became  located  in  the  hypogastric  region 
and  continued  one  hour,  with  slight  inclination  to  go  to  stool.  The 
pains  then  became  easier,  though  they  had  not  entirely  passed  away 
at  tea-time.  With  these  symptoms  there  was  a  general  undefinable 
feeling  of  malaise,  which  lasted  all  day.  9  p.  m.,  felt  the  same  pain 
which  affected  the  arm  and  leg  in  the  morning,  in  the  inner  border  of 
the  right  foot,  then  in  the  right  arm,  and  then  in  the  left  side  of  the 
neck.  9-j-  p.  m.,  soft,  mushy  stool,  unattended  with  pain.  Ten  min- 
utes after,  felt  a  pain  similar  to  those  already  described  in  the  lower 
portion  of  the  abdomen,  extending  to  the  right  hypochondrium ;  also 
at  about  the  same  time  in  the  right  temple.  Retired  at  10  p.  m. 
Soon  after  getting  into  bed,  experienced  a  sharp  pain  in  the  glans 
penis ;  very  severe  ;  then  slight  drawing  pains  in  the  left  side  of  the 
neck  and  in  the  right  upper  arm.  Slept  well ;  awoke  feeling  well 
next  morning.  Slight  diminution  of  appetite  for  48  hours.  No  other 
symptoms. 

FOURTH  PROVING. 

Nov.  17. — Am  well  9  a.  m.,  took  40  grains  crude  Polyporus  offici- 
nalis.    Very  dull  and  depressed  all  day.     No  other  symptoms. 

I  will  not  attempt  to  offer  any  comments  on  the  above  provings,  but 
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that  I  have  never  seen  a  proving  of  the  Polyporua  officinalis,  by  any 
other  person. 

[It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  doctor  did  not  press  these  provings 
a  little  longer  each  time,  but  as  it  is,  they  are  vory  interesting  and 
suggestive.— B.] 

PROVING   BT   It.  C.  SMBDLEY,  M.  D. 

Feb.  8. — Took,  in  morning,  three  grains  of  third  decimal 
trituration,  and  five  grains,  afternoon  and  in  evening.  No  symptoms, 
except  a  few  sharp  pains  through  temples. 

Feb.  9. — Took  ten  grains  third  trituration  at  9  a.  m.,  at  12,  and  at 
9  p.  m.  Dull  pain  through  temples,  some  nausea,  particularly  in 
throat. 

Feb.  10. — Took,  in  morning,  30  grains  third;  at  noon,  60  ;  in  eve- 
ning, 1<  0 ;  all  of  third.  No  symptoms,  except  tonic  effects,  invigo- 
rated digestion,  though,  at  times,  nausea. 

Feb  11. — Took,  in  morning,  80  grains  first  trituration  (decimal), 
100  at  11  o'clock,  and  at  3  o'clock  100  more.  Appetite  and  digestion 
invigorated.  Some  uneasiness  in  bowels,  from  increased  vermicular 
action,  and  dull  frontal  headache. 

Feb.  12. — Took,  in  morning,  100  grains  1st  decimal  trituration,  at 
1 1  o'clock  160,  and  at  4  o'clock  200.  Digestion  invigorated ;  its 
effects  were  decidedly  tonic.  In  evening  there  was  dull  frontal  head- 
ache, increased  vermicular  aotion  of  bowels,  and  emission  of  foetid 
flatulence. 

Feb.  13. — Took,  at  10  o'clock,  20  grains  of  the  crude  article.  Felt 
some  nausea,  particularly  in  the  throat  and  fauces.  Severe  sharp 
cutting  pains  in  stomach  and  bowels.  Muoh  flatus  in  bowels,  and 
feeling  as  if  diarrhoea  would  set  in.  Continuous,  oppressive  headache 
in  forehead  and  temples  all  day.  In  evening,  feeling  as  if  lump  in 
stomach  ;  nausea.     Increased  secretion  of  urine. 

Feb.  14. — At  10  o'clock  took  30  grains  of  the  crude  article.  Had 
during  the  day,  very  sharp  pains  in  stomach,  almost  constant  borbor- 
igmus  ;  after  several  hours,  coldness  of  stomach,  followed  by  burn- 
ing, aohing  in  thighs,  and  bend  of  knees ;  aohing  soreness  through 
temples ;  unusual  chilliness  when  the  open  air  is  encountered,  with 
icy  coldness  of  the  nose.  Whether  this  last  symptom  was  occasioned 
by  the  medicine  or  not,  I  cannot  say,  but  I  did  not  experience  it 
before,  even  during  the  extreme  cold  weather  of  this  winter.  In- 
creased desire  to  urinate. 

Feb.  15. — Took  none  to-day  ;  feel  weak  and  languid. 

Feb.  16. — Took  50  grains  crude  article  before  breakfast.  Felt  sick 
at  stomach.  Dull,  heavy  pains  through  temples  and  in  forehead. 
Sharp,  cutting,  lancinating  pains  in  stomach  ;  at  times  shuddering ; 
rather  nervous  than  from  real  chilliness;  coldness  of  nose  ;  flat, 
metallic  or  coppery  taste  ;  yellow  tinge  of  tongue ;  rumbling  in 
bowels,  as  from  fermentation  ;  emission  of  flatulence  ;  bowels  costive  ; 
increased  urination  ;  very  little  appetite.  Instead  of  being  tonic,  as 
before,  its  effects  were  now  enervating. 

Feb.  17. — Took  none  to-day.     Dull  feeling  in  head  ;  yellow  coating 


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of  tongue ;  sweetish,  nauseous  caste ;  passage  of  dry,  hard,  faeces ; 
little  appetite;  desire  for  sour  things,  which  have  always  relieved  the 
symptoms  ;  henee  I  would  regard  them  as  antidotes  to  the  Polyporus. 
The  dull  frontal  headache  and  frequent  desire  to  urinate,  continue. 

My  temperament  is  nervo-lymphatic,  rather  more  of  the  nervous. 
JEt.  34.  Suffered  years  ago  from  dyspepsia  and  overtasking  my  nerv- 
ous system.  Have  pretty  good  health  now,  hut  feel  a  nervous  exhaus- 
tion when  over-labored.  My  nervous  symptoms  I  omitted,  as  I  some- 
times feel  them  when  taking  no  medicine.  I  have  not  tried  the 
Polyporus  in  any  cases  yet,  excepting  sick-headache,  which  you  have 
a  report  of.  I  think,  with  a  previous  writer  (yourself,  I  believe,)  that 
in  small  doses  it  will  be  found  useful  where  Iron  or  Quinine  would 
be  given. 

[This  proving,although  but  fragmentary, is  certainly  suggestive. — B.] 

PROVING   BY   J.  B    WOOD,   M.  D.,  OF   WEST   CHESTER,  PA. 

Temperament  bilious,  set.  48  years      In  good  health. 

Feb.  6. — Took  one  grain  first  trituration.  Drawing  pains  several 
times  through  the  day,  in  the  back  and  legs ;  frequent  urination 
during  the  night. 

Feb.  7. — Took  two  grains  twice  through  the  day.  In  the  evening 
tight  feeling  of  the  forehead,  with  slight  headache. 

Feb  8. — Took  four  grains.  Twice  during  the  day  had  slight  pain 
in  the  bowels  (general) ;  tightness  of  the  forehead,  as  yesterday. 

Feb  9. — This  morning  have  a  dull,  aching  pain,  over  the  whole 
lower  abdomen.  Took  six  grains  first  trituration,  7  a.  m.,  and  six 
grains  more  at  1  p.  m.  Felt  uneasiness  in  the  lower  abdomen  all  day, 
as  if  diarrhcea  would  come  on. 

Feb.  10.  -Took  20  grains.  Sensation  as  if  diarrhoea  would  come 
on  ;  then  slight  motion  of  the  bowels.  Tightness  across  the  forehead, 
with  dull  headaohe.  Dream  much  at  night.  Urine  profuse  and  light- 
colored. 

Feb.  11. — Took  100  grains  first  trituration  (in  all,  300  grains). 
Uneasiness  of  the  abdomen,  with  looseness  of  the  bowels.  Took  no 
more  medicine  for  three  days. 

Feb.  14. — Took  five  grains  crude  drug,  in  the  morning,  and  at  2  p. 
m.  took  five  grains  more.  Uneasiness  of  the  bowels ;  itching  over  the 
whole  body,  most  violent  between  the  scapula  and  on  the  fore-arms  ; 
continued  dullness  of  the  forehead,  with  slight  aching. 

Feb.  15. — Took  20  grains,  at  7  a.  m.  Passed  urine  freely  at  10  a. 
m.,  12  m.,  2,  4,  6  and  9,  p.  m.;  pale,  almost  colorless.  Desire  to  pass 
urine  was  constant.  Dullness  of  the  forehead.  Slight  aching  uneasi- 
ness in  the  whole  abdomen,  with  slight  pain  all  night  Loose  stool, 
with  qualmishness. 

Feb.  16. — 8  a.  M.t  took  10  grains.  Constant  desire  to  urinate. 
Desire  for  stool,  with  muoh  flatulence.  9  a.  m.,  loose  stool.  Passed 
urine  profusely  at  10  a.  m.,,  12  m.  and  2  p.  m.  Headache,  qualmish- 
ness, relieved  by  eructations.  2-J-  p.  m.,  diarrhceic  stool,  expelled  with 
great  force.  Profuse  discharge  of  urine.  Dull  headache.  3£  p.  m., 
■  copious  fluid  stool,  expelled  with  great  force,  and  another  stool  at  4 ; 


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the  same  character.  Much  thirst,  continued  pain  over  the  whole 
abdomen ;  eructations. 

Feb.  17.  —  Uneasiness  in  the  abdomen  during  the  night;  no  stool; 
profuse  urination.  Heaviness  of  the  forehead.  9  a.  m.,  loose,  yellow 
stool,  with  pain  afterwards.     6  p.  m.,  loose  stool,  with  pain. 

Feb.  18. — Bowels  loose;  aohing  in  the  small  of  the  back  all  day. 

Feb.  19. — Loose  stool,  with  tenesmus  at  2  and  3  p.  m. 

Feb.  22. — Six  days  have  elapsed  sinoe  taking  the  last  dose,  and  my 
bowels  have  not  become  regular  yet. 

[It  is  interesting  to  the  physician  to  see  how  differently  the  same 
remedy  will  affect  different  organibind.  The  symptoms  noted  by  Dr. 
Wood  on  the  urinary  organs  have  not  been  produced  by  any  other 
person.  This  shows  us  how  important  it  is  that  we  have  proviugs 
made  of  each  remedy  upon  a  large  number  of  persons  of  both  sexes. -B.] 


rFor  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 
PHARMACODYNAMICS.* 


The  author  of  this  work  is  a  writer  of  decided  ability.  The 
scope  and  aim  of  the  book  is  best  described  by  the  author  in 
his  preface,  wherein  he  says  :  "  It  makes  no  attempt  at  the 
exhaustiveness  proper  to  a  monograph.  It  aims  at  presenting, 
in  a  concise  and  memorable  form,  the  great  body  of  information 
concerning  drug  action,  in  the  possession  of  which  stands  the 
difficulties  of  the  homoeopathic  physician.  It  has  been 
arranged  in  two  divisions.  The  first,  constituting  the  present 
volume,  is  on  Pharmacodynamics.  The  second,  which  will 
appear  shortly,  will  be  on  Therapeutics.  The  former  takes  up 
the  subject  from  the  side  of  drugs,  the  latter  from  that  of  dis- 
eases. Between  the  two  I  hope  to  furnish  to  students  and 
beginners  in  homoeopathy  a  free  digest  of  the  knowledge  pecu- 
liar to  our  school  of  medicine." 

The  work  is  written  in  the  form  of  a  series  of  letters  to  a 
physician  who  has  just  been  converted  to  the  practice  of 
homoeopathy.  In  each  letter  several  medicines  are  taken  up 
and  their  pathogenetic  and  curative  effects  considered  in  a 
familiar  manner.  There  are  forty-three  letters  in  all,  and  in 
these  letters  two  hundred  medicines  are  treated  of.  Of  some  of 
the  medicines  he  makes  but  mere  mention  ;  of  others  he  gives 

♦A  Manual  of  Pharmacodynamics.    By  Richard  Hughes,  S.  R.  C.  P.  (Exam.)  L.  R.  C  P. 
EngL    London,  1867.    For  sale  at  Detroit  Homoeopathic  Pharmacy.    Price  $5. 


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66  PHARMACODYNAMICS. 

an  extended  and  critical  analysis.  Some  of  these  analyses  are 
so  thorough,  and  at  the  same  time  so  concise,  that  they  rival  if 
not  excel  the  admirable  analyses  of  Dunham,  Wells  and  Morgan. 

As  a  writer  on  Materia  Medica,  Dr.  Hughes  is  singularly 
impartial  and  candid.  He  does  not  hesitate  to  glean  from  all 
sources,  but  with  a  rare  discrimination,  generally  selects  the 
wheat  from  the  chaff,  while  he  avoids  any  invidious  remarks  or 
uncourteous  language.  In  fact,  I  know  of  no  work  of  the 
same  kind  as  free  from  objectionable  matter.  He  very  properly 
recommends  his  readers  to  "  obtain,  whenever  practicable,  the 
primary  records  themselves,  which  have  a  life  and  a  freshness 
quite  unfelt  in  a  second-hand  compilation."  To  carry  out  this 
recommendation,  he  advises  the  perusal  and  study  of  "  Hahne- 
mann's Materia  Medica  Pura,"  and  the  "  Chronic  Diseases," 
HempeFs  Materia  Medica,"  u  Teste's  Materia  Medica,"  "Hale's 
New  Remedies,"  and  the  "  Provings  "  in  the  various  English, 
European  and  American  Journals. 

In  each  medicine  mentioned,  Dr.  Hughes  gives  the  authori- 
ties which  may  be  consulted  for  a  complete  knowledge  of  such 
medicine.  In  this  respect  the  book  will  prove  of  great  value  to 
physician  and  student,  by  placing  before  him  the  names  of  the 
authorities,  and  even  the  volume  and  page  wherein  any  medi- 
cine is  mentioned.  This,  we  believe,  was  the  plan  adopted  by 
the  late  Dr.  Peterson  in  the  "  Dispensatory/'  about  being  pub- 
lished by  Dr.  Lodge. 

I  fully  concur  with  Dr.  Hughes  in  the  importance  of  consult- 
ing the  original  provings  of  a  medicine.  We  then  know  the 
amount  of  medicine  used  in  the  experiments,  the  history  of  the 
symptoms  as  they  were  produced,  and  the  rise  and  progress  of 
the  drug-disease.  He  characterizes  the  "  pathogenesis,"  as 
published  by  some  authorities,  as  "  uninstructive  and  uninte- 
resting as  possible."  "  They  have  thrown  together,"  he  says, 
"the  whole  mass  of  symptoms  observed  by  the  various  pro  vers, 
and  have  re-arranged  them  under  regional  headings  and  accord- 
ing to  an  anatomico-physiological  6  scheme.'  The  result  of 
unknown  doses  of  the  drug,  often  without  note  of  their  time  of 
appearing  relative  to  its  ingestion,  and  divorced  from  their  nat- 
ural groupings  and  connections,  these  symptoms  present  to  the 

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student  a  maze  for  Theseus,  a  riddle  for  (Edipus.  It  is  as 
though  the  features  of  some  half  a  dozen  English  landscapes 
were  brought  together  within  one  frame,  all  the  trees  being  put 
into  one  panel,  all  the  clouds  into  another,  all  the  pieces  of 
water  into  another,  and  so  on  ;  and  that  the  spectator  we/e 
then  called  upon  to  identify  the  particular  bits  of  scenery  which 
the  original  paintings  were  intended  to  represent.  From  such 
disjecta  membra  of  pathogenesy  hints  for  practice  may  be  and 
have  been  drawn ;  but  the  attempt  to  trace  in  them  veritable 
pictures  of  disease,  are  well-nigh  hopeless/' 

All  physicians  will  recognize  this  as  a  very  fair  criticism  on 
the  usual  method  of  arrangement  of  symptoms  into  a  "scheme." 
If  we  must  have  "  pathogeneses/'  let  us  adopt  a  better  and 
more  systematic  plan.  This  I  have  attempted  in  the  patho- 
genesis of  Myrica,  published  in  the  January  number  of  this 
journal.  But  after  all  our  pains,  we  are  obliged  to  consult  the 
original  provings  for  a  clear  idea  of  the  character  of  the  drug 
malady. 

One  letter  is  devoted  to  a  criticism  of  the  homoeopathic 
"  nomenclature  and  pharmaceutics,"  in  which  a  good  many  good 
points  are  made,  and  many  desirable  improvements  recom- 
mended. 

Dr.  Hughes  does  not  admire  the  use  of  the  "  globule."  In 
common  with  many  of  the  best  men  of  our  school,  he  "looks 
upon  its  adoption  by  Hahnemann  and  his  immediate  followers 
as  a  mistake.  Not  merely  from  its  ridicule-exciting  smallness, 
for  the  modern  pilule  removes  that  reproach,  but  from  the 
objectional  nature  of  the  preparation."  He  advises  tinctures 
and  triturations  of  the  medicine,  and  we  believe  that  such  prep- 
arations are  generally  the  best.  We  must  admit,  however,  that 
there  are  some  arguments  in  favor  of  the  a  pellet." 

Dr.  Hughes  is  very  catholic  on  the  subject  of  dose,  recom- 
mending the  mother  tincture,  and  the  dilutions,  up  to  the 
200th,  as  the  nature  of  the  drug  seems  to  admit. 

We  have  three  faults  to  point  out  in  the  arrangement  of  the 
book.  These,  however,  do  not  seriously  detract  from  the  value 
of  the  work,  and  may  hereafter  be  remedied. 

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I.  With  the  exception  of  the  first  letter,  treating  of  the 
"  Acids,"  the  medicines  are  taken  up  alphabetically.  It  is  time 
that  this  arbitrary  and  unscientific  arrangement  was  dropped. 
When  writing  the  Materia  Medica  of  the  New  Remedies,  I  felt 
the  necessity  of  some  methodical  arrangement,  but  there  were 
many  reasons  why  I  could  not  arrange  the  remedies  otherwise.. 

If  Dr.  Hughes  had  taken  up  the  various  remedies  in  groups, 
according  to  their  action,  as  he  understands  them,  and  given  us 
his  views  relating  to  the  general  action  of  such  group,  he  would 
have  done  much  better  than  Teste,  whose  groupings  are  gene- 
rally arbitrary  and  illogical. 

In  general,  Dr.  Hughes  points  out  the  analogues  of  certain 
drugs  with  excellent  judgment,  but  we  confess  we  cannot  see 
the  similarity  in  a  few  of  his  instances. 

II.  Although  over  200  medicines  are  mentioned,  we  should 
like  the  work  better  if  he  had  neglected  none.  A  writer  whose 
judgment  is  so  excellent,  should  give  his  opinion  on  all  med- 
icines. 

III.  The  book  is  not  as  extensive  as  we  could  desire.  Al- 
though Dr.  Hughes  points  out  with  rare  accuracy  the  salient 
points  of  a  medicine,  we  should  have  been  better  pleased  had 
he  drawn  closer  comparisons,  and  a  more  extensive  differential 
diagnosis. 

One  of  the  most  useful  and  practical  advantages  to  be 
obtained  from  this  book  is  the  large  amount  of  personal  expe- 
rience which  Dr.  Hughes  gives  us.  He  seems  to  have  tested 
the  virtues  of  nearly  all  our  remedies,  old  and  new,  and  he  gives 
the  results  of  such  use  in  a  candid  manner  ;  not  only  the  dis- 
eases in  which  he  has  used  them,  but  the  dose  he  has  found 
most  useful. 

We  are  half  inclined  to  criticise  his  estimate  of  the  sphere  of 
action  of  Lycopodium.  He  thinks  it  has  "no  direct  neurotic, 
haematic  or  myotic  influence.  It  is  a  purely  vegetative  remedy, 
affecting  the  three  great  tracts  of  mucous  membrane  with  their 
cutaneous  continuations."  This  would  be  a  very  consistent 
opinion,  did  he  not  apparently  confirm  the  asserted  pathogno- 
monic indication  put  forth  by  Dr.  Wilson  of  England,  namely, 
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symptom,  even  in  pulmonic  disease,  is  a  sure  indication  of  pro- 
found depression  or  the  nervous  centres.0  If,  therefore,  Lycopo- 
dium  will  remove  this  symptom,  it  must  have  some  influence, 
more  or  less  potent,  as  a  u neurotic"  For  our  own  part, 
although  I  do  not  wish  to  doubt  the  veracity  of  those  who  claim 
to  have  cured  grave  diseases  wherein  this  peculiar  symptom 
appeared,  we  have  not  been  able  to  verify  its  value  in  such  cases. 

During  the  last  three  years  three  instances  have  occurred  in 
which  this  symptom  was  prominent,  and  in  each  case  Lycopo- 
dium  failed  to  have  any  effect. 

The  first  case  was  one  of  scarlatina.  The  fan-like  motion 
of  the  alee-nasi  was  very  prominent ;  many  other  symptoms  of 
the  case  resembled  those  of  Lycopodium.  The  30th  was  given 
by  Dr.  Small,  my  partner,  but  the  patient  died  the  next  day. 

In  the  next  case  this  symptom  occurred  in  the  last  stage  of 
lobular  pneumonia  in  an  infant.  Neither  the  30th  or  the  6th 
produced  any  improvement. 

The  third  instance  was  in  a  case  of  meningitis  in  a  child,  but 
the  third  trituration,  and  afterward  the  500th,  failed  to  cause 
the  slightest  improvement. 

We  beg  pardon  for  this  divergence.  We  cordially  commend 
this  book  to  the  perusal  of  homoeopathicians  on  this  side  of  the 
Atlantic,  and  advise  it  as  one  of  the  best  works  to  place  in  the 
hands  of  candid  allopathic  physicians.  If  anything  short  of 
actual  experimentation  and  experience  with  our  medicines,  can 
convince  them  of  the  truths  |of  homoeopathy,  this  work  will 
have  the  desired  effect. 

We  shall  look  with  pleasant  anticipations  for  the  appearance 
of  the  second  volume,  on  the  "  Therapeutics,"  which  Dr. 
Hughes  promises  to  give  us.  E.  M.  H, 

*  As  illustrative  of  the  action  of  Lycopodium  as  a  neurotic,  I  refer  the  reader  to  a  case 
reported  by  myself  in  the  New  England  Medical  Gazette,  February,  1868.  H. 


Baptisia. — Dr.  Richard  Hughes  says  that  he  has  never  yet  been 
disappointed  with  this  drug  in  typhoid  fever.  His  confidence  in  its 
power  is  unabated.  He  refers  to  the  testimonies  as  to  its  value, 
which  are  accumulating,  and  says :  "  It  is  a  very  unique  drug.  I 
can  hardly  liken  it  to  any  other,  unless  it  be  Gelseminum." 


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AN    ANOMALOUS    CASE. 

BY  J.  F.  MERRITr,   M.  D.,    8TAAT8BUBOH,  R.  T. 


Friday,  April  15,  was  called  to  see  GL  W.,  set.  20,  of 
scrofulous  diathesis,  with  an  attack  of  erysipelas  of  the  right 
ala  of  the  nose,  extending  up  to  the  orbit,  partially  involving 
the  palpebrra  and  parts  immediately  below  the  orbit.  The 
tongue  was  covered  with  a  dingy-colored  fur,  the  tip  being  red. 
Pulse  88.  Complains  of  some  soreness  of  the  nasal  passages 
of  that  side.  He  has  a  small,  unhealthy-looking,  superficial 
ulcer  upon  the  internal  malleolus  of  the  left  leg,  surrounded  by 
a  darkish  areola ;  darkest  next  the  rim  of  the  ulcer,  and  grad- 
ually and  imperceptibly  shading  off  into  sound  skin.  Vesicles 
appeared  here  and  there,  but  were  yet  few  and  small,  ft  Rhus 
toxicodendron. 

At  the  end  of  two  days  the  inflammation  had  extended  up 
the  forehead,  until  it  had  come%to  involve  the  whole  forehead, 
both  temples  and  ears.  It  was  worthy  of  attention  that  as  the 
disease  entered  the  hairy  scalp,  it  broke  up  into  erythematous 
patches,  sound  skin  appearing  between.  Ultimate  resolution 
took  place,  and  about  five  days  from  beginning  of  treatment,*' 
viz :  about  April  20th,  medical  attendance  was  discontinued, 
and  nothing  was  heard  of  the  case  until  Saturday,  the  25th  of 
April,  when  I  was  again  summoned,  and  found  that  the  inflam- 
mation was  again  lighted  up  in  the  parts  in  which  it  had  first 
appeared.  The  nostril  of  that  side  was  completely  closed,  even 
against  the  passage  of  air.  The  disease  had  traveled  by  the 
lachrymal  canal  to  the  inner  canthus  of  the  eye.  Pulse  88  to 
90.  Tongue  slightly  coated ;  the  tongue  having  entirely 
cleaned  off  during  the  interval.  The  eye  presented  a  singular 
appearance.  A  false  membrane  of  a  dirty  whitish  color  cohered 
the  conjunctiva,  and  at  the  corneal  line  of  the  conjunctiva 
seemed  to  be  raised  an  eighth  of  an  inch  above  the  plane  of  the 

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cornea,  so  that  the  cornea  seemed  to  be  imbedded  in  the  con- 
junctiva. The  false  membrane  had  assumed  the  appearance  of 
an  immense  bleb.  The  same  false  membrane  covered  the  inside 
of  the  palpebrae.  So  far  as  could  be  ascertained,  there  was  no 
redness  of  the  eye,  to  indicate  inflammation  of  the  tissues  of 
the  eyes.  The  inflammation  of  the  external  parts  differed  this 
time  from  that  which  first  appeared,  in  this,  that  the  termina- 
tion of  the  diseased  surface  was  by  a  well-defined  festooned 
edge  then,  whereas  it  now  shaded  off  so  gradually  into  sound 
skin  as  to  leave  no  line  of  demarcation. 

Looking  into  the  throat,  for  he  complained  of  some  soreness 
there,  I  discovered  diphtheritic  exudation  upon  the  palate, 
uvula  and  tonsils.  This  was  also  true  of  the  membrane  lining 
the  right  nostril.  The  parts  not  yet  covered  by  the  false  mem- 
brane, lying  contiguous,  presented  a  dark  hue,  almost  like  that 
of  mahogany.  The  ulcer  upon  the  leg  looked  dark,  almost 
black  ;  portions  of  it  were  covered  with  patches  of  false  mem- 
brane, like  that  upon  the  conjunctiva,  uvula}  &c,  &c.  The 
odor  of  the  breath  was  highly  offensive.  He  had  occasional 
attacks  of  haemorrhage  from  the  left  nostril. 

Dr.  Vanderburgh  was  in  consultation  in  the  case,  at  this 
stage,  April  30th.  ft  Phytolacca  decandra.  On  the  next 
day  the  breathing  became  stridulous ;  pulse  130-140 ;  cir- 
culation feeble,  and  the  decarbonization  of  the  blood  very  im- 
perfect. The  intellect  remained  clear  up  to  within  a  few  hours 
of  death.     He  died  at  5  p.  m.  of  that  day,  May  1st. 

I  had  appended  to  the  original  record  of  the  case  my  own 
views  of  its  nature,  in  what  respects  the  two  attacks  differed, 
and  my  reasons  for  drawing  that  conclusion  ;  but  I  believe 
your  space  can  be  more  profitably  occupied  than  by  using  it  for 
this.  Let  every  one  think  for  himself.  It  is  hoped  that  some 
of  the  thinking  will  be  done  aloud.  For  one,  I  like  to  hear 
the  opinions  of  others  and  their  reasons  for  forming  them.  I 
will  venture  to  say  of  any  one  who  may  read  this  case,  that 
whatever  else  he  may  think  of  it,  he  will  agree  with  me  that 
few  ,occur  like  it.  The  case  had  much  interest  for  me  from 
the  circumstance  that  a  case  of  diphtheria  following  erysipelas 
(but  which  was  not  fatal)  occurred  in  my  practice  some  four  or 


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five  years  ago,  and  which  was  reported  in  the  North  American 
Journal  of  Homoeopathy  at  that  time. 


[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 
ARTICULAR    RHEUMATISM -KNEE    JOINTS. 

BT  C.  D.  WILLIAMS,  M.  D.,  8T.  PAUL,  MINN. 


Mr.  McF.,  age  about  fifty-five,  lyraphatic-sanguinous  tem- 
perament, was  severely  attacked  with  articular  rheumatism, 
manifesting  severe  constitutional  symptoms,  as  follows  :  Tongue 
furred  thickly  and  of  dark  brown  color,  surmounted  by  copious 
layers  of  slime.  Pulse  full,  hard  and  frequent ;  general  fever  ; 
great  general  nervous  excitement ;  severe  mental  prostration 
and  ennui ;  constipation  of  the  bowels ;  loss  of  sleep.  To 
these  symptoms  were  added  intense  pain  through  the  knee-joint, 
with  swelling ;  inability  to  move  the  joints ;  extreme  tender- 
ness to  tjie  touch ;  great  weakness  of  the  joints ;  the  patient 
compelled  to  keep  a  horizontal  position,  lying  only  on  the  back. 

This  case,  as  above  described,  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  the 
most  popular  and  astute  allopathists  in  the  city,  and  remained 
in  their  hands  for  five  weeks,  during  which  time,  the  patient 
informed  me,  he  had  swallowed  the  contents  of  two  drug  stores, 
"and  cleaned  them  out,"  with  no  other  result  than  an  increase 
of  all  his  sufferings.  Judging  from  the  tables  loaded  with 
vials,  bottles,  pill-boxes,  powders,  blisters,  plasters,  washes, 
broken  lancets,  steaming  apparatus,  &c,  &c,  I  concluded  the 
statement  was  not  far  from  correct.  Resolving  myself  into  "  a 
board  of  health,"  these  remnants  of  folly  and  barbarism  were 
ordered  removed  and  a  prescription  of  Nux  vomica  2d  trit.,  alter- 
nately with  Aconite  8,  in  water,  were  put  in  their  places.  Saw 
the  patient  next  morning ;  found  his  pain  somewhat  abated  ; 
continued  the  remedies.  Next  day  found  him  "  in  statu  quo." 
Gave  Bryonia  and  Aconite  8.  No  improvement.  After  two 
days,  Ruta  graveolens  was  prescribed,  but  with  no  beneficial 
result. 

I  now  determined  to  have  recourse  to  Apocynum  androsemi- 
foUum.  Prepared  the  first  decimal  dilution.  Prescribed  five 
drops  every  two  hourse.     Next  morning  saw  my  patient.     He 

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told  me,  within  thirty  minutes  from  taking  the  first  dose,  the 
pain  nearly  or  quite  abated.  Had  slept  well ;  fever  gone,  and 
general  symptoms  much  improved.  Continued  the  medicine. 
Next  day  the  pain  in  the  joint  entirely  gone.  Swelling  much 
diminished.  Could  bend  the  joint  without  pain.  Tongue 
cleaning  off;  pulse  soft  and  nearly  normal ;  bowels  regular ; 
appetite  returned.  Medicine  continued,  and  at  the  end  of  the 
sixth  day  the  case  was  cured  and  the  medicine  stopped. 

These  are  briefly  the  facts  in  this  case,  condensed  from  my 
journal.  There  will  doubtless  be  other  cases  of  the  kind  occur- 
ring as  the  Fall  of  the  year  approaches,  when  I  will  make  fur- 
ther practical  trials  of  this  medicine.  The  tense  and  stimula- 
ting qualities  of  the  atmosphere  in  this  climate,  leaves  no 
uncertain  characteristics  of  rheumatism,  when  it  occurs  in  any 
form.  Patients  had  better  not  come  to  Minnesota  for  the  pur- 
pose of  curing  rheumatism  by  climate. 

If  you  should  deem  this  case  of  sufficient  importance,  as 
showing  the  efficacy  of  one  of  the  new  remedies  in  this  form  of 
suffering,  it  is  at  your  disposal.  In  conclusion  will  barely 
remark,  that  I  am  treating  a  case  of  Scorlmtis,  which  has  been 
abandoned  by  the  profession  generally  as  incurable,  with  the 
single  remedy  Agave  Americanus,  with  very  flattering  prospects 
of  cure.     You  shall  have  the  details  in  due  time,  if  desired. 


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IMPORTANT    CASE    OF    GANGRENE. 

BT  L.  TOUNGHU3BAND,  A.  M.,  M.  D. 

Mr.  M 1,  a  German,  aged  49  years,  had  been  for  three 

weeks  under  the  care  of  an  Allopath,  who  is  said  to  be  one  of 
the  best-read  surgeons  in  this  State. 

I  could  not  learn  from  the  patient  what  this  surgeon's  diag- 
nosis was  at  the  commencement  of  his  illness.  A  few  days 
before  I  saw  the  man,  his  disease  had  been  pronounced  a  fatal 
case  of  gangrene.  The  patient  came  under  my  treatment  after 
the  Allopath  had  given  him  up  to  die.  The  sight  was  the 
worst  I  ever  beheld.  I  hope  I  shall  not  soon  witness  a  similar 
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one.  The  atmosphere  of  the  patient's  room  was  unbearable. 
The  stench  proceeding  from  the  mortified  part  filled  the  whole 
house.  The  patient,  lying  on  his  front,  was  evidently  in  a 
dying  condition.  Among  the  many  symptoms,  I  noticed  great 
anguish,  as  the  countenance  indicated ;  rapid  failing  of  strength ; 
sleeplessness  for  several  nights  ;  marked  uneasiness  in  every 
part  of  the  body ;  despairing  of  life ;  diarrhoea,  immediately 
after  eating,  with  considerable  tenesmus  ;  evacuations  of  undi- 
gested food  ;  serous  effusion  into  the  cellular  membrane  of  the 
lower  extremities,  which  pitted  on  pressure  ;  skin  of  the  legs 
and  feet  white  and  shining  ;  great  emaciation  ;  pulse  frequent 
andjeeble ;  sordes  on  the  teeth  ;  tongue  dry  and  parched.  On 
the  back  and  hips  was  a  gangrenous  ulcer,  extending  in  length 
from  the  spinous  process  of  the  eighth  dorsal  vertebra  to  the 
middle  of  the  sacrum,  and  in  width,  from  the  anterior  superior 
spine  of  the  ilium,  on  the  one  side,  to  within  an  inchof  the 
same  point  on  the  other. 

The  fetor  was  a  plentiful  emanation  of  sulphuretted  hydro- 
gen gas.  From  the  shape  of  the  ulcer,  it  must  have  been  a 
carbuncle  at  first,  and  afterwards  mortification  setting  in,  from 
the  want  of  proper  treatment.  As  near  as  I  could  learn  from 
the  family,  it  commenced  like  a  common  furunculus,  getting 
larger  each  day  until  it  reached  the  size  of  the  top  of  on  ordi- 
nary bucket.  The  skin  covering  the  monster  was  very  black 
and  thick,  resembling  very  much  the  rind  of  bacon ;  equally  as 
dense  and  as  difficult  to  cut.  I  found  a  small  incision  near  the 
middle  of  the  ulcer,  made  probably  with  a  thumb  lancet,  but 
not  deep  enough  to  let  out  the  pent-up  matter. 

Of  late  years  there  has  been  a  tendency  to  leave  such  cases 
entirely  to  the  care  of  nature.  The  surgeon,  instead  of  being 
an  energetic  actor,  is  a  mere  spectator,  for  which  he  gets  well 
paid.  I  am  satisfied  that  the  carrying  out  of  this  dangerous 
doctrine  placed  my  friend  "  on  the  brink  of  the  grave." 

Had  this  allopath  used  his  knife  as  freely  as  the  case 
demanded,  cutting  the  carbuncle  down  to  the  bottom,  and  thus 
opening  up  a  way  for  the  matter  to  escape,  he  would  have  had 
little  trouble  in  keeping  it  within  due  bounds. 

I  made  free  incision  with  the  knife,  letting  out  over  a  pint  of 


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sloughs,  applied  the  ulmus  poultice,  made  with  yeast,  renew- 
ing often  and  washing  the  sore  with  soft  water  at  each  dressing  ; 
opening  the  doors  and  windows  to  give  the  patient  the  benefit  of 
fresh  air ;  made  free  use  of  the  Calcis  chloridum  as  a  disinfect- 
ing agent ;  gave  him  Arsenicum,  which  appeared  to  cover  the 
totality  of  the  symptoms.  The  next  day  I  found  him  much 
better ;  the  pulse  was  not  so  frequent,  and  some  stronger ; 
tongue  moist ;  less  anguish  on  the  face  ;  had  slept  nearly  all 
night ;  fancied  I  could  see  thef line  of  demarcation  ;  continued 
the  same  treatment.  The  next  day  I  found  him  continuing  to 
improve ;  line  of  demarcation  quite  visible,  consequently  I 
operated,  cutting  out  the  whole  mass  of  the  gangrenous  part, 
being  careful  not  to  approach  too  close  to  the  healthy  portions 
with  the  knife.  The  cavity  thus  formed  was  of  large  size, 
mortification  having  destroyed  nearly  every  layer  of  muscle. 
It  seemed  as  if  I  had  cut  away  the  whole  back  down  to  the 
neighborhood  of  the  vitals,  and  the  important  question,  "  will  it 
heal  up  again?"  came  without  invitation  into  my  mind.  Time 
has  shown.  In  about  five  weeks  the  cavity  filled,  and  the 
patient  did  well,  benigno  numine. 


[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 
CEREBROSPINAL     MENINGITIS. 

BT  OEOROB  B.  PALMER,  K.  D.,  BAST  HAMILTON,  K.  T. 


Much  has  been  written  during  the  last  eight  years  concern- 
ing this  disease  (known  as  spottsd  fever,  brain  fever,  etc.,)  by 
physicians  of  various  schools,  who  have  presented  various 
remedies  and  means  for  its  appropriate  treatment.  Our  own 
periodicals  have  contained  numerous  articles,  and  the  transac- 
tions of  our  medical  societies  show  that  this  form  of  disease 
has  attracted  a  due  share  of  attention  from  the  homoeopathic 
profession  in  all  parts  of  our  country. 

I  do  not  intend  in  this  paper  to  go  into  a  minute  pathologi- 
cal description  of  this  malady.  This  has  been  ably  done  by 
several  writers  before  me.  I  only  wish  to  come  at  once  to  the 
practical  point,  and  speak  of  those  remedies  which  have  been 

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most  successful  in  my  hands,  hoping  that  these  suggestions  may 
possibly  be  of  service  to  some  one. 

The  first  which  I  would  mention  is  Cimicifuga  racemosa.  A 
careful  study  of  the  pathogenesis  of  this  remedy,  particularly 
those  symptoms  which  show  its  effect  upon  the  brain  and  its 
meninges,  will  disclose  many  striking  points  of  similarity  to 
the  developments  of  this  disease.  One  of  the  most  common 
indications,  upon  which  I  have  most  frequently  based  selection 
of  this  remedy,  is  soreness  and  bruised  feeling  of  the  muscles, 
sometimes  general,  but  oftener  confined  to  a  circumscribed 
spot,  and  that  changing  frequently.  The  pain  is  sometimes  so 
acute  as  almost  to  lead  one  to  fear  the  formation  of  a  deep- 
seated  abscess.  The  part  is  very  sensitive  to  the  touch,  but 
no  swelling  or  change  of  external  appearance  can  be  dis- 
covered. The  location  of  the  pain,  in  the  back  of  the  neck, 
at  the  base  of  the  brain,  and  up  and  down  the  whole  length  of 
the  spine,  sometimes,  is  also  characteristic.  Another  peculiar- 
ity which  has  been  apparent  in  this  disease,  as  it  has  appeared 
in  this  locality,  is,  while  the  pulse  at  the  outset  ranges  from  90 
to  140,  the  whole  surface  is  bathed  in  a  profuse  perspiration, 
which  is  sometimes  cold.  This  may  continue  for  hours,  still 
the  frequency  of  the  pulse  is  diminished.  This  condition  is 
well  met  by  Cimicifuga,  as  is  also  the  creeping  chills  upon  the 
back,  tending  to  draw  the  head  back,  &c.  The  redness  of  the 
fauces  and  palate,  and  the  slight  swelling  and  red  raw  appear- 
ance of  the  tongue,  are  also  caused  by  this  drug. 

During  the  last  year  it  has  been  my  fortune  to  prescribe  for 
several  cases  of  this  formidable  disease,  The  Cimicifuga,  some- 
times in  alternation  with  G-eheminum,  has  never,  to  my  recol- 
lection, failed  to  produce  a  favorable  effect,  and  in  two  cases 
only  have  my  patients  died.  One  case  terminated  fatally,  the 
second  day  after  the  attack.  The  other  passed  from  my  hands 
the  second  day,  and  died  the  fifth.  These  two  remedies  have 
been  my  dependence,  and  in  nearly  every  case  were  the  only 
ones  used. 

Q-eUeminum  seems  appropriate  to  the  symptoms  of  conges- 
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similar  in  some  cases.  The  indications  of  hyperemia  of  the 
brain,  which  arc  sometimes  seen,  are  promptly  met  by  Gf-elsem- 
inum.  Baptisia  has  been  recommended,  but  I  have  not  seen 
as  prompt  effect  from  it  as  I  could  wish.  Rhu%  tox.  has  been 
used  with  good  results.  I  saw  several  cases,  nine  years  since, 
when  this  disease  prevailed  as  an  epidemic  in  some  parts  of 
this  State.  Bhus,  with  Belladonna  and  Bryonia,  &c,  produced 
very  favorable  effects.  But  I  have  never  found  anything  which 
seems  to  meet  the  conditions  manifested  by  this  disease,  as  it 
appeared  the  past  season  in  this  vicinity,  as  fully  as  Oimicifuga 
and  Greheminum,  or  which  have  proved  so  potent  for  good  in 
the  treatment  of  this  disease.  I  should  be  gratified  to  hear  the 
opinion  of  other  practitioners  who  may  have  had  greater  expe- 
rience than  myself.  Let  us  hear  from  them,  through  the  col- 
umns of  the  Observer. 


[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 
PHYTOLACCA    IN    MASTITIS. 

BT  M.  B.   UJKEN8,  M.  B. 


I  was   called,  Jan.  12,  to   see   Mrs.  L ,  aged  about  32, 

having  lett  breast  swollen  almost  to  its  utmost  capacity. 

History :  Eight  weeks  before  was  confined ;  a  few  days 
afterward  this  breast  suddenly  became  hard  and  inflamed.  She 
supposed  that  taking  cold  in  it  was  the  cause.  The  milk,  which 
previously  flowed  freely,  stopped  in  a  few  hours.  Her  attend- 
ing physician  (allopath)  poulticed  and  blistered  it  for  about'six 
weeks,  and  finally  lanced  it,  of  course  all  to  no  purpose.  When 
I  first  saw  her,  she  was  suffering  with  sharp  and  lancinating 
pains. 

Treatment :  I  made  an  infusion  of  Phytolacca  decandra  for 
an  external  application,  and  the  tincture,  15  drops  to  half 
tumbler  of  water,  internally.  Improvement  set  in  immedi- 
ately, and  in  a  few  weeks  she  was  entirely  well. 


Illegitimate  Births,  in  Vienna,  1866,  exceeded  the  legitimate  by 
one  thousand. 


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gurgial  fUprtmettt. 


BUSHROD  W.  JAMES,  M.  D.,  Philadelphia,  Editor. 


[For  the  American  HomcBopathio  Observer.] 
THE    ENDOSCOPE. 


This  instrument  the  surgeon,  as  well  as  the  physician,  should 
possess.  But  it  is  not  every  member  of  the  profession  that  will 
feel  disposed  to  invest  in  so  costly  or  complicated  an  instrument 
as  the  one  now  in  general  use.  We  are  glad  to  find  that  a  new 
apparatus,  of  simpler  construction,  has  been  made,  that  appears 
to  accomplish  as  much  as  the  original  one. 

We  copy  a  descrip- 
tion of  this  new  endo- 

J  scope   from    the  17th 

volume  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Medical  and  Surgical  Reporter,  taken  from  Dr.  R.  A. 
Warwick's  communication  on  the  subject  in  the  British  Medical 
Journal.  Dr.  Warwick  says  his  endoscope  "  consists  of  a  brass 
tube  of  the  simple  endoscopic  construction,  about  four  inches 
and  a  half  in  length  and  one  in  diameter.  A  Ramsden  eye- 
piece, consisting  of  two  plano-convex  lenses  with  a  magnifying 
power  of  about  two  and  a  half  times,  and  capable  of  adjust- 
ment for  distinct  vision,  is  fitted  to  one  end  of  this  tube,  and 
the  eye-piece  is  so  constructed  as  to  admit  of  the  insertion  of  a 
spectacle  lens,  to  suit  the  eye  of  those  who  require  the  aid  of 
glasses.  An  adapter,  in  the  form  of  a  cone,  and  blackened 
inside,  is  attached  to  the  other  end  of  the  instrument,  to  receive 
the  various  silver  tubes  required  for  the  examination  of  the 
organs  and  passages  to  be  explored.  Midway  between  the  two 
extremities  of  the  tube  is  an  aperture,  nearly  one  inch  in  diam- 
eter, into  which  is  fitted  a  metal  cone,  two  and  a  half  inches 
long,  and  three  inches  in  diameter  at  its  base.  This  cone  is 
plated  with  silver  on  its  inner  surface,  and  highly  polished.    A 

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large  double  convex  lens  of  short  focus  is  adapted  to  its  base, 
so  that  light  of  an  inferior  quality  or  intensity  may  be  condensed 
and  rendered  sufficient  for  the  use  of  the  instrument.  The 
silver  tubes  for  the  urethra  are  similar  to  those  used  with  Dr. 
Cruise's  instrument ;  they  are  highly  polished  on  the  inside, 
and  correspond  in  size  to  Nos.  8,  10,  and  12,  of  the  ordinary 
catheter-guage.  The  tube  used  for  the  bladder  resembles  a 
catheter  with  a  short  curve,  and  allows  a  portion  of  the  bladder, 
I  *  to  the  extent  of  nearly  half  an  inch  in  length,  to  be  seen,  through 
an  aperture  filled  in  with  glass.  The  endoscope  I  have  had 
constructed  will  show  an  object  with  a  north  light  more  dis- 
tinctly than  Dr.  Cruise's  does  with  an  artificial  light,  and  the 
object  is  seen  from  eight  to  ten  times  more  distinctly  with  a 
similar  artificial  light ;  it  is  also  available  for  the  examination 
of  other  organs,  as  is  the  case  with  Dr.  Cruise's.  Referring  to 
the  advantages  of  the  endoscope,  he  says :  "  The  utility  of  the 
endoscope  is  not,  however,  confined  to  the  diagnosis  and  treat- 
l  ment  of  diseases  of  the  urethra — far  otherwise.  There  is  no 
'  portion  of  the  human  body  into  which  a  straight  tube  can  be 
introduced,  in  which  it  will  not  be  found  of  service.  With  it 
the  interior  of  the  bladder  may  be  thoroughly  investigated ; 
tumors,  ulcerations,  and  sacculi,  recognized ;  calculi  examined, 
and  information  gained  as  to  their  size,  figure,  number,  position, 
whether  encysted  or  loose,  and  so  on.  The  rectum,  beyond  the 
reach  of  the  finger  and  speculum,  can  be  searched  for  ulcera- 
tions, constrictions,  tumors,  etc.  The  cavity  of  the  uterus  can 
be  demonstrated  ;  so  also  the  auditory  meatus,  nasal  foss®, 
pharynx,  larynx,  and,  I  should  even  hope,  oesophagus  and 
stomach.  Likewise  wounds,  especially  those  suspected  to  con- 
tain foreign  bodies,  abscesses,  the  cavity  of  ovarian  cysts  after 
tapping,  and  so  on.  I  have  been  enabled  by  the  endoscope  to 
obtain  so  clear  a  view  of  the  interior  of  the  uterus  that  I  am 
satisfied  it  will  prove  most  useful  for  the  diagnosis  of  small 
polypi,  granular  and  follicular  ulcerations,  and  other  affections, 
which  at  present  are  subjects  of  conjecture  rather  than  positive 
knowledge." 

Soap  for  the  Speculum,  instead  of  grease,  is  preferred  by 
eminent  obstetricians. 


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80  torsion  of  arteries,  etc. 

Torsion  of  Arteries  and  Antiseptic  Treatment  of  In- 
cisions.— Dr.  Syme,  of  Edinburg,  having  used  the  carbolic 
acid  treatment  of  wounds,  as  recommended  by  Mr.  Lister  of 
Glasgow,  speaks  in  the  highest  terms  of  this  agent,  in  the  man- 
agement of  incised  surfaces,  finding  that  the  most  formidable 
wounds,  by  having  the  impure  air  excluded  by  carbolic  acid, 
are  shorn  of  their  alarming  features.  He  refers  to  the  rapid 
disappearance,  by  absorption,  of  quantities  of  effused  blood, 
under  the  integuments,  without  injury  to  the  system,  in  such 
cases  as  bruises,  dislocations,  fractures,  and  after  the  operation 
of  tenotomy,  and  says :  "  How,  then,  does  it  happen  that 
blood  collected  in  the  cavity  of  a  wound  should  be  productive 
of  so  much  mischief?  It  can  only  do  so  through  the  decom- 
posing influence  of  atmospheric  air,  loaded  with  its  myriads  of 
organic  atoms."  He  recommends  the  use  of  "  tortion  "  more 
frequently  than  ever  in  ordinary-sized  arteries  instead  of  the 
ligature,  since  there  is  now  no  risk  of  pent-up  blood  or  serum 
in  the  wound  when  carbolic  acid  is  properly  used.  He  states 
that  "  in  order  to  perform  the  process  effectually,  it  is  necessary 
that  the  artery  should  be  seized  by  the  catch-forceps  and  twisted 
until  they  become  loose." 


An  Algoid  Growth  the  Cause  of  Syphilis  and  Gonor- 
rhoea.— Prof.  J.  H.  Salisbury,  of  Charity  Hospital  Medical 
College,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  thinks  the  cause  of  syphilis  is  due 
to  a  peculiar  algoid  vegetation  which  he  claims  to  have  discov- 
ered in  chancres,  and  which  he  calls  "  cryptoB  syphilitica."  It 
is  found  only  in  connective  tissue.  Another  species  which  he 
also  claims  to  have  discovered,  is  developed  only  in  epithelial 
cells,  and  this  he  supposes  is  the  productive  agent  of  gonorrhoea. 

If  it  prove  to  be  a  fact  that  the  origin  of  this  disease  is  due 
to  such  a  growth,  let  us  next  have  the  agent  or  agents  brought 
to  light  that  will  destroy  the  vitality  and  poisoning  power  of 
these  vegetations,  and  then  we  may  hope,  in  course  of  time,  to 
propose  measures  for  the  complete  stamping  out  of  these  loath- 
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A  Peculiar  Suture. — A  singular  mode  of  closing  up  a 
longitudinal  slit  of  about  three  inches  in  length,  in  a 
protruding  intestine,  produced  by  a  stab  in  the  ubdomen, 
is  on  record,  performed  by  an  Indian  in  Central  America. 
A  large,  savage  insect,  in  the  shape  of  an  ant,  with  strong 
nippers,  was  seized  by  the  body,  and  its  head,  with  the 
open  jaws,  held  to  the  adjusted  edges  of  the  wound, 
which  the  jaws  ot  the  ant  clasped  and  held  on  to.  The  Indian 
surgeon,  if  we  may  so  style  him,  then  pinched  off  with  his 
fingers  the  body  of  the  ant,  leaving  its  head  and  clinched  nip- 
pers fast.  One  after  another  were  thus  fastened  on  until  the 
whole  incision  in  the  intestine  was  literally  sewed  up,  and  then 
replaced  within  the  abdominal  parietes,  The  case  is  said  to 
have  recovered  without  any  untoward  symptoms. 


Artery  Ligatures. — A  novel  method  of  dealing  with  liga- 
tures applied  to  arteries  is  alluded  to  in  Braithwaites  Retro- 
spect for  July,  1867,  as  follows  : 

"  Mr.  Campbell  De  Morgan  has  been  adopting  of  late,  at  the 
Middlesex  Hospital  (England,)  a  plan  of  dealing  with  ligatures 
applied  to  vessels  during  a  cutting  operation,  which  merits 
notice.  When  the  vessels  have  been  tied,  instead  of  following 
the  usual  custom  and  leaving  the  ligatures  hanging  out  of  the 
wound,  Mr.  De  Morgan,  by  means  of  a  needle  passes  them 
through  the  skin  close  to  where  they  were  tied.  They  remain 
quite  quiet,  and  come  away  without  the  slightest  pain  or 
trouble  when  their  work  is  done.  The  wound  consequently  has 
nothing  to  irritate  it,  and  enjoys  every  opportunity,  of  healing 
by  the  first  intention.  The  plan  leaves  the  parts  as  quiet  as  if 
acupressure  had  been  applied."  This  is  well  worth  remem- 
bering by  operators  and  if  found  advantageous  ought  to  be 
adopted.  B.  W.  J. 


Syphilis  Contracted  from  Cigar  Stumps. — Two  cases  of 
syphilis  contracted  by  chewing  cigar  stumps  picked  up  in  the 
streets,  have  been  reported  in  a  recent  number  of  the  Grironale 
Italiano  delle  Maladie  Venere. 


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PEOF.  H.  P.  GATCHELL,  Editor  of  this  Department. 


Dr.  B.  A.  Lodge  :  Bear  Sir — After  several  weeks'  delibera- 
tion upon  your  proposition  relative  to  the  editorship  of  the 
Physiological  Department  of  the  Observer,  I  have  concluded  to 
accept  the  position  which  you  tendered  me.  In  view  of  the 
wide  circulation  which  the  Observer  has  obtained,  and  the  very 
considerable  influence  which  it  is  exerting,  I  enter  on  the  duties 
assigned  me  with  some  4  misgivings ;  nor  would  I  undertake 
them  at  all,  did  I  not  count  on  the  forbearance  of  the  proprietor 
and  readers  of  the  Observer,  more  especially  during  the  early 
months  of  my  editorship.  For,  while  I  do  not  expect  to  reach 
any  very  high  standard,  I  yet  hope,  with  increase  of  material, 
with  that  warmth  and  facility  of  labor  which  come  of  continued 
effort,  and  with  the  aid  of  several  collaborators,  that  I  shall  be 
able,  in  time,  to  lend  some  richness  and  variety  to  the  depart- 
ment ;  and  while  concurring  with  you  in  your  suggestion  that 
the  department  should  be  filled  chiefly  with  brief  sketches  and 
condensed  reports,  I  should  wish  not  to  exclude  entirely  the 
more  elaborate  essay. 

In  relation  to  the  scope  of  the  department,  permit  me  to 
offer  the  suggestion  that  it  should  be  designated  as  the 
Department  of  Physiology  and  Principles  of  Medicine.  I  do 
not  propose  this  because  of  ambition  to  occupy  a  wider  field, 
but  because  it  is  easier  to  collect  materials  to  fill  the  alloted 
space,  from  the  two  fields  above-named,  than  to  gather  them 
from  Physiology  alone.  Nor  must  you  be  disappointed  if  arti- 
cles are  sometimes  more  prolix  than  you  would  desire.  You 
will  need  to  bear  in  mind  the  clergyman's  apology  for  a  long 
sermon,  namely,  that  he  lacked  time  to  make  it  short.  To 
write  concisely  requires  care  and  time,  "  Hie  labor,  hoc  opus 
est,"  if  I  quote  the  wheezing  old  Mantuan  aright.  The  preg- 
nant sentences  of  Tacitus  must  needs  have  involved  more  toil 


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than  the  flowing  periods  of  Livy.  Without  aspiring  to  the 
conciseness  of  Tacitus,  I  will  condense  as  much  as  time  will 
permit. 

But  the  proposed  change  in  the  title  of  the  department  is 
not  without  a  more  substantial  reason  in  the  fact  that  there  is 
much  valuable  material  relative  to  health,  not  belonging  to  any 
existing  department  of  the  Observer,  which  cannot  be  embraced 
in  pure  Physiology,  but  can  be  in  its  application  to  the 
Principles  of  Medicine. 

If  these  views  commend  themselves  to  your  judgment,  I  will 
enter  upon  the  new  relation,  in  the  hope  that  it  may  prove 
agreeable  to  us  both  and  not  altogether  unprofitable  to  the 
readers  of  the  Observer. 

Bespectfully  and  fraternally, 

H.  P.  GrATCHELL. 

P.  S. — Being  but  a  unit,  I  shall,  in  my  editorial  labors  con- 
tent myself  with  the  use  of  the  first  person  singular.  I  do  not 
at  all  fancy  the  self-consciousness  implied  in  the  use  of  the 
plural  we.    It  savors  of  mock  modesty. 


THE    PHILOSOPHY    OF     EATING. 


This  book,  dedicated  to  five  thousand  ladies,  contains  a 
respectable  treatise  on  diet,  notwithstanding  its  somewhat  pre- 
tentious title. 

"  What  course  of  lectures  are  you  attending  now,  ma'am  ?" 
said  Martin's  friend,  turning  again  to  Mrs.  Brick. 

"The  Philosophy  of  the  Soul,  on  Wednesday." 

"  On  Monday  ?" 

"The  Philosophy  of  Crime.'* 

"On  Friday?" 

"  The  Philosophy  of  Vegetables. " 

"  You  have  forgotten  Thursday,  the  Philosophy  of  Govern- 
ment, my  dear,"  observed  the  third  lady. 

"No,"  said  Mrs.  Brick,  "that  is  Tuesday." 

"  You  see,  Mr.  Chuzzlewit,  our  ladies  are  fully  employed," 
said  Mr.  Be  van." 

*  The  Philosophy  of  Eating.    By  Albert  J.  BellowB,  M.  D.,  late  Professor  of  Chemistry,  Phys- 
iology and  Hygiene.    For  sale  at  Detroit  Homoeopathic  Pharmacy.    Price  |2. 

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84  THE    PHILOSOPHY   OP    EATING. 

Probably  there  was  quite  as  much  philosophy  in  the  lectures 
which  edified  the  dawdling  Mrs.  Jefferson  Brick  and  her 
friends,  as  in  Dr.  Bellows'  book.  Precisely  where  it  is  in  the 
latter  is  difficult  to  determine.  The  reader  will  find  numerous 
tabulated  analyses  of  articles  of  food,  together  with  not  a  few 
judicious  comments,  such  as  might  be  expected  from  a  physi- 
cian who  has  made  diet  a  speciality,  but  he  will  seek  in  vain 
for  the  philosophy,  and  will  be  apt  to  rise  from  the  perusal 
with  the  impression  that  the  title  is  either  ad  captandum,  or 
that  it  originated  in  a  not  very  accurate  perception  of  the  sig- 
nification of  words. 

An  author  who  designates  certain  articles  of  food  as  carbon- 
ates because  they  contain  carbon,  certain  others  as  nitrates 
because  they  contain  nitrogen,  cannot  be  very  precise  in  his 
use  of  language.  Nor  is  the  plea  of  brevity  at  all  satisfactory. 
What  would  be  thought  of  the  writer  who  should,  for  concise- 
ness' sake  term  cod-liver  oil  butter  ?  And  yet  the  latter  is  as 
excusable  as  the  former. 

Quite  as  objectionable  is  the  phrase,  "  atom  of  sugar,1'  used 
in  apparent  unconsciousness  of  its  inappropriateness.  An  atom 
is  an  indivisible  something.  The  smallest  possible  portion  of 
sugar  is  divisible  into,  at  least,  three  elementary  atoms.  A 
molecule,  and  not  atom,  is  the  appropriate  term  to  express  the 
minutest  combination  of  elements. 

And  what  does  Dr.  Bellows  mean  by  the  statement  that 
alcohol  and  sugar  are  composed  of  "  the  same  elements,  in  the 
same  proportions  ?"  It  can  hardly  be  possible  that  he  means 
what  he  says,  since  the  analysis  that  he  quotes  disproves  the 
statement.  It  will  be  news  to  chemists,  that  sugar  and  alcohol 
are  isomeric. 

But  the  error  involved  in  this  statement  is  hardly  more  gross 
than  the  one  contained  in  the  following  pasnage,  on  the  63d 
page:  "When  starch  is  taken  as  an  article  of  diet,  its  carbon 
is  burned  in  the  lungs  in  contact  with  the  oxygen  of  the  air, 
and  gives  out  heat  to  warm  the  system,  just  as  the  carbon  of 
wood,  uniting  with  the  oxygen  of  the  air,  gives  out  heat  to 
warm  our  apartments."     Does  he  lag  so  far  behind  the  present 


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•tate  of  physiological  science  as  to  suppose  that  the  lungs  are 
a  fire-place  ?  Is  he  ignorant  of  the  fact  that  the  blood  is 
warmer  in  the  vena  cava  than  in  the  aorta  ? 

And  how  did  he  ascertain  that  "  when  starch  and  sugar  *  *  * 
are  taken  into  the  stomach  together,  the  sugar  is  first  used  for 
fuel ;  then  the  starch  is  converted  into  sugar  and  used  till  the 
demand  is  supplied ;"  or  that  "  if  oil  or  fat  of  any  kind  be  taken 
with  sugar  or  starch,  the  fat  will  only  be  used  for  fuel  when 
the  sugar  and  starch  have  failed  to  satisfy  the  demand  ?" 

All  this  is  very   crude  for  a  professor  of  physiology ;  as  if 
starch,  sugar  and  oil  might  not  undergo  a  series  of  changes 
and  minister  to  a  variety  of  uses  before  leaving  the  system  in 
the  form  of  carbonic  acid  and  water ;  if  mayhap  they  contrib- 
ute to  the  formation  of  the  latter.     It  is  well  known  that  fat, 
when  not  taken  in  excess,  is  appropriated  to  the  production  of 
corpuscles  and  fibrin,  especially   the  former.     And  Bernard, 
that  most  sagacious  of  physiologists,  and   most  successful  of 
experimenters,  who  has  added  as  much  to  physiology,  perhaps, 
as  any  half  dozen  others,  teaches  that  starch  and  sugar  are  both 
converted  into  fat  before  they  are  put  to  any  use  in  the  system, 
and  that  it  is  only  in  diabetes  that  they  pass  the  liver  as  sugar. 
And  what  a  "practical  lesson"  our  author  derives  from  his 
hypothesis  in  regard  to  starchf  sugar  and  oil,  the  giving   of 
sugar  first  and  starch  next  "  to  the  most  feeble  stomach,"  when 
one  would  think  that  a  very  little  observation  might  have  taught 
him  the  great  liability  of  cane  sugar  to  fermentation  in  feeble 
stomachs.     He  quite  ignores  the  important  physiological  rela- 
tion of  absorption.     The  whole  problem  is  to  him  merely  one 
of  combustion. 

'I  he  exceeding  crudeness  of  Dr.  Bellows'  ideas  is  strikingly 
exemplified  on  the  58th  page,  where  he  criticises  books  and 
journals  that  make  "  no  distinction  between  nutriment  that 
feeds  the  system  and  the  fuel  that  really  consumes  the  system." 

Does  Dr.  Bellows  really  suppose  that  the  organism  is  con- 
sumed, as  a  wooden  fire-place  might  be,  or  even  wasted  away 
like  an  iron  grate,  by  the  coal  that  is  burned  upon  it  ?  There 
is  not  the  slightest  evidence  of  any  such  process.     On  the 

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other  hand,  the  evidence,  so  far  as  it  goes,  is  to  the  opposite 
conclusion,  viz :  that  the  use  of  what  he  designates  as  fuel, 
tends  to  preserve  the  organism.  It  may  be  that  Dr.  Bellows 
did  not  intend  what  he  has  said.  It  may  be  when  potatoes 
are  termed  bulbs  by  him  that  he  does  not  mean  bulbs.  If 
so,  it  would  be  well  to  correct  these  statements  in  his  next  edi- 
tion. Would  it  not  be  wise,  also,  to  express  himself  a  little 
more  dubiously  in  regard  to  starch  being  converted  into  sugar 
by  the  juices  of  the  mouth  and  stomach  ?  Since  it  is  well 
established  that  a  very  slight  conversion  takes  place  through 
the  agency  of  the  juices  of  the  mouth,  and  it  is  probable  that 
none  is  effected  by  the  juices  of  the  stomach.  It  seems  to  be 
determined  that  the  conversion  occurs  chiefly  in  the  small 
intestines.  One  is  not  surprised,  after  a  glance  at  Dr.  Bellows' 
physiology,  that  he  sets  up  Carpenter's  Physiology  as  "the 
standard  work  in  this  country  and  England." 

An  increased  cautiousness  of  statement  would  beget  increased 
confidence  on  the  part  of  those  readers  who  are  familiar  with 
the  topics  of  which  Dr.  Bellows'  volume  treats.  Thus,  when 
one  reads  that  "  the  vitality  of  plants,  the  muscular  activity  of 
all  animals,  and  the  mental  as  well  as  muscular  and  organic 
health  and  vigor  of  man,  depend  on  phosphorus,"  the  reader, 
if  acquainted  with  the  conditious  of  life,  so  far  as  known,  is 
rather  disposed  to  wonder  at  the  extravagance  of  the  statement 
than  to  admire  its  originality.  That  phosphorus  is  essential, 
especially  to  some  of  the  higher  functions,  is  sufficiently  ascer- 
tained ;  but  to  assert,  without  qualification,  the  dependence  of 
universal  vitality  on  phosphorus,  is  only  to  mislead  the  popular 
reader.  It  would  not  be  difficult  to  show  that  oxygen  is  far 
more  entitled  to  the  distinction  than  phosphorus ;  and  nitrogen 
will  certainly  contest  the  position  with  the  latter  element. 

Not  only  does  Dr.  Bellows'  book  contain  errors  of  principle 
and  detail,  it  is  doubtful  whether  recent  investigations  have  not 
6wept  away  much  of  its  foundation.  It  has  been  shown  to  be 
highly  probable  that  the  carbonaceous  articles  ot  food,  not  only, 
in  the  course  of  their  various  transformations,  furnish  heat,  but 
force  also ;  that  the  development  of  muscular  power  itself  is 
mainly  dependent  on  carbo-hydrates  and  hydro-carbons. 

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THE  PHILOSOPHY  OP  EATING.  87 

One  would  naturally  expect  to  find  in  a  work  by  a  professor 
of  chemistry  and  physiology,  published  as  late  as  the  present 
year  of  the  Christian  era,  some  allusion  to  the  new  light  which 
has  been  thrown  on  this  subject.  But  not  a  ray  appeare.  No 
one  would  suspect,  from  this  volume,  that  carefully  conducted 
experiments  seem  to  indicate  that  the  increased  decay  of  muscle 
from  action  is  very  slight  indeed,  but  that  the  force  expended 
very  accurately  corresponds  to  the  carbonaceous  food  consumed. 

Nor  is  it  by  any  means  a  settled  point  that  "  alcohol,  per  se/' 
in  Dr.  Bellows'  language,  does  not,  under  some  conditions,  fur- 
nish power.  I  am  well  aware,  if  strong  statements  and  denun- 
ciatory language  would  settle  this  matter  in  the  negative,  that 
it  might  be  considered  as  finally  disposed  of.  But  it  demands 
a  scientific  determination,  a  determination  on  the  basis  of 
facts.  Dr.  Bellows  says  "  that  alcohol,  per  se,  is  not  nourishing, 
but  poisonous.  I  have  never  known  this  questioned,  except 
when  some  point  is  to  be  made,  as  in  the  late  struggle  for  a 
license  law  in  Massachusetts."  Now  Liebig  asserts  that  alcohol 
undergoes  oxydization  in  the  system,  and  other  experimenters 
assert  that  not  all  the  alcohol  ingested  returns  through  the 
excretory  outlets.  Of  course  no  one  supposes  that  the  system 
is  capable  of  furnishing  an  indefinite  supply  of  oxygen  for  alco- 
hol imbibed.  I  do  not  like  to  dogmatize  upon  points  that  are 
still  sub  judice ;  but  I  must  express  my  decided  opinion  that 
there  are  conditions  under  which  alcohol  may  be  used  most 
advantageously  (and  that  under  circumstances  where  there  is 
or  can  be  no  substitute)  as  a  means  of  generating  force.  If  it 
undergoes  oxydization,  it  necessarily  furnishes  power.  And  I 
am  led,  by  reading  and  observation,  to  the  conclusion  that  it  is 
capable  of  furnishing  needed  power  when  nothing  will  supply 
its  place,  and  that,  as  a  source  of  power,  it  may  save,  and  has 
saved,  human  life.  Holding  this  opinion,  I  shall  not  be  deterred 
by  any  amount  of  denunciation  or  abuse  from  the  expression 
of  it. 

The  hypothetical  objection  to  alcohol,  an  objection  on  which 
Dr.  Bellows  seems  to  plume  himself,  probably  as  a  part  of  the 
"  philosophy,"  is  that  alcohol  is  the  result  of  the  disorganization 
of  sugar,  and  therefore  must  needs  be  injurious. 

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88  THE  PHILOSOPHY  OF   EATING. 

That  unorganized  substances,  in  general,  constitute  the  proper 
food  of  vegetables,  and  that  organized  substances  constitute  the 
proper  food  of  animals,  are  by  no  means  novel  statements, 
though  one  is  led  to  suspect,  in  reading  Dr.  Bellows'  book,  that 
he  imagines  them  to  be.  But  when  does  the  organic  evidently 
become  inorganic  ?  In  those  forms  that  preceded  organization, 
that  depend  for  their  origin  on  chemical  and  physical  conditions 
only.  The  statement  that  alcohol  must  needs  be  injurious,  and 
only  injurious  because  it  is  the  result  of  the  disorganization  of 
sugar,  is  very  shallow. 

The  animal  system  is  capable  of  so  disorganizing  nitrogenous 
food  as  to  produce  sugar  out  of  it,  of  so  disorganizing  albumen 
as  to  produce  fat  out  of  it.  Are  these,  therefore,  mineral  and 
poisonous  ?  Undoubtedly  albumen  undergoes  many  metamor- 
phoses in  the  process  of  reducii^g  it  to  carbonic  acid,  ammonia 
and  other  forms,  partaking  more  or  less  of  the  mineral  charac- 
ter. To  assume  that  all  the  degradations,  results  of  successive 
.  disorganizations,  are  poisonous,  is  to  suppose  what  is  contradict- 
ed by  well-known  facts.  Nor  would  it  be  at  all  difficult  to 
show  that  Dr.  Bellows  is  not  altogether  consistent  with  himself 
in  what  he  says  of  alcohol.  He  gives  his  readers  to  understand, 
on  one  page,  that  alcoholic  liquors  may  sometimes  be  useful  as 
stimulants,  and  on  another  page,  that  kall  the  benefit  derived 
from  them  is  due  to  osmazome.  To  say  nothing  further  of  the 
apparent  inconsistency  of  the  two  statements,  I  desire  to  con- 
fess my  ignorance  that  vegetables  contain  osmazome.  The  term 
was  originally  used,  as  its  etymology  indicates,  to  denote  a 
principle  contained  in  flesh  only.  If  it  has  been  extended  to 
express  the  flavors  of  plants,  the  more's  the  pity.  We  need 
greater  not  less  precision  in  the  use  of  scientific  terms.  I  fear 
that  Dr.  Bellows  will  contribute  more  to  the  latter  than  the 
former.  Dr.  Bellows  should  at  least  give  his  authority  for  the 
statement  that  plants  contain  osmazome,  nor  would  it  be  amiss 
for  him  to  reveal  when  and  how  potatoes  became  bulbs. 

The  reader  will  find  in  Dr.  Bellows'  book  many  sagacious, 
sensible,  practical  directions.  Thus,  he  teaches  that  an  agree- 
able flavor  favors  digestion,  a  fact  that  one  must  hartre  been  very 
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is  our  author  on  this  point  that  he  asserts  "it  is  folly, 
therefore,  to  dispute  among  ourselves,  or  to  ask  the  doctor 
whether  this  article  or  that  should  be  given."  We  wonder  a 
little,  after  this,  why  his  book  was  written,  unless  it  was  to 
sell ;  or  perhaps  no  other  doctor  should  be  asked  to  point  out 
the  conditions  under  which  articles  of  food  are  wholesome  or 
unwholesome. 

He  insists  upon  it  that  any  one  not  governed  by  fashion,  will 
prefer  bread  made  from  coarse  flour  to  that  made  from  fine,  and 
that  the  reign  of  wheat  is  a  reign  "  of  terror,"  because  it  is 
converted  into  fine  flour.  Extravagant  statements  like  this  tend 
to  shake  our  confidence  in  the  author's  judgment. 

Every  little  while  a  new  hobby  is  trotted  out,  on  which   to 
pack  the  physical   ills  that  flesh  is  heir  to.     For  some  years, 
with  a  class,  fine  flour  has   served   this   purpose.     As  if,  with 
the  varied  diet  of  our  American  tables  one  could  easily  fail  to 
find  all  the  requisite  elements.    People  do  not  live  on  fine  flour 
alone.     And  my  own  observation  leads   me  to  the  conclusion 
thas  there  is  no  form  of  bread  that  so  continuously  satisfies  the 
taste  as  the  fermented  wheaten  loaf  made  ot  fine  flour.     I  have 
seen  not  a  few  persons  sitting  at  tables  where  opinion  and  cus- 
tom were  in  favor  of  the  coarse  wheaten  loaf,  who,  after  using 
it  for  a  time,  were  glad  and  sometimes  compelled  to  return  to 
the  fine  loaf.     While  there  are  conditions  of  the  system  that 
render  the  coarse  loaf  preferable,  it  is,  on  the  other  hand,  liable 
to  ferment  and  to  cause  acidity  of  the  stomach  when  the  fine 
loaf  can  be  eaten  with  impunity.     As  to  the  unleavened  cakes 
that  Dr.  Bellows  describes  as  the  perfection  of  bread,  he  will 
find  very  few  domestics   successful   in   preparing  them.     Nor 
will  he  find  many  palates  satisfied  with  them  when  they  are 
cold ;  and  it  is  not  convenient  in   every  family  to  bake  bread 
one  thousand  and  ninety-five  times  a  year,  to  say  nothing  of 
three  additional  bakings  on  leap-year. 

Since  the  subject  of  bread-making  has  been  broached.  I  will 
suggest  a  bread  made' of  coarse  fiour  that  has  the  advantage  of 
being  palatable  when  cold,  and  which  pleases  some  palates 
much  better  than  the  kind  adopted  by  Dr.  Bellows.  To  one 
quart  of  brown  flour  (more  properly  wheat-meal)  add  on'e  table- 
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90  QUANTITY    OP    POOD. 

spoonful  of  butter,  and  water  enough  to  form  a  stiff  dough. 
Pound  until  crisp ;  roll  very  thin  and  cut  in  cakes.  Prick 
them  and  bake  in  a  well  heated  oven. 

I  do  not  recommend  it  to  persons  without  teeth.  To  those 
who  have  them,  it  generally  proves,  eaten  with  good  butter,  a 
very  palatable  and  exceedingly  wholesome  bread,  less  apt  to 
cause  acidity  of  the  stomach  than  any  other  bread  with  which 
I  am  acquainted.  Having,  at  one  time,  lived  *for  several 
months,  almost  exclusively  on  this  bread,  with  milk  and  butter, 
I  can  testify  that  the  three  are  capable  not  merely  of  sustaining 
human  life,  but  of  keeping  the  system  in  good  working  order. 

I  would  suggest,  in  case  a  seeond  edition  of  the  Philosophy 
of  Eating  should  be  called  for,  that  Dr.  Bellows  should,  in  the 
mean  time,  not  only  inform  himself  in  physiology,  but  that  he 
should  correct  some  of  the  grosser  offences  against  grammar. 
Readers  are  apt  to  suspect,  when  an  author  betrays  ignorance 
or  carelessness  as  to  grammar,  that  he  may  be  equally  inaccu- 
rate as  to  his  physical  and  physiological  science. 

His  book  would  be  much  more  satisfactory,  also,  if  he  gave 
the  names  of  the  analysts  from  whom  he  has  derived  the  seve- 
ral tables  of  composition  of  vegetable  and  animal  substances. 

In  conclusion,  I  would  recommend  the  book  as  containing 
much  that  is  instructive  to  most  professional  as  well  as  non- 
professional readers.  Dr.  Bellows  has  generally  gleaned  with 
judgment,  and  his  practical  suggestions  are  generally  marked 
by  good  sense.  If  he  will  disabuse  himself  of  the  idea,  appa- 
rently entertained,  that  he  has  produced  something  profoundly 
original,  it  will  be  none  the  worse  for  any  future  edition  that 
he  may  be  called  upon  to  prepare.  G. 


Quantity  of  Food. — Van  Hufeland  directed  :  "  Never  eat 
bo  much  that  you  feel  you  have  a  stomach.  It  will  be  best  to 
give  over  before  you  are  completely  sated.  The  quantity  of 
food  must  be  proportioned  to  one's  bodily  labor  :  the  less  the 
labor,  the  less  ought  to  be  the  nourishment/' 

"It  is  not  what  we  eat,  but  what  we  digest,  that  does  us 
good,  and  serves  to  nourish  our  bodies.  He  who  wishes  to  live 
long  ought  therefore  to  eat  slowly ;  as  our  food  must  obtain  in 
the  jnouth  the  first  degree  of  preparation  and  assimilation/' 

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[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 
INTEMPERANCE:    CAUSE    AND    CUBE. 

BT  E.  L.  AHDER80N,  M.  D. 


No,  1. — Introductory. 

My  mind  has  been  exercised  on  the  subject  of  this  article  for 
more  than  thirty  years,  and,  consequently,  I  have  seen  the  rise 
and  fall  of  all  the  influences  that  have  been  brought  to  bear 
upon  mankind  for  the  removal  of  the  evils  of  the  use  of  stimu- 
lating drinks.  Nor  have  I  felt  free  to  co-operate  with  the  vari- 
ous efforts  put  forth  for  the  last  twenty  years. 

During  the  Winter  of  1847  I  was  residing  in  Phoenixville, 
Pennsylvania,  where  we  had  a  revival,  so-called,  of  the  tempe- 
rance manifestations,  and  having  participated  in  the  movement 
freely,  I  was  congratulating  myself  on  our  success,  taking  a  large 
share  of  the  glory  thereof  upon  myself,  feeling  proud  of  my 
prowess  as  a  temperance  lecturer,  when  I  received  a  large  valen- 
tine, through  the  post-office,  representing  me  in  the  attitude  of 
Jupiter  tonans  hurling  forth  his  fulminations,  hit  or  miss,  but 
bountifully,  whilst  behind  me  was  a  good  brother  taking  from 
my  pocket  a  flask,  with  the  stimulator  in  it,  to  strengthen  him 
in  his  turn !  At  first  I  felt  indignant,  but  when  Eeason 
ascended  its  throne,  I  was  internally  conscious  that  "  there  was 
something  rotten  in  Denmark/'  and  that,  although  I  had  not 
then  a  bottle  in  my  pocket,  yet  mentally  I  beheld  it  there 
medicinally.  This  opened  my  eyes  wide,  and  the  more  I  saw 
and  studied  the  subject,  the  more  clearly  did  I  see  that  to  suc- 
ceed in  destroying  intemperance  we  must  strike  at  the  medicinal 
and  hygienic  ideas,  or  else  all  our  efforts  will  be  worse  than  in 
vain,  and  intemperance  as  a  dire  disease  will  continue  to  coun- 
teract our  efforts,  ad  infinitum. 

I  am  often  called  upon  to  present  the  subject  in  its  usual 
form,  but  always  feel  that  I  am  "  gnawing  a  file."  Yet  I  do 
think  that  the  efforts  to  do  something  should  not  be  abandoned, 
since  even  a  painful  effort  to  live  shows  that  vitality  still  exists 

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92  INTEMPERANCE  :  CAUSE  AND  CURE. 

and  something  ought  to  be  done.  Yet  for  the  total  eradication 
of  the  whole  evils  of  intemperance,  something  must  be  substi- 
tuted that  will  take  its  place,  and  that  something  must  be  of 
such  a  nature  that  it  will  not  entail  mischief  upon  us  in  return. 

What  mean  all  the  efforts  that  have  been  put  forth  for  the 
last  forty  years  ?  Sermons,  lectures,  prayers,  societies — public 
and  private ;  laws  enacted,  penalties  visited ;  yet  the  dismal 
tide  rolls  on.  Do  we  not  see  that  these  things  demonstrate 
that  intemperance  is  an  incurable  disease  ?  Yes,  more  hope- 
lessly incurable  than  all  the  other  maladies  of  mankind  put 
together.   , 

To  look  at  the  world  as  it  now  lies  socially  drunk,  staggering, 
cursing,  murdering,  bleeding,  raving  and  dying,  one  would  think 
that  in  truth  the  stimulating  cup,  first  in  clinic  and  then  in 
dram-shop,  was  the  real  " Pandora's  box,"  or  that  "total 
depravity  "  has  its  embodiment  in  whisky  ! 

Intemperance,  then,  is  a  disease,  sapping  the  foundations  of 
man's  nutritive,  social  and  religious  natures,  in  the  most  appal- 
ling manner.  And  it  has  ample  cause.  Years  ago  men  erected 
among  themselves  two  grades  of  officials,  "  medicine  men  "  and 
"  prophets."  The  former  take  the  material  part  of  man,  upon 
which  to  prey,  and  they  certainly  have  magnified  their  office  ! 
and  gaining  the  confidence  of  mankind,  and  as  "  blind  leaders 
of  the  blind,"  we  are  almost  universally  drunk  and  "  in  the 
ditch." 

Who  first  used  alcoholic  stimulants  ?  Called  it  "  Y  eau  de 
vie  ?"  Who  used  it  till  it  degraded  the  profession  ?  Who 
gave  it  to  warm  when  cold,  to  cool  when  warm,  to  wet  when  dry, 
to  dry  when  wet,  to  cure  when  ill,  to  preserve  health  when 
well  ?  Who  gives  it  in  elixirs,  tinctures,  potions  and  exotions? 
The  answer  to  this  is  inevitable,  the  medical  doctors.  Here, 
then,  is  the  condition  of  allopathic  medication  ;  it  has  actually 
attempted  to  cast  out  diseases  through  the  very  prince  of  dis- 
eases, leaving  us  tenfold  more  the  children  of  disease  and  death 
than  before  ! 

This  attempt,  with  its  results,  is  the  lesson  of  the  age  in 
which  we  live.  And  as  the  evils  lie  thick  around  us,  and  whilst 
Allopathy  "  bears  her  blushing  honors  thick  upon  her,"  should 

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INTEMPERANCE:  CAUSE  AND  CURE.  98 

we  not  be  up  and  doing  to  counteract  these  dreadful  evils  ? 
That  intemperance  is  a  disease,  is  the  only  position  tenable,  and 
one  that  gives  us  the  whole  field  in  such  a  way  that  we  need 
blame  no  one  for  being  ignorant  of  it  any  more  than  for  not 
being  able  to  read  or  to  write  without  instructions.  The  move- 
ment, as  now  conducted,  in  abusing  the  maker  or  seller  of 
whisky,  is  as  unscientific  and  silly  as  to  abuse  and  curse  the 
hyena  and  vulture  for  eating  dead  bodies  and  yet  carry  on  strife 
which  kills. 

The  M.  D.,  through  a  false  theory,  and  a  consequently  deadly 
and  demoralizing  practice,  prepares  the  victims  for  the  burning 
altars  of  the  dram  shops,  and  they  finish  them  out;  but  should 
not  have  the  blame  for  the  whole  work.  -This  being  the  situa- 
tion, what  is  left  for  us  to  do,  bat  to  act  the  part  of  rational 
men,  who  have  the  truth  ;  go  to  binding  up  the  wounds,  pour- 
ing the  sweet  consolations  of  our  blessed  Homoeopathy,  born,  as 
we  shall  hereafter  see,  of  pure  soul-thinking,  and  in  its  beautiful 
dynamical  influences  acting  citOj  tuto  et  jucunde,  for  the  healing 
of  the  nations.  Homoeopathy  alone  can  clean  out  the  drug- 
geries  of  this  beautiful  world  and  wash  away  the  accumulated 
filth  of  ages.  It  is  its  peculiar  work  to  succeed  that  system 
which,  by  its  stimulants,  **  defaces  beauty,  diminishes  strength, 
corrupts  the  blood,  inflames  the  liver,  weakens  the  heart,  turns 
men  into  walking  hospitals,  causes  internal,  external  and  incu- 
rable wounds  ;  a  thief  to  the  pocket,  a  witch  to  the  senses,  and 
a  devil  to  the  soul." 


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Consultations  :   A  Few  Thoughts  on  their   Degeneracy. 

BY  AV   INVALID  M.  D. 


What  a  consultation  is,  and  what  it  ought  to  be,  are  two 
things  as  widely  separated  as  the  antipodes  themselves.  The 
radical  cause  of  this  lies  in  man's  first  disobedience  and  fall. 
At  that  grand  opening  of  Pandora's  box  of  evils,  there  was 
none  that  proved  more  prolific  than  that  forgetfulness  of  what 
is  mine  and  what  is  thine,  whether  it  pertains  to  property  or 
reputation,  which  has  made  selfishness  the  great  sin  of  the  race. 
Consultations  were  originally  designed  to  furnish  opportunities 
for  the  interchange  of  opinions  on  medical  subjects,  more 
especially  upon  a  specific  case  of  disease.  But  jealousy  has 
crept  in.  A  consultation  has  become  only  another  name  for  a 
contest  for  the  good  opinion  of  the  patient  or  his  friends. 
Who  shall  make  reputation  out  of  this  case  ?  This  is  the 
question.  It  is  not  to  ascertain  what  the  disease  is ;  not  to 
interpret  obscure  phenomena  in  the  symptoms,  and  upon  a 


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94  CONSULTATIONS. 

rational  diagnosis  base  the  indications  of  cure.  Aspirants  for 
the  honors  of  the  prize  ring  rarely  study  each  other's  strong  and 
weak  points,  offensive  and  defensive,  more  critically.  We  are 
accustomed  to  talk  flippantly  of  our  noble  profession,  its  benefi- 
cent aims  and  its  tendency  to  inspire  benevolent  feelings ;  but 
the  truth  is  too  palpable — there  are  too  many  proofs  of  the 
emptiness  of  our  claims,  for  us  to  deny  that  the  ruling  spirit  of 
too  many  consultations  is  jealousy.  The  world  outside  have  not 
been  sleeping  spectators  ;  they  perceive  among  us  a  something 
that  paralyzes  our  organized  efforts  for  the  promotion  of  the 
cause  of  medical  learning  in  general  and  of  that  of  Homoeopa- 
thy in  particular. 

It  was  not  thus  in  the  earlier  years  of  the  new  system.  Con- 
tending against  a  common  enemy  made  us  friends.  And  so  it 
ever  is.  W  hen  a  cause  has  once  become  established  and  success 
is  assured,  a  common  fund  of  fame  and  reputation  accumulates, 
and  in  its  division,  those  who  were  friends  before  now  become 
alienated  ;  separate  individual  interests  arise.  To  appropriate 
a  political  phrase,  "  they  quarrel  over  the  spoils."  And  no- 
where is  this  so  conspicuous,  because  nowhere  is  such  an  oppor- 
tunity afforded,  as  in  the  consultation  room.  Each  would  be 
prominent,  but  all  cannot  be  first.  There  must  be  privates  as 
well  as  officers. 

Eegarding  a  consultation  in  whatever  light  we  will,  there  is 
no  effective  disguise  of  the  fact  that  it  springs  from  at  least  the 
latent  suspicion  that  the  attending  physician  is  not  fully  equal 
to  the  case  in  hand.  This  constitutes  that  favorable  conjunc- 
ture of  circumstances  which  the  consulting  physician  can  easily 
turn  to  his  side  of  the  account.  He  can  do  this  if  he  will ; 
nay  the  circumstances  invite  him.  Alas  !  for  the  often-boasted 
perfection  of  poor  fallen  human  ^nature.  How  few  can  resist 
the  temptation.  The  fruit  is  too  tempting ;  it  hangs  within 
too  easy  reach. 

I  have  been  in  the  situation  of  the  attending  physician.  I 
have  had  the  deadliest  weapons  of  jealousy,  of  malice,  aimed 
at  me  by  the  consulting  physician,  when  no  defence  could  be 
made.  Then,  again,  time  sent  a  few  gray  hairs  and  scattered 
them  here  and  there,  to  tell  that  adolescence  had  passed,  and 
that  the  years,  if  not  the  intellectual  maturity,  of  manhood  had 
come ;  and  I  entered  the  consultation  room  to  discuss,  in  a 
friendly  spirit,  with  a  younger  member,  questions  of  pathology 
and  therapeutics  ;  but  I  thank  a  watchful  Providence  that  I 
have  never  forgotten  that  I  was  once  a  young  man  whose  repu- 
tation was  in  the  hands  of  my  seniors.  I  say  it  not  boastingly. 
I  have  done  nothing  more  than  follow  the  dictates  of  reason 
and  right.     This  I  conceive  is  nothing  to  boast  of. 


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Omitting  to  speak  of  that  open  condemnation  of  treatment 
sometimes  witnessed  in  the  case  of  men  of  no  moral  culture,  I 
wish  to  point  out  a  much  more  dangerous,  because  more  hidden 
mode  of  undermining  the  reputation  of  the  young  physician. 
It  has  the  merit  of  appearing  to  compliment  his  talents  and 
skill.  The  diagnosis  and  treatment  of  the  attending  physician 
are  pronounced  correct.  The  family  are  told  by  him  that 
recovery  will  assuredly  take  place,  and  that,  perhaps,  in  a  given 
time, — and  this,  too,  when  the  chances  are  plainly  against  it. 
Seeing  that  such  will  be  the  event,  what  better  opportunity  to 
strike  a  blow  at  the  reputation  of  the  young  physician,  espe- 
cially when  it  can  be  done  so  skilfully  as  to  be  effective,  and  yet 
carry  with  it  a  compliment  (?)  to  the  attendant's  skill  ?  The 
patient  dies.  Upon  whose  shoulders  falls  the  blow  ?  Certainly 
not  upon  those  of  the  senior.  He  assured  recovery,  "  and," 
argue  the  friends,  "  if  he  had  attended  the  case,  doubtless,  our 
brother  had  not  died."  Such  I  believe  to  be  the  most  dan- 
gerous mode  of  accomplishing  the  result.  Certainly  none  dis- 
arms the  victim  more  effectually  and  renders  him  more  helpless 
in  the  other's  hands.  I  always  recall  the  instructive  story  of 
the  wooden  horse.  Troy  long  held  out  against  the  attacks  of 
the  Greeks,  her  battering-rams  and  all ;  but  fell  an  easy  prey 
to  the  wiles  of  the  Greeks,  when  they  came  bearing  a  gift. 
Compliments  like  those  we  have  heard  in  the  consultation  room 
are  but  representations  to  my  mind  of  the  famous  horse  of 
history.  They  always  recall  the  well-known  line  of  Virgil : 
iC  Timeo  Danaos  dona  ferenzes" 

If  I  were  to  appeal  to  the  brethren  of  the  profession,  I  have 
no  doubt  their  experience  would  be  in  confirmation  of  what  has 
been  advanced  in  this  paper.  The  evil  is  one  that  demands  our 
serious  attention.  The  success  of  homoeopathy  is  very  doubt- 
ful if  its  champions  shall  seek  each  for  himself  a  reputation  at 
the  expense  of  a  brother's  downfall.  If  our  forces  are  expended 
in  warring  with  each  other,  in  giving  and  parrying  blows,  we 
need  not  be  surprised  to  see  medicine  degenerate  from  a  noble 
calling  into  a  miserable  trade  in  pills,  potions  and  powders,  in 
vending  which  all  the  machinery  known  to  modern  quackery 
shall  be  employed. 

I  would  not  be  an  alarmist,  nor  look  upon  the  dark  side  of 
the  picture,  when  the  bright  side  is  so  much  more  attractive, 
but  from  my  stand-point  in  the  distance  I  am  disposed  to  look 
with  unprejudiced  eye  upon  this  strife  that  seems  to  threaten  our 
success  and  stay  our  progress.  We  need  a  higher  standard  of 
medical  ethics  ;  and  not  only  this,  but  a  resolve  on  the  part  of 
medical  men  to  frown  upon  every  departure  in  a  brother  from 
the  path  of  rectitude. 


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"The  Present  State  of  the  Practice  of  Physic,  with 
Preface  and  Comments  by  a  Medical  Practitioner."  Pub- 
lished by  George  Cheverton,  Tunbridge  Wells,  England, 
and  by  Dr.  E.  A.  Lodge,  51  Wayne-st.,  Detroit,  Michigan. 
Price  30  cents. 

The  hollowness  of  the  pretensions  of  medical  practitioners 
of  the  old  school,  or  "the  regular  physicians,"  as  they  delight 
to  call  themselves,  has  long  been  suspected  by  the  masses  and 
well  known  to  the  initiated  of  other  schools ;  nevertheless,  the 
abuse,  persecution  and  misrepresentation  of  every  system  of 
therapeutics  not  sanctioned  by  "  authority"  goes  on  undimin- 
ished. 

We  have  often  thought  that  the  most  fatal  expos6  of  the 
shortcomings  and  crudities  of  allopathy,  not  to  say  crimes, 
would  be  a  collection  of  cases  treated  by  some  half  dozen  fash- 
ionable allopathic  practitioners,  analyzed  and  explained,  and  a 
compilation  of  the  confessions,  apologies  and  defenses  of  old- 
school  professors  and  authors  when  dwelling  on  the  principles 
which  they  declare  underlie  the  administration  of  drugs  for  the 
purpose  of  curing  disease.  The  author  of  the  above-named 
pamphlet  has  brought  together  a  number  of  such  confessions 
and  apologies  from  the  pens  of  the  most  distinguished  writers 
and  teachers  on  medical  science  of  modern  times,  amongst 
which  we  find  extracts  from  Drs.  Christian,  Markham,  Cowan, 
Cormack,  Richardson,  Copeman,  B6hier,  and  others.  These 
extracts,  though  often  directed  professedly  against  that  "  mon- 
ster humbug,"  ''that  hydra-headed  thing,"  "that  greatest 
humbug  of  the  age," — homoeopathy — prove,  beyond  the 
shadow  of  a  doubt,  that  old  physic  is  getting  very  sick,  and  of 
course  very  irritable ;  that  she  begins  to  be  conscious  that 
unless  some  reformation  vastly  different  from  anything  which 
the  history  of  the  past  two  thousand  years  has  afforded  should 
rejuvinate  her,  her  destiny  is  sealed,  her  days  are  drawing  to  a 
close.     Could  all  the  families  now  confiding  life  and  health  to 


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the  care  of  allopathic  doctors,  read  and  appreciate  such  confes- 
sions as  are  here  brought  to  light,  we  should  not  be  surprised 
if  some  allopathic  colleges  went  out  begging  for  students  and 
the  offices  of  homoeopathic  physicians  were  besieged  with 
throngs  of  suffering  ones  seeking  for  a  more  certain,  rational 
and  philosophical  mode  of  cure.  It  would  also  be  well  if  our 
physicians  should  scatter  such  confessions  amongst  their  pres- 
ent patrons,  that  they  may  be  ready  to  give  unanswerable 
reasons  for  their  preference  of  the  new  school  to  the  old  to  all 
who  sneer  at "  little-pill  "  practice.  These  extracts  will  also 
be  handy  to  lecturers  as  quotations  in  illustrating  the  follies  of 
allopathy.  The  suggestions  of  the  author  to  students  and 
young  practioners  are  well-timed  and  important,  and  the  pam- 
phlet, as  a  whole,  well  worthy  the  perusal  both  of  the  public 
and  the  protession. 

Special  Pathology  and  Diagnostics,  with  Therapeutic 
Hints,  by  C.  Gr.  Raue,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Practice  of  Med- 
icine, Special  Pathology  and  Diagnostics  in  the  Hahnemann 
Medical  College  of  Philadelphia.     F.  E.  Boericke,  Philadel- 
phia.    For  sale  by  Dr.  E.  A.  Lodge,  Detroit.     Price,  $5. 
The  publisher  says :  "In  the  Pathological  Department  the 
author  has  aimed  to  record  the  results  of  the  best  thoughts  of 
the  best  writers,  down  to  the  present  day.     Purposely  omitting 
all  the  discussions  necessary  in  following  up  any  investigations, 
he  has  given  the  gist  of  the  conclusions   arrived  at ;  so  far,  at 
least,  as  they  are  of  practical  value. 

"With  much  discrimination  he  has  indicated  his  estimate  of 
the  value  of  the  commonly  accepted  teachings  in  this  depart- 
ment, whenever  they  are  of  doubtful  utility,  and  we  are  confi- 
dent that  nowhere  else  is  a  like  amount  of  practical  pathological 
knowledge  made  available  to  the  English  reader ; — if  indeed  to 
the  student  in  any  single  language. 

"  Whenever  he  has  chosen  to  express  original  views  upon  any 
subject  in  this  department,  they  will  be  found  to  be  full  of  inte- 
rest, and  characterized  by  singular  perspicuity  and  common 
sense. 

"  In  the  Department  of  Diagnosis  the  same  end  has  been 
kept  in  view  by  the  author : — to  assign  to  each  diagnostic 
symptom  its  proper  value  in  making  up  the  verdict  in  any  given 
cage  of  disease.  He  has  also  carefully  indicated  how  much  or 
how  little  importance  is  to  be  attached  to  these  signs  in  helping 
to  determine  the  proper  remedy  in  such  case. 

"In  that  most  difficult  and  intricate  branch  of  diagnosis, — 
physical  examinations  by  auscultation  and  percussion, — he  has 


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been  very  successful.  To  the  student  who  has  tried  to  thread 
the  mazes  of  Skoda,  Bowditch  and  others,  we  predict  a  sense 
of  eminent  satisfaction  on  reading  this  work. 

"Perhaps  the  distinguishing  feature  of  this  department  is 
the  great  number  of  signs  to  which  he  has  assigned  a  diagnostic 
value.  Changes  of  color  and  temperature  of  various  parts  ; 
abnormal  appearance  of  the  eyes,  nose,  ears,  mouth,  &c,  are 
made  to  speak  a  varied  language,  which  is  little  understood  at 
present. 

"  The  student  will  be  struck  with  the  author's  ingenious  use 
of  analogy  ; — by  which  one  is  enabled  to  learn  the  condition  of 
occult  parts,  from  a  knowledge  of  the  affections  to  which  anal- 
ogous tissues,  accessible  to  the  senses,  are  liable. 

u  The  Therapeutical  Part  of  the  work,  which  the  author 
modestly  names  therapectic  hints,  is  carefully  selected  out  of  the 
rich  treasury  of  the  homoeopathic  literature,  even  to  the  most 
recent  works  of  Kafka,  Von  Grauvogl  and  others,  to  which  he 
has  added  the  results  of  his  own  experience. 

"  The  whole  makes  a  handsome  8vo.  volume  of  660  pages. 
Printing,  paper  and  binding  unexceptionable." 

A  review  of  this  work  will  appear  soon. 


The  Third  Annual  Eepobt  of  the  Consumptives'  Home, 
Nos.  4  and  6  Vernon-st.,  Boston,  to  Sept.  30,-1867,  by 
Charles  Cullis,  M.  D. 

This  deserves  a  more  extended  notice  than  we  can  give  this 
month.  We  rejoice  to  find  that  the  institution  is  prospering, 
and  thaj;  a  Children's  Home  has  been  opened,  with  much  to 
encourage  the  Doctor  in  his  benevolent  enterprises. 


Essay  on  Man,  by  Alexander  Pope,  with  illustrations  and 
notes  by  S.  E.  Wells.  Published  by  Samuel  E.  Wells,  389 
Broadway,  New  York. 

The  Illustrated  Annual  of  Phrenology  and  Physiognomy 
1868 — now  ready — contains  a  rich  collection  of  original  and 
timely  articles.  Profusely  illustrated  ;  pp.  84.  Price  25  cts. 
Address  S.  E.  Wells,  389  Broadway,  Office  Phrenological 
Journal,  New  York. 

New   England   Medical   Gazette  commences  its  third 
year  with  indications  of  prosperity.     It  has  well  sustained   the 

Eosition  it  started  with,  and  well  deserves  the  confidence  of  the 
omoeopathic  profession. 


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From  a  multitude  of  letters  commending  the  Observer  we 
extract  the  following : 

My  Dear  Doctor  : — Wishing  you  a  Happy  New- Year,  and 
congratulating  you  on  the  continued  and  well-deserved  prosper- 
ity of  the  Observer,  I  enclose  this  year's  subscription  for  the 
same.  I  like  your  method  of  conducting  the  Observer,  being 
iree  to  make  known  to  the  public  every  shade  of  sentiment  held 
by  the  various  practitioners.  I  am  more  and  more  convinced, 
as  I  get  older,  that  no  one  class  of  men  are  so  exclusively  right 
that  wisdom  will  die  out  with  them,  should  they  all  be  cut  off, 
and  as  for  our  school,  it  is  and  has  been  more  cursed  by  dogmatic 
theorists  than  by  all  the  opposition  of  the  old  school ;  and  men 
of  common  sense  and  sound  philosophic  views  have,  as  a  conse- 
quence, to  suffer  the  odium  of  the  wild  visionary  and  bloated 
braggadocio.  Our  philosophy  of  the  healing  art  is  steadily  on 
the  advance,  and  not  the  least  of  its  triumphs  is  the  modifying 
influence  on  the  old  school  of  practice,  who  no  more  now  dare 
to  practice  according  to  the  doctrines  of  their  standard  authors, 
and  much  as  they  may  wish  to  deny  it,  their  more  recent  authors 
are  constantly  approximating  to  our  standard. 

You  have  done  brave  battles  for  the  right,  your  labors  have 
made  a  noble  impress  on  the  public  mind,  and  though  you  may 
not  just  now  receive  your  full  reward,  wait  a  little  longer,  there 
is  a  crown  and  a  palm  for  you  and  every  manly  worker  and 
philanthropic  sufferer  for  the  right.  I  like  your  journal  well ; 
the  only  thing  I  would  like  better  in  it,  would  be  the  absence 
of  long,  dry  articles,  addresses  and  minutes  of  meetings,  and 
that  is  all.  Yours,  semper  eadem,  W.  Bewson. 

There  will  be  no%cause  for  complaint  hereafter  in  relation  to 
these  prosy  papers.  We  intend  printing  600  pages  of  matter 
of  real  utility  to  our  busy  practitioners.  Society  reports  will 
not  be  entirely  excluded,  but  if  printed  in  full,  it  will  be  on 
extra  pages,  at  the  expense  of  the  society  represented.  This 
will  be  satisfactory  to  all. 

The  new  departments  of  Surgery,  Physiology  and  Principles 
of  Medicine,  will  add  much  of  interest  and  value  to  our  monthly 
issues  ;  and  we  are  pleased  to  announce  the  acceptance  of 
department  of  "Diseases  of  Women  and  Children/'  by  Prof. 
Thomas  Nichol,  M.  D.,  of  Belleville,  Canada.  Dr.  Nichol  will 
no  doubt  make  this  one  of  the  most  useful  departments  of  the 
journal,  and  certainly  meet  every  reasonable  expectation. 


'  Sigitizfed'tiy  GOOglC 


100  EDITORIAL  NOTICE. 

Some  have  supposed  that  we  sent  the  January  number  as  a 
sample,  and  that  the  subsequent  ones  would  probably  be  infe- 
rior. The  perusal  of  the  pages  for  this  month  will  dissipate 
any  such  idea.  The  fact  is  that  our  January  numbers  have 
usually  been  inferior  to  the  others.  Our  March  number  will  be 
equal  in  interest  to  any.  With  the  efficient  aid  of  the  editors 
of  the  various  departments,  and  the  labors  of  our  contributors, 
we  expect  to  fill  the  pages  of  the  magazine  almost  exclusively 
with  original  matter  of  real  worth  : — practical  and  profitable. 

We  have  notified  our  writers  that  if  they  send  MSS.  in  open 
end  wrappers  they  need  only  pay  newspaper  postage  ;  but  the 
Post-Master  General  has  decided  that  all  such  matter  must  be 
prepaid  in  stamps,  at  letter  rates — (six  cents  per  ounce). 

A  large  number  of  our  old  subscribers,  with  their  $2  renewal 
for  this  year,  are  sending  us  $1  for  the  subscription  of  some 
unprofessional  person,  according  to  our  prospectus.  Although 
the  dollar  is  less  than  cost,  we  are  anxious  to  receive  a  large 
number  of  such  additions  to  our  list,  knowing  that  next  year 
they  will  all  want  to  continue  at  the  regular  rates. 


Who  is  it  ? — Some  one  returns  the  Observer  for  January, 
" refused"  without  giving  his  name  !  The  address,  as  pasted 
on  by  mailing  machine,  has  been  torn  off,  so  we  shall  be  sending 
the  magazine  this  month  to  some  one  who  does  not  want  it, 
which  of  course  we  very  much  regret. 


Three  Hundred  and  Fifty  Students  are  now  attending 
Lectures  at  the  various  Homoeopathic  Colleges.  The  largest 
number  at  the  N.  Y.  College.  The  Hahnemann,  at  Philadel- 
phia has  a  few  more  students  than  the  old  Philadelphia  College. 
Cleveland  and  Chicago  have  about  the  same  number  at  each. 
The  St.  LouisCollege  is  also  prosperous. 

The  Cleveland  Homoeopathic  College  for  Women  has  opened 
with  a  class  of  fifty. 


Mortality  op  Detroit,  Michigan,  1867. — Total,  1284;  of 
these  the  deaths  from  lung  diseases  were  270. 


9&  Homoeopathic   physician  wanted   at  Orangeville,  Ohio. 
Address  J.  Dooly. 


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[Reported  for  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 
INDIANA    INSTITUTE    OF    HOMOEOPATHY. 

This  Institute  met  in  regular  session  at  Indianapolis,  Nov.  6, 1867. 

Dr.  G.  T.  Parker,  Vice-President  in  the  chair. 

Minutes  of  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

The  Board  of  Censors  reported  Dr.  T.  H.  Roberts  as  a  member, 
who  was  unanimously  elected. 

A  paper  on  Cochlearia  armoracia  was  received  from  Dr.  T.  C. 
Duncan,  delegate  from  the  Illinois  State  Society.  The  thanks  of  the 
Institute  were  tendered  to  Dr.  Duncan  for  his  valuable  communica- 
tion. 

The  committees  appointed  at  the  last  meeting  not  being  prepared 
to  report,  they  were  continued. 

An  interesting  discussion  on  the  subject  of  intermittent  fever  ensued, 
which  will  be  published  in  full  in  the  March  number  of  this  magazine. 

Dr.  Burnham  read  a  very  interesting  letter  from  Dr.  Baer,  of  Rich- 
mond, the  President  of  this  Institute,  who  was  detained  at  home  by 
ill  health. 

On  motion,  the  thanks  of  the  Institute  were  tendered  to  Dr.  Baer 
for  his  advice,  and  the  hope  expressed  that  he  may  be  speedily 
restored  to  health,  and  that  he  may  be  able  to  attend  the  next  meeting. 

On  motion,  the  letter  of  Dr.  Baer  was  ordered  entered  upon  the 
minutes. 

On  motion,  Drs.  Baer,  Boyd  and  Burnham,  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  petition  Congress  to  pass  a  law  so  that  the  sick  soldiers  and 
sailors  of  our  army  may  have  the  benefit  of  the  homoeopathic  practice 
in  the  United  States  hospitals. 

On   motion,  the   following   persons  were  appointed  to  attend  the 
Home  Medical  Societies  of  other  States  : 
Missouri — Dr.  J.  T.  Boyd. 
Illinois — Dr.  Stockham. 
Ohio— Dr.  N.  G.  Burnham. 
Michigan — Dr.  W.  Eggert. 
Wisconsin — Dr.  E.  H.  Roberts. 

On  motion,  adjourned  to  meet  at  Indianapolis,  on  the  second  Wed- 
nesday in  May,  1868. 


The  New  York  State  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society  meets  at 
Albany  on  Feb.  11,  1868. 


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NORTH-WESTERN    PROVERS'    ASSOCIATION. 


The  annual  session  of  the  above  society  was  held  in  Chicago,  Nov. 
12,  1867.  .  6 

The  assembly  was  called  to  order  by  the  President,  etc.,  E.M.Hale. 

The  minutes  of  the  session  were  read  and  approved. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  proposed  and  duly  elected  members 
of  the  association  : — Drs.  B.  Perkins,  W.  S.  Johnson,  T.  J.  Merri- 
man,  C,  S.  Fahnestock,  J.  M.  Cunningham,  A.  M.  Wells,  E.  W.  Rog- 
ers, J.  B.  Oompton,  J.  D.  Taylor,  E.  B.  Beeson,  J.  H.  Smith,  A.  Her- 
bert, G.  E.  Corvell. 

The  Society  then  proceeded  to  the  election  of  officers  for  the  ensu- 
ing year,  with  the  following  results  : 

President— Dr.  E.  M.  Hale. 

1st  Vice-President — Dr.  T.  C.  Duncan. 

2d  Vice-President — Dr.  F.  Smith. 

3d  Vice.President — Dr.  W.  S.  Johnson. 

Recording  Secretary — Dr.  S.  P.  Hedges. 

General  Corresponding  Secretary — Dr.  T.  C.  Duncan. 

Corresponding  Secretary — For  Illinois,  Dr.  E.  Perkins.  Iowa,  Dr. 
J.  E.  King.  Minnesota,  Dr.  A.  Herbert.  Michigan,  J.  D.  Taylor. 
Wisconsin,  Dr.  J.  H.  Smith.  New  York,  Dr.  A.  M.  Wells.  Ohio, 
Dr.  C.  S.  Fahnestock.  Canada,  Dr.  C.  W,  Clarke.  Pennsylvania, 
(Honorary)  Dr.  J.  C.  W.  Blakely.  Missouri,  Dr.  T.  G.  Domstock. 
Louisiana,  Dr.  W,  H.  Holcombe.     England,  Dr.  H.  Madden. 

Treasurer — Dr.  S.  P.  Hedges. 

One  of  Publishing  Committee — Dr.  C.  F.  Fahnestock. 

Dr.  T.  C.  Duncan  reported  provings  of  Salix  purp.  and  Coehlearia 
arm.     Dr.  C.  S.  Fahnestock  contributed  a  proving  of  Erecht kites. 

The  following  drugs  were  selected  to  be  proved  by  the  association : 
Erechthites,  Stillingia,  Ostrya,Bromide  of  ammonia,Dioscorea,Ptelia. 

On  motion  the  Gen.  Cor.  Secretary  was  directed  to  transmit  a  copy 
of  the  proceedings  to  the  journals  for  publication. 

It  is  the  object  of  the  society  to  include  in  their  ranks  all  the  wide- 
awake provers  in  the  profession. 

T.  C.  Duncan,  General  Corresponding  Secretary. 

The  Hahnemann  Medical  College  of  Chicago  commenced  its 
Senior  Course  with  the  most  flattering  prospects.  The  removal  to  a 
more  commodious  building  has  afforded  greater  facilities  for  teaching, 
and  is  a  source  of  great  satisfaction  to  its  patrons,  The  class  of  1867 
and  8  numbers  over  fifty  matriculants.  The  Faculty  is  now  composed 
of  some  of  the  ablest  teachers  and  writers  in  our  school.  From  the 
information  which  we  obtain,  we  conclude  that  this  Institution  will 
grow  with  a  rapidity  commensurate  to  its  merits,  until  it  becomes  the 
foremost  Homoeopathic  College  in  the  North-west. 

The  new  method  of  teaching  Materia  Medica,  adopted  by  Prof. 
Hale,  as  well  as  that  gentleman's  thorough  knowledge  of  the  powers 
and  uses  of  new  as  well  as  old  remedies,  aids  very  much  in  increasing 
the  prosperity  of  the  College. 


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Western  Institute  op  Homoeopathy — Next  session  will  be  held 
at  Milwaukee,  on  the  21st  of  May.  Our  Eastern  friends  who  attend 
the  Western  Institute  will  be  warmly  welcomed  to  spend  a  day  with 
the  Michigan  Institute  at  Grand  Rapids,  meeting  the  day  before  the 
Western  Institute.  Grand  Rapids  is  on  the  Detroit  and  Milwaukee 
Railroad,  165  miles  north-west  from  Detroit,  on  the  nearest  route  to 
Milwaukee  from  the  East. 


American  Institute  of   Homoeopathy   will  meet  at  St.  Louis, 
June  2d,  3d,  4th  and  5th. 


HOMOEOPATHIC  DISPENSARY  AT  LYNN,  MASS.— Dr.  A.  M.  Cashing  writes:  «  I  pro- 
posed  to  oar  city  government  to  open  a  Dispensary,  for  the  coming  winter  at  least,  if  a  room 
could  be  obtained.  They  have  at  once  offered  me  a  room  in  our  new  City  Hall,  just  erected 
at  a  cost  of  $300,000.  It  will  be  open  one  hour  each  day  from  Jan.  1st,  1868.  I  give  my  time, 
medicines,  and  perform  all  surgical  operations  free." 

NEW  HOMOEOPATHIC  DISPENSARY  AT  CINCINNATI.— The  organisation  was  per- 
fected and  a  Board  of  twenty  Trustees  elected,  Nov.  29, 1867. 

A  HOMOEOPATHIC  DISPENSARY  has  been  opened  at  39  Green-st,  Albany,  N.  Y.  At- 
tending Physicians,  Drs.  Cox,  Pratt,  Jones,  Paine,  Randel  and  Horton.  Dr.  Horton,  Resident 
Physician  and  Surgeon.    Medical  or  surgical  assistance  Is  rendered  at  any  hour,  day  or  night, 

RROOKLYN  (N.  Y.,)  HOMOEOPATHIC  DISPENSARY  Fifth  Annual  Report  shows  great 
prosperity.  6798  patients  and  20,772  prescriptions  for  the  year  1867.  A.  E.  Sumner,  M.  D., 
Medical  Director. 

HARRISBURG  (PA.)  CITY  DISPENSARY.— A  new  homoeopathic  institution,  commencing 
its  work  of  benevolence  under  favorable  auspices.  Physicians :  Drs.  C.  A  Simonson,  John  H. 
Fager,  R.  Ross  Roberts,  M.  Friese,  C.  J.  Carmony,  C.  B.  Fager. 

WASHINGTON  (D.  C.)  HOMOEOPATHIC  DISPENSARY.— Tullio  S.  Verdi,  M.  D.,  Direc- 
tor.   Well  sustained  and  prosperous. 

HOMOEOPATHIC  DISPENSARY  AT  BOSTON.— Drs.  A.  F.  Squier  and  A.  Boothby  have 
been  appointed  Visiting  Physicians. 


MARRIED. 


"Walters— White.— On  the  5th  Dec,  in  Conneautville,  Pa.,  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's 
father,  by  the  Rev.  N.  S.  Lowrie,  R.  WILSON  WALTERS,  M.  D.,  of  Chagrin  Falls,  Ohio,  and 
Miss  SARAH  FRANCES,  daughter  of  Mr.  H.  K.  Whit*. 

Smith— Moorehouse.— HENRY  M.  SMITH,  M.  D.,  Pro!  of  Physiology  in  New  Fork 
Homoeopathic  College,  was  married  to  Miss  MARY  E.  MOOREHOUSE,  of  Boston,  on  the  18th 
of  December  last. 

"  Domestic  happiness,  thou  only  bliss 
Of  paradise  that  has  survived  the  mil  1" 
We  hope  that  they  will  realise  it  in  abundant  measure. 


NECROLOGICAL. 


The  Criterio  Medico  announces  the  demise  of  Dr.  Lopes  Esquirox,  a  distinguished 
member  of  the  Hahnemannian  Society  at  Madrid,  Spain. 

Matthews.— M.  M  Mattthews,  M.  D.,  late  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  on 
the  22d  Dec,  1867.  When  changing  cars  near  Philadelphia,  he  received  a  severe  injury,  which 
resulted  in  death  within  a  few  hours. 

Lindsay.— Mrs.  Harriot  Lihdsay  departed  this  life,  at  the  residence  of  her  son,  Dr.  Edwin 
A.  Lodge,  Detroit,  on  the  7th  Dec,  1867,  sat  70  years. 

"  Asleep  in  Jesus !  blessed  sleep 
From  which  none  ever  wakes  to  weep." 


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Anderson*— "We  welcome  to  a  place  with  our  collaborators,  R.L.  Anderson,  M.D.,  of  Frank- 
lin, Ohio.  Dr.  A.  is  a  graduate  of  the  Homeopathic  College  of  Cleveland  and  the  Eclectic  Insti- 
tute of  Cincinnati.  During  the  war  he  was  engaged  in  the  Medical  and  Surgical  Department 
XT.  S.  Navy,  on  the  Mississippi. 

Basse  tt. —Dr.  W.  M.  Bassett,  has  removed  from  Morenci,  Michigan,  to  Berlin  Heights, 
Ohio.    lie  says  that  the  way  is  now  clear  for  a  good  homoeopath  at  his  old  field  of  labor. 

Brown.— J.  A  Brown,  M  D..  has  moved  from  Farmington,  Ills.,  and  formed  a  co-partner- 
ship with  Dr.  Evans,  at  Peoria,  in  that  State. 

Chandler.— G-.  Iff.  Chandler,  M.  D.,  late  of  Wauseon,  Ohio,  succeeds  Dr.  R.  T.  Tipple  at 
Lock  Haven,  Pa. 

Child* •— Dr.  Amherst  Childs  is  now  at  the  insane  asylum  at  Canandaigua,  N.  Y.,  affected 
with  softening  of  the  brain.  Being  very  aged,  no  hope  u  entertained  of  his  recovery.  He  is 
quiet  and  contented,  and  imagines  that  he  is  getting  better. 

Coffeen.— J.  Q.  A.  Coffeen,  late  of  Spnngdale,  Ohio,  has  located  at  Dayton,  in  same  State. 

Cooper.— H.  T.  Cooper,  M.  D.,  has  left  Joliet,  Ills.,  and  entered  into  business  with'Dr. 
Van  Liew,  at  Aurora. 

Garnsey.— 0.  Alex.  Garnsey,  M.  D.,  sends  an  account  of  poisoning  with  Kali  bichromicum, 
which  we  purpose  printing  in  March  No. 

Hale.— The  partnership  between  Profe.  Small  &  Hale  has  been  dissolved.  Dr.  E.  M.  Hale 
will  practice  hereafter  with  his  brother,  Dr.  P.  H.  Hale,  (firm,  Dr.  E.  M.  Hale  and  brother,)  at 
124  South  Clark  street,  Chicago. 

Hill.— R.  S.  Hill,  M.  D.,  late  with  Dr.  Guilbert,  Dubuque,  Iowa,  has  located  at  Albany,  Ills. 

Horton.—  A.  E.  Horton,  M.  D.,  reports  a  very  interesting  paper  on  Cimicifuga. 

Hoyne.— Dr.  T.  S.  Hoyne.  of  Chicago,  contributes  a  paper  on  "  The  New  Remedies  i*  Diph- 
theria," which  will  appear  in  March  No. 

Jacks  on t— H.  H.  Jackson,  M.  D.,  succeeds  Dr.  C.  0.  Olmsted  of  Painsville,  Ohio. 

Lnkeni. — M.  B.  Lukens,  M.  D.,  contributes  several  clinical  reports,  which  are  accepted 
with  thanks. 

Mera.- H.  P.  Mera,  M.  D.,  has  formed  a  partnership  with  Dr.  Adams,  of  Canastota,  Madi 
son  county,  N.  Y.  Both  these  gentlemen  are  converts  from  the  old  practice.  Dr.  M.  feels  grate- 
ful that  he  was  induced  to  call  at  our  office,  where  he  obtained  the  first  knowledge  of  the  true 
art  of  he&hng—HomcBopathy. 

Olmsted.- C.  C.  Olmsted,  M.  D.,  has  located  at  Fond  du  Lac,  'Wisconsin. 

Rnnyaii.— Dr.  D.  H.  Runyan,  of  Elkhart,  Indiana,  has  been  confined  to  his  house  by  sick- 
ness for  over  two  months. 

Seeley.— J.  E.  Seeley,  M.  D.,  has  removed  from  Mount  Morris,  N.  Y.,  to  Hornellsville.N.Y. 

Tallmadge.— R.  Tallmadge,  M.  D.,  has  removed  from  Enfield,  N.  Y.,  to  kMecklenburght 
Schuyler  Co.,  same  State. 

Trott.— The  co-partnership  between  Drs.  Putnam  &  Trott,  at  Wilmington,  Ills.,  has  been 
dissolved.    Dr.  l!  E.  Trott  continues  the  practice. 

Thompson.— A.  H.  Thompson,  M.  D.,  late  of  St.  Thomas,  Canada,  and  J.  R.  Campbell,  M. 
D.,  will  practice  in  partnership,  hereafter,  at  Lapeer,  Lapeer  County,  Michigan.  Seven  months 
ago  there  was  but  one  homoeopathic  physician  in  Lapeer  Co.,  now  there  are  five,  and  all  are 
doing  well.  The  practice  is  becoming  popular,  its  representatives  more  influential,  and  the 
opposition  almost  impotent. 

Vanderburgh.— Our  physicians  will  be  pained  to  hear  that  Dr.  F.  Vanderburgh's  health 
has  failed  so  much  that  he  is  now  quite  unable  to  read. 


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GROSS9    COMPARATIVE    MATERIA    MEDIOA. 

BT  J.  8.  DOUGLAS,  M.  D.,  MILWAUKEE,  W18CONU*. 


For  the  last  twenty-four  years,  I  have  devoted  what  little 
time  I  could  command  to  the  endeavor  to  obtain  some  tolerable 
comprehension  of  the  characteristic  properties  of  the  drugs  of 
our  Materia  Medica,  their  sphere  of  action  and  their  differen- 
tial diagnoses.  In  common  with  others,  I  have  found  it  a 
great  and  difficult  task, — as  Abraham  Lincoln  would  have  said, 
"  a  big  job." 

It  was  therefore  with  no  common  pleasure  that  I  hailed  the 
appearance  of  the  above  work,  trumpeted  as  it  was  by  the 
breath  of  those  who,  we  have  been  accustomed  to  think,  give 
no  uncertain  sound ;  and  professing,  as  it  does,  to  give  us  just 
what  we  most  want,  viz:  the  distinctive  and  characteristic 
properties  of  the  drugs  treated  of,  and  the  differential  diagnosis 
of  those  that  are  analogous.  I  have  anxiously  waited  to  find 
leisure  to  commence  its  study  in  good  earnest.  This  period 
has  not  yet  arrived,  but  the  few  short  snatches  of  time  that  I 
have  improved  to  examine  it,  have  resulted  in  disappointment. 

I  have  not  yet  found  in  it  the  essential  characteristics  of  any 
one  drug  examined.  I  have  not  found  the  most  essential  and 
important  points  of  differential  diagnosis,  or  antithesis  of  the 
drugs,  compared  or  contrasted.  In  many  instances  the  drugs 
chosen  for  comparison  are  not  at  all  analogous  in  their  prop 
erties  or  modes  of  action  ;  or  to  use  the  words  of  the  illustrious 
editor  of  the  work,  "  related  remedies,  or  in  other  words,  such 
as  have  a  predominating  similarity  in  their  effects."  Many  of 
them,  it  seems  to  me,  are  about  as  unlike  as  any  that  could  be 
chosen. 

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But  let  us  look  at  the  author's  method  of  procedure  and 
examine  its  accuracy  and  completeness.  And  we  take  as  an 
example  the  first  antithesis  instituted,  viz :  of  Aconite  and  Apis : 


Apis. — Comp.   predom.   in 
external  parts. 


Aeon. — Complaints  (tension, 
&c.)  predominate  in  internal 
parts. 

We  do  not  know  how  much  is  included  in  this  "  Ac."  If  it 
includes  any  large  portion  of  the  complaints  of  Aconite  and 
Apis,  it  is  not  a  safe  distinction,  nor  do  we  think  it  is  if  the 
meaning  is  more  restricted. 

Aconite  produces  very  marked  effects  upon  the  most  external 
part,  viz :  the  skin.  Skin  dry  and  burning.  Itching  and 
burning.  The  entire  body  is  painful  and  distressingly  sensitive 
to  the  touch.  Both  the  upper  and  lower  extremities  are 
affected  by  tensive  pressure  and  drawing  pains. 

On  the  other  hand,  the  complaints  of  Apis,  instead  of  being 
chiefly  external,  are  altogether  predominantly  internal,  viz: 
upon  the  urinary  and  genital  organs,  the  ovaries  and  uterus, 
the  peritoneum  and  other  serous  membranes.     Again : 


Apis. — Comp.  predom.  in 
the  roof  of  the  mouth,  spleen, 
and  hollow  of  the  knee. 


Aeon. — Complaints  predom- 
inate on  the  soft  palate,  liver, 
and  patella! 

Much  of  this  looks  to  me  unimportant  and  even  frivolous. 
Would  it  not  be  vastly  more  important  -to  say  that  Aconite 
complaints  predominate  in  the  heart,  the  tongue,  stomach, 
abdomen  and  chest,  and  those  of  Apis  are  in  the  urinary  organs, 
the  ovaries,  peritoneum,  &c? 

Aeon. — The  part  affected  is  I  Apis. — The  part  affected  is 
hot.  '  I  chilled. 

This  is  only  true  of  Aconite  in  relation  to  its  secondary 
effect.  Of  all  drugs,  perhaps,  Aconite  produces  the  greatest 
depression  of  the  vital  powers,  primarily,  the  greatest  degree 
of  venous  congestion,  with  great  chilliness  and  actual  coldness. 
The  heat  is  but  a  secondary  effect. 

Nor  is  it,  on  the  other  hand,  a  characteristic  of  Apis,  that  it 
chills  the  parts   affected.     Among  its  recorded  effects  are: 
redness,  burning,  &c.  of  the  tongue,  month,  fauces  and  throat ; 
burning  and  throbbing  in  the  head ;  burning  pain  in  the  con- 
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junctiva ;  redness  and  burning  in  the  nostrils  and  upon  the 
nose ;  burning^  stinging,  as  of  fire,  on  the  chin,  &c;  extreme 
sensation  of  scalding  on  the  tongue;  burning  and  blisters  along 
the  edge  of  the  tongue ;  burning  and  dryness  of  the  throat ; 
heat  and  burning  in  the  stomach  ;  burning  internal  soreness  of 
the  abdomen;  burning  in  the  urethra;  sensation  of  aching 
heat  in  the  region  of  the  diaphragm ;  burning  in  the  chest  and 
stomach  ;  burning  pains  through  the  entire  front  of  the  chest ; 
fiery  burning  at  the  tips  of  the  fingers,  &c,  &c.  A  high 
authority  asserts  that  "  heat,  redness,  extreme  soreness,  and  a 
burning)  smarting  pain,  are  the  principal  characteristic  symp- 
toms "  of  Apis.  What  truth  is  there,  then,  in  the  assertion  of 
our  author,  that  chilliness  of  the  parts  affected  is  a  character- 
istic, in  antithesis,  to  Aconite,  which  produces  heat  of  the  parts 
affected ;  especially  when  we  remember  that  heat  is  only  the 
secondary  effect  of  Aconite,  while  its  whole  primary  effect  is 
the  production  of  coldness  ?  It  seems  to  me  that  this  antithe- 
sis tends  to  lead  the  student  awtray,  and  that  it  would  be  moro 
true  if  it  had  been  reversed.     Again : 

Aeon. — Saliva  predominent-  Apis. — Saliva  predom.  in- 
ly diminished.  creased. 

In  our  imperfect  knowledge  of  the  characteristics  of  drugs, 
we  should  have  been  disposed  to  reverse  this  contrast ;  for  we 
find  ptyalism  one  of  the  characteristic  pathogenetic  symptoms 
of  Aconite,  while  we  have  dryness,  &c,  of  the  tongue,  mouth 
and  fauces,  as  a  characteristic  of  Apis.     Again : 


Aeon. — Infrequent  discharge 
of  urine. 


Apis. — Frequent  discharge 
of  urine. 


The  mere  frequency  of  urination  is  not  of  itself  of  much 
importance,  but  we  must  think  that  this  distinction  is  not  well 
founded.  I  do  not  find  infrequent  urination  as  a  pathogenetic 
symptom  of  Aconite.  It  is  mentioned  as  a  curative  symptom 
only,  but  one  not  known  to  have  been  produced  by  it,  while  it 
does  produce  incontinence  of  urine,  frequent  urging  to  urinate, 
excessive  watery  urination,  &c.  Apis  exhibits  no  contrast  to 
these  symptoms,  but  the  same  symptoms  somewhat  exag- 
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While  our  author  has  given  us  trifles,  and  strained  and  imag- 
inary antithesis,  I  cannot  but  think  that  he  has  failed  to  appre- 
hend, or  at  least  has  not  given  us  the  really  important  charac- 
teristic properties  of  the  two  drugs  that  are  in  contrast  with 
each  other. 

Arc  not  the  following  altogether  more  important  than  any- 
thing we  have  in  the  text  ? 


ACONITE, 

Pains     shooting, 
stinging,  throbbing. 


cutting, 


Primary  diminished  sensi- 
bility of  the  nerves  of  sensat'n. 

Primarily  diminishes  mus- 
cular power. 

Paralyses  the  ganglionic 
nerves. 

Increased  secretion  of  tears. 

Loss  of  appetite. 

Coldness  of  stomach. 

Stools  white. 


APIS. 

Pains  pressive,dull,  burning. 
Pains  in  the  ovaries  are  some- 
times sharp  and  cutting. 

Primary  increased  sensibility 
of  do. 

Primarily  increases  muscular 
power. 

Stimulates  the  ganglionic 
nerves. 

Increased  secretion  of  mucus. 

Increased  appetite. 

Heat  of  stomach. 


Stools    yellow,    brown,    or 
mucus  and  bloody. 
Let  us  look  a  moment  at  the  next  antithesis  or  comparison, 
that  of  Aconite  and  Arnica : 


Arnica, — Same   complaints 
in  external  parts. 


Aconite. — Complaints  (ten- 
sion, &c.,)  predom.  in  internal 
parts. 

We  have  already  commented  on  the  first  of  these  proposi- 
tions. We  would  amend  the  second  by  saying  that  the  com- 
plaints of  Arnica  predominate  in  the  muscles,  tendons  and 
cellular  tissue,  wherever  found.  We  believe  also  with  Jahr, 
that  "  the  physiological  provings  of  Arnica  completely  show 
its  specific  sphere  of  action  on  the  lungs  and  pleura,  with  its 
numerous  symptoms  of  bleeding  from  the  substance  of  the 
lungs,  and  its  prompt  action  on  the  heart."  The  contrast  of 
internal  and  external  action  of  these  two  drugs,  then,  is  with- 
out foundation,  and  is  adapted  to  make  a  false  and  dangerous 
impression. 

Aconite. — Heat,  with  incli-  I      Arnica. — Heat,    with  aver- 
nation  to  uncover,  sion  to  uncover. 


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This  is  not  true  of  Aconite  during  the  continuance  of  its 
primary  action,  nor  during  the  transition  from  the  cold  con- 
gestive stage  to  the  re-active  or  inflammatory  stage.  It  is  only 
true  after  the  primary  congestive  stage  is  past  and  re-action  is 
fully  established.  We  may  assert,  indeed,  that  Aconite  is 
never  more  strongly  indicated  than  in  the  cold,  congestive 
stage  of  inflammatory  diseases,  when  the  patient  has  a  great 
aversion  to  uncover.  The  characteristic  given  in  the  text, 
then,  which  is,  at  least,  half  false,  is  adapted  to  prevent  the 
student  from  using  this  invaluable  drug  just  where  its  use  is 
most  strongly  indicated  and  where   it  is  most  useful.     Again : 


Aconite. — Complaints  pre- 
dominate in  the  upper  part  of 
chest. 


Arnica. — Complaints  pre- 
dominate in  the  lower  part  of 
chest. 


There  may  be  h  shadow  of  truth  in  this,  but  we  had  supposed 
that  the  pathogenesis  of  Aconite  afforded  strong  indications 
for  its  use  in  pneumonia  and  pleurisy  located  in  the  lower  por- 
tion of  the  chest,  but  this  distinction  is  adapted  to  divert  the 
attention  of  the  student  from  Aconite  in  these  diseases. 

Let  us  look  at  the  comparison,  Aconite  and  Belladonna : 


Aconite. — Arterial    system 
dominant. 


Belladonna. — Venous  sys- 
tem dominant. 


We  fear  this  contrast  is  calculated  to  mislead,  if  by  it  is 
meant  that  the  dominant  action  of  Aconite  is  upon  the  arterial 
system,  while  Belladonna  acts  chiefly  upon  the  venous.  It 
would  lead  the  student  to  overlook  Aconite  and  look  for  other 
drugs  in  that  great  and  dangerous  class  of  diseases  character- 
ized by  predominant  venous  congestion,  to  which  Aconite 
is  pre-eminently  adapted.  The  venous  symptoms  of  Aconite 
are  altogether  predominant.  No  drug,  we  believe,  produces 
such  profound  and  extensive  venous  congestion  of  the  brain, 
lungs,  and  all  the  abdominal  organs,  with  the  concurrent  symp- 
toms of  coldness,  blueness,  &c.  According  to  the  degree  and 
the  stage  of  its  action,  the  congestion  is  passive  or  active.  It 
is  only  when  the  system  is  aroused  against  and  overcomes  its 
primary  depressing  and  paralysing  influence  that  the  arterial 
action  becomes  predominant. 


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GBOSS'    COMPARATIVE    MATERIA  MEDICA. 


Would  not  the  following  distinctions  between  these  two 
drugs,  which  are  not  found  in  this  exhaustive  book,  be  more 
important  than  the  "  modalities  "  with  which  it  is  so  largely 
occupied  ? 


ACONITE. 

Fullness,    compression   and 
heaviness  of  the  forehead. 
Headache  behind  the  orbits. 

Heat  in  the  whole  affected 
brain. 

Steady  feeling  of  weight, 
and  pressure  in  the  brain. 

Headache  not  affected  by 
pressure. 

Increased  sensitiveness  of 
hearing. 

Smell  very  sensitive. 

Predominant  dryness  of  the 
mouth. 

Eising  of  sweetish  water  in 
the  mouth. 

Voice  croaking. 


BELLADONNA. 

Continuous  and  forcible  dis- 
tension of  the  whole  brain. 

Headache  close  above  the 
orbits. 

Sometimes  sense  of  coldness 
in  the  brain  in  the  centre  of 
the  forehead. 

When  walking,  the  brain 
teels  as  if  ascending  and  de- 
scending, or  swashing. 

Headache    ameliorated 


by 


pressure. 

Dullness  of  hearing. 


Smell  often  diminished. 

Predominant  sliminess  of 
the  mouth. 

Eructations,  bitter,  putrid, 
burning,  sour. 

Voice  rough,  hoarse,  or 
weak  and  wheezing. 

Under  the  several  antitheses  of  Aconite  with  other  drugs,  the 
following  characteristics  of  Aconite  are  furnished :  1st,  Com- 
plaints predominate  in  internal  parts.  2d,  In  soft  palate,  liver 
and  patella.  3d,  In  upper  part  of  the  chest  and  palms  of  the 
hands.  4th,  In  soft  palate  and  fore-arm,  5th,  In  upper  lip, 
upper  part  of  chest  and  fore-arm.  6th,  In  left  side.  7th,  In 
lower  jaw,  upper  part  of  chest,  in  the  liver  and  fore-arm.  8th, 
In  joints.  9th,  In  upper  lip,  soft  palate,  liver,  fore-arm  and 
hip  joints.  10th,  Soft  palate  and  patella.  11th,  In  fore-arm. 
Pretty  comprehensive  predominance  I  First,  as  a  general 
proposition,  the  complaints  of  Aconite  predominate  in  internal 
parts.  Then  they  predominate  in  the  soft  palate,  patella,  fore- 
arm, upper  lip,  lower  jaw,  joints,  hips,  &c.  Under  Aconite 
and  Apis  we  have :  Apis,  Complaints  predominate  in  external 


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parts.  Under  Apis  and  Arsenicum  we  have :  Apis,  Complaints 
predominate  in  the  spleen. 

Bat  in  my  hurried  glance  I  have  not  time,  just  now,  to 
examine  further.  If  any  one  more  appreciative  of  drug  action 
and  characteristics  than  1  am  will  indicate  one  drug  in  this 
great  work,  the  important  characteristics  of  which  are  correctly 
given,  and  reliable  indications  furnished  for  its  various  appli- 
cations in  disease,  he  will  oblige  me.     I  have  not  yet  found  it. 

I  have  not  written  these  first  hasty  impressions  for  the  pur- 
pose of  depreciating  this  really  valuable  work.  I  do,  on  the 
other  hand,  strongly  advise  every  physician  and  student  of  the 
Materia  Medica  to  possess  it  and  study  it,  not  as  a  final  author- 
ity, but  as  a  valuable  indicator  of  a  course  of  study,  and  as  a 
beginning  in  the  proper  direction. 

Our  Materia  Medica  needs  "  reconstructing  "  in  several  par- 
ticulars. 

1st. '  We  want  a  correct  gronping  of  analogous  drugs,  all 
those  being  grouped  together  which  have  "  a  predominating 
similarity  of  effect. " 

2d.  The  characteristics  common  to  all  the  members  of  each 
group.  This  is  a  somewhat  difficult  task,  but  it  requires  to  be 
done.  One  chief  difficulty  in  determining  the  characteristics 
of  drugs  is  the  want  of  chronological  order  in  the  record  of 
their  pathogenetic  effects,  rendering  it  difficult  and  sometimes 
impossible  to  distinguish  between  primary  and  secondary 
symptoms.  Teste  has  made  a  beginning  of  the  grouping,  and 
his  work  is  valuable ;  but  it  needs  corrections  and  large  addi- 
tions of  all  the  more  recently  added  remedies.  Gross  has 
made  another  attempt  at  grouping,  certainly  not  more  success- 
ful than  that  of  Teste,  and  his  attempt  at  characteristics  is  a 
failure. 

3d.  We  want  the  differential  diagnoses  of  allied  drugs.  Our 
idea  of  the  great  deficiency  of  Gross'  work  in  this  particular 
has  been  already  indicated.  Nevertheless  I  strongly  recom- 
mend it,  together  with  the  grouped  Materia  Medica  of  Teste, 
to  every  physician  and  student. 

The  use  1  would  have  made  of  it  is  something  as  follows : 
Let  the  physician  or  student  take  Gross'  work  and  begin  where 

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he  begins,  with  Aconite.  Let  him,  before  taking  another  step, 
make  himself  perfectly  master  of  its  true  scope  and  genius ;  of 
the  manner  in  which  it  affects  the  nervous,  venous  and  arterial 
system,  the  serous  and  mucous  surfaces,  the  viscera,  and  in 
short,  every  part  of  the  system.  Let  him,  in  all  this,  carefully 
discriminate  between  the  primary  and  secondary  effects. 
Having  perfectly  mastered  all  the  characteristics  of  this  drug, 
let  him  select,  by  a  careful  analysis,  by  the  aid  of  both  Gross 
and  Teste,  and  all  others  at  command,  all  the  other  drugs  of 
our  Materia  Medica  whose  effects  upon  the  system  are  analo- 
gous, and  arrange  them  under  Aconite,  thus  forming  the  first 
group,  This  will  require  no  small  amount  of  critical  labor, 
but  it  will  be  profitable  labor,  even  if  it  never  proceeds  farther 
than  the  formation  and  thorough  study  of  the  first  group.  But 
having  formed  the  group,  let  him  write  out  the  symptoms  and 
characteristics  common  to  all  the  members  of  it.  Then  the 
characteristic  symptoms  of  each  drug  in  it.  Then,  let  him 
take  Aconite  and  the  first  member  of  the  group  after  it  and 
write  out  their  differential  diagnosis  in  all  important  particu- 
lars, after  the  manner  of  Gross,  and  the  same  with  each  suc- 
ceeding member  of  the  group,  making  critical  corrections  in 
his  selections  of  analogues,  supplying  his  striking  deficiences 
of  characteristics  and  improving  his  supply  of  antithetical 
symptoms. 

Having  completed  this  group,  let  him  select  another  repre- 
sentative drug  and  proceed  to  form  another  analogous  group 
with  its  common  and  individual  characteristics  and  differential 
diagnosis.  And  so  on,  through  the  whole  Materia  Medica.  I 
believe  if  some  of  the  critical  minds  of  our  profession,  who 
are  able  to  command  the  leisure,  would  set  themselves  earnestly 
at  work  in  this  direction,  a  few  years  would  produce  a  work 
worth  vastly  more  than  those  of  Teste  and  Gross  combined. 
If  no  one  competent  man  can  be  found  who  can  spare  the 
time,  could  not  such  a  most  desirable  work  be  performed  by 
the  co-operation  of  several,  one  taking  one  group  and  another 
another?  Who  shall  be  the  man  or  the  men?  Will  not  our 
thinking  brethren  give  it  a  serious  thought? 

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We  wish  to  enter  our  solemn  protest  against  the  tendency 
of  the  ultra-purism  of  our  school,  as  well  as  against  the  intro- 
duction of  vile,  filthy,  inert,  or  simply  nutritious  substances, 
into  the  Homoeopathic  Materia  Medica. 

The  latest  and  most  mortifying  attempt  of  the  kind  will  be 
found  Jn  a  recent  number  of  the  Hahnemannian  Monihly, 
namely,  a  pretended  pathogenesis  of  Saccharum  album.  We 
cannot  comprehend  the  unsophisticated  inanity  of  the  person 
who  dan  believe  that  sugar,  a  substance  as  simple  as  starch,  can 
cause  such  terrible  diseases  as  are  there  set  forth,  or  that  it  can 
cure  such  dire  diseases  (?)  as  "excessive  modesty,"  "chastity/' 
etc.  If  an  open  and  avowed,  or  malicious  and  secret  enemy  of 
our  school  had  wished  to  cast  opprobium  and  ridicule  on  our 
system,  no  better  way  could  have  been  selected  than  to  publish 
as  a  bona-fide  pathogenesis  the  ridiculous  article  on  sugar  to 
which  we  have  referred. 

If  Homoeopathy  was  not  built  upon  a  foundation  strong  and 
immutable,  such  absurdities  would  long  ago  have  shaken  it  to 
pieces.  This  puerility  will  do  to  class  with  those  insane  mani- 
festations of  some  of  the  early  devotees,  who  put  to  shame  the 
fame  of  our  Great  Pounder,  One  of  them,  mentioned  by  Dr. 
Dudgeon  in  his  lectures,  may  well  rival  the  author  of  the  path- 
ogenesis of  sugar.  This  worthy,  observing  that  one  of  his 
patients  got  a  terrible  and  unique  attack  of  colic  from  eating  a 
peculiar  plum  pudding,  goes  to  work  to  potentize  a  portion  of 
said  pudding,  and  advises  the  30th  thereof  for  similar  cases  of 
colic  ! 

We  copy  and  fully  endorse  the  article  which  follows,  from 
the  British  Journal  of  Homoeopathy.  Our  only  surprise  is  that 
the  subject  has  not  been  sooner  noticed  by  American  journals. 

H. 

Homcbopathy  run  to  weed. — In  the  October  No.  of  our 
contemporary,  the  "  American  Hahnemannian  Monthly,"  we 
find  an  article  on  Sugar  or  Saccharum,  arranged  by  Dr.  Lippe, 
the  editor  of  the  Monthly  and  Professor  of  Materia  Medica  in 
what  remains  of  the  Homoeopathic  Medical  College  of  Penn- 
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found  another  college,  called,  we  believe,  the  Hahnemann  Med- 
ical College,  or  something  similar. 

The  article  in  question  professes  to  be  a  proving  of  sugar 
by  the  late  Dr.  8.  Bonninghausen  and  Dr.  Gk  Bute.  The 
arranger  tells  us  that  it  "  causes  a  disturbance  in  the  organism 
only  when  taken  in  excessively  large  quantities/'  and  he  informs 
us  that  the  symptoms  contributed  by  Dr.  Bute  were  obtained 
by  proving  on  himself  the  30th  potency,  so  that  we  are  led  to 
conclude  either  that  the  30th  potency  is  an  excessively  large 
quantity,  or  that  Bute's  symptoms  were  unattended  by  any  dis- 
turbance in  the  organism.  What  potency  Dr.  Bonninghausen 
proved  sugar  in  we  are  not  told.  This  is  the  more  to  be  regret- 
red  as  we  cannot  help  feeling  curious  to  know  what  quantity  of 
white  sugar  was  required  to  produce  such  symptoms  as  the 
following  :  Violent  ophthalmia,  dimness  of  the  cornea,  (edem- 
atous swelling  of  the  face,  scurvy,  ranula,  ulcers  in  the  throat, 
induration  of  the  liver,  swelling  of  the  liver,  abdomen  as  hard 
as  a  stone,  atrophia  messenterica,  water  in  the  abdomen,  enor- 
mous swelling  of  the  scrotum,  pneumonia  (twice),  oedematous 
swelling  of  arms,  legs  swollen  as  hard  as  a  stone,  oedematous 
swelling  of  legs — water  oozes  out  of  them,  rheumatic  fevers, 
malignant  piague  fevers,  chlorosis  with  dropsy,  attacks  of  gout. 
How  many  of  these  dreadful  symptoms  were  contributed  by  Dr. 
Bonninghausen  and  how  many  by  Dr.  Bute  with  his  30th 
potency  we  are  left  to  conjecture,  for  no  clue  is  given  to  enable 
us  to  separate  the  symptoms  belonging  to  each  contributor. 
Symp.  38  strikes  us  as  rather  an  odd  one,  "  useful  as  a  tooth- 
powder." 

"  The  purely  curative  effects  derived  from  clinical  observa- 
tion "  are  distinguished  by  an  asterisk.  One  of  these  has  par- 
ticularly arrested  our  attention.  It  is  symp.  11,  "  great  mod- 
esty (chastity)."  Now,  how  is  this  curative  effect  to  be  under- 
stood ?  Was  some  person  cured  of  modesty  by  sugar  ?  We 
are  anxious  to  know  the  sex  of  the  subject  of  this  clinical 
observation,  and  the  dose  of  sugar  that  effected  this  marvellous 
result  ?  Did  the  observer  extinguish  the  chastity  of  some  very 
simple  maid  by  a  handful  of  sugar-plums  ?  The  dragSes  du 
diable  or  Devil's  comfits  employed  for  such  purposes  by  the 
rotds  of  the  court  of  Louis  XV  are  generally  supposed  to  have 
contained  something  besides  sugar.  If  we  read  this  clinical 
observation  in  connection  with  symptom  91,  iC  increased  sexual 
desire,"  we  may  be  tempted  to  think  that  it  was  rather  an  Allo- 
pathic than  a  Homoeopathic  action  of  the  drug.  In  short,  we 
trust  that  the  learned  arranger  will  favor  us  with  some  more 
precise  details  than  appear  in  his  arrangement,  with  respect  to 
this  very  undesirable,  and,  to  all  appearance,  far  from  pure 
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"  purely  curative  effect  of  sugar,"  for  we  should  be  truly  sorry 
to  think  that  the  chastity  of  our  female  acquaintances  was 
endangered  by  their  partiality  for  lollipops. 

Another  reflection  presents  itself.  Can  potencies  of  saccha- 
rum  be  administered  in  our  ordinary  sugar  globules  ?  And  if 
it  be  replied  that  the  globules  are  not  potentized,  then  we  may 
ask,  how  about  those  medicines  which  have  been  potentized  to 
higher  powers  from  dissolved  globules  of  a  lower  potency? 
Will  not  the  sugar  they  are  made  of  be  potentized  also  ?  and 
if  so,  how  can  we  imagine  we  are  administering  a  simple  med- 
icine when  we  give  it  plus  the  potentized  sugar,  which  we  are 
here  told  is  a  substance  of  such  wonderful  power  ?  Then  if 
Saccharum  album  has  such  mighty  medicinal  effects,  will  nobody 
ascertain  for  us  if  Saccharum  lactis  be  not  equally  powerful  ? 
and  if  it  be,  what  becomes  of  all  our  drugs  potentized  from 
triturations  ? 

Fortunately  for  our  peace  of  mind  we  remain,  in  spite 
of  Drs.  Bonninghausen,  Bute  and  Lippe,  complete  sceptics 
with  regard  to  the  medicinal  effects  of  potentized  sugar,  and  we 
can  only  say  that  the  incredible  effects  attributed  to  this  innoc- 
uous aliment  will  render  us  very  sceptical  as  regards  the  trust- 
worthiness of  other  provings  proceeding  from  the  same  quarter. 
Of  course  we  are  familiar  with  the  observations  recorded  by 
various  physiologists  with  respect  to  the  effects  of  feeding 
animals  on  sugar  alone,  and  we  can  fully  believe  in  the  effects 
they  record  of  such  a  diet,  but  these  effects  were  more  owing  to 
the  deprivation  of  other  and  necessary  constituents  of  food  than 
to  any  deleterious  action  of  sugar,  which  in  due  proportion  is 
not  only  a  wholesome  but  an  indispensable  aliment.  These 
experiments  can  never,  and  were  not  intended  to  show  that 
sugar  had  any  medicinal  effect  whatever,  but  only  that  by  itself 
alone  it  could  not  sustain  animal  life,  and  to  make  them  the 
foundation  of  a  pathogenesis  of  sugar  with  a  view  to  ascertain 
its  pure  medicinal  effects,  is  to  misunderstand  entirely  the  scope 
and  the  meaning  of  these  purely  dietetic  experiments.*  Sim- 
ilar effects  have  been  observed  by  restricting  animals  to  a  diet 
of  starch,  oil,  gum,  and  even  bread,  which  might  all,  with  equal 
propriety,  be  considered  medicinal  substances.  Surely  medici- 
nal substances  of  undoubted  power  still  remain  to  be  proved 
without  encumbering  our  Materia  Medica  with  such  useless  and 
incredible  symptoms  as  this  so-called  proving  of  sugar. 

We  are  sorry  to  seem  to  be  deficient  in  courtesy  towards  a 
contemporary  in  thus  criticising  unfavorably  an  article  in  these 

*  We  do  not  mean  to  say  that  the  symptom*  ascribed  to  sugar  in  this  proving  are  derived  from 
such  dietetic  experiment*,  for  there  is  no  bint  throughout  it  as  to  what  kind  of  subjects  the 
symptoms  recorded  occurred  in,  nor  any  indication  of  the  doses  of  sugar  administered. 

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pages,  but  we  feel  bound,  on  the  present  occasion,  to  set 
courtesy  aside  in  order  to  protest  with  all  our  might  against  a 
so-called  proving  which  possesses  every  vice  that  a  proving 
should  not  have.  The  substance  proved  is  not  medicinal ;  no 
names  or  description  of  provers  are  given ;  the  dose  taken  is 
not  indicated,  nor  the  period  after  taking  the  dose  at  which  the 
symptoms  appeared  mentioned.  In  short,  the  only  possible  use 
this  so-called  proving  can  serve,  is  to  show  intending  provers 
what  they  must  avoid  if  they  would  furnish  anything  useful  to 
our  Materia  Medica. 


[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer,] 
POLTPORTTS     OFFICINALIS. 


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PROVING   BY  WM.  H.  BURT,    M.  D„  OP   LINCOLN,  ILLS. 

My  temperament  is  sanguine-nervous,  with  a  little  of  the  lymphatic, 
8Bt.  29,  weight  148  lbs.  Not  predisposed  to  any  particular  disease. 
Good  appetite  ;  tongue  clean.  Bowels  move  once  a  day.  Am  in  per- 
fect health. 

Oct.  4. — 10  a.  m.,  took  25  grains  of  the  third  dec.  trituration. 
3  p.  m.;  half  an  hour  after  taking  the  Polyporus  commenced  to 
have  dull  frontal  headache,  with  deep  distress  in  the  epigastrium. 
Has  continued  ever  since,  with  dull  pains  in  the  right  hypochondrium, 
and  sharp  pains  in  the  epigastrium ;  aggravated  by  walking ;  loud 
borborygnous.  Took  25  grains,  9  p.  m.  Same  symptoms  all  day,  but 
more  strongly  marked. 

Oct.  5. — Slept  well ;  loose  stool  at  6  a.  m.  10  a.  m.  took  20  grains 
of  the  crude  Polyporus  offic.  11  a.  m.,  for  the  last  fifteen  minutes 
there  has  been  constant  nausea,  with  severe  distress  in  the  stomach 
and  umbilicus.  2  p.  m.,  deep,  drawing  pains  in  the  forehead,  with 
frequent  nausea,  and  sharp,  cutting  pains  in  the  epigastrium.  Loud 
rumbling  of  the  bowels.  5  p.  m.,  all  the  afternoon  have  had  a  burn- 
ing distress  in  the  region  of  the  gall-bladder,  with  a  heavy,  aching 
distress  in  the  same  region,  and  accompanied  with  sharp,  cutting 
pains  in  the  epigastrium  and  hypochondrium.  Dull,  aching  distress 
in  the  umbilicus,  with  loud  borborygmus.  6  p.  m.,  all  the  symptoms 
the  same,  with  great  desire  for  stool ;  soft,  mushy  stool,  mixed  with 
mucus ;  the  medicine  having  acted  as  a  mild  cathartic  in  eight 
hours.     9  p.  m.,  same  symptoms  continue. 

Oct.  6. — Awoke  at  midnight  in  a  profuse  perspiration,  notwith- 
standing it  was  a  cold,  rainy  night ;  at  the  same  time  I  was  suffering 
with  hard,  cutting  pains,  in  the  epigastrium.  5  a.  m.,  awoke  with  the 
same  cutting  pains  in  the  epigastric  region,  and  distress  in  the  um- 
bilicus, with  great  desire  for  stool ;  soft,  mushy  stool,  followed  by 
dull,  heavy,  aching  pains  in  the  region  of  the  right  lobe  of  the  liver. 
Took  3  grs.  10  a.  m.,  dull  frontal  headache,  with  dull,  aching,  burn- 
ing distress  in  the  epigastrium  and  whole  right  hypochondrium,  with 
dull,  heavy,  drawing  pains  in  the  region  of  the  right  lobe  of  the  liver, 


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extending  through  to  the  dorsal  region,  Dull,  aching  distress  in  the 
whole  abdomen,  with  loud  borborygmus.  Frequent  spells  of  nausea, 
lasting  but  a  moment.  8  p.  m.,  the  above  symptoms  have  lasted  all 
day,  with  a  feeling  in  the  fauces  as  if  1  would  vomit,  but  no  nausea. 
Hands  hot  and  dry.  Dull  pains  in  the  lumbar  region.  Severe  dis- 
tress in  the  umbilical  and  hypogastric  region,  with  great  desire  for 
stool.  Stool  of  a  dark  color,  mixed  with  bile  and  mucus,  followed 
by  a  dull  aching  distress  in  the  dorsal  region,  extending  up  to  the 
shoulders,  on  both  sides.     Very  weak  and  languid. 

Oct.  7. — Had  a  restless  night.  My  head  ached  severely  all  night, 
with  dull  aching  distress  in  the  epigastric  and  umbilical  regions, 
and  heavy,  dragging  pains  in  the  right  lobe  of  the  liver.  Hard, 
aching  distress  in  the  lumbar  region.  6  a.  m.,  very  black-colored 
stool,  mixed  with  bile  and  mucus.  Before  the  stool  I  voided  about 
one  dram  of  white  mucus.  Took  40  grs.  8  a.  m.,  violent  frontal 
headache,  very  much  aggravated  by  walking;  head  feels  light  and 
hollow.  Great  burning  distress  in  the  region  of  the  stomach  and 
liver,  extending  down  to  the  umbilicus,  with  urgent  desire  for  stool. 
Stool  that  ran  a  stream  from  the  bowels,  of  bile,  mucus  and  black 
foecal  matter,  followed  by  the  same  distress.  Severe  backache.  Feel- 
ing greatly  prostrated,  can  hardly  stand  up,  my  knees  are  so  weak, 
10  a.  m.,  the  great  burning  distress  in  the  stomach,  liver  and  bowels, 
has  continued  unabated.  Now  it  is  xery  severe ',  with  urgent  desire 
for  stool.  Copious  stool  of  water  and  black  foecal  matter,  with  great 
desire  to  strain  after  stool,  followed  by  the  same  symptoms  that  pre- 
ceded the  stool.  It  will  be  seen  by  this  experiment  that  40  grs.  of 
the  Polyporus,  well  triturated,  will  act  as  a  violent  hydrogogue 
cathartic  in  two  hours,  if  it  is  taken  on  an  empty  stomach.  9  p.  m., 
have  had  the  same  symptoms  all  day,  but  since  2  p.  m.  they  have  been 
getting  easier. 

Oct.  8. — Slept  well.  Feeling  very  languid.  Hard  frontal  head- 
ache. Flat,  bitter  taste  in  the  mouth.  Tongue  red  at  the  tip  and 
coated  yellow  at  the  base.  Distress  in  the  right  hypochondrium  and 
umbilicus.  Hard,  black,  lumpy  stool,  mixed  with  bile  and  mucus. 
7  a.  m.,  took  32  grs.  1  p.  m.,  have  had  constant  and  severe  aching 
distress  in  the  right  lobe  of  the  liver,  lower  part  of  the  epigastrium, 
and  upper  part  of  the  umbilicus.  Great  desire  for  stool ;  soft,  black, 
foe  ted,  papescent  stool,  followed  by  the  most  terrible  distress  between 
the  stomach  and  navel ;  lasted  all  the  afternoon  ;  could  not  get  relief 
in  any  position ;  accompanied  with  great  faintness  and  high  fever. 
Pulse  110,  full  and  soft ;  a  full  inspiration  produces  sharp,  stabbing 
pains  in  the  right  lobe  of  the  liver  and  lower  dorsal  region.  Great 
aching  distress  in  all  the  joints.  9  p.  m.,  the  above  symptoms  have 
continued  all  day.  My  urine  is  very  high-colored  and  scanty.  So 
languid  I  can  hardly  walk. 

Oct.  9. — Slept  soundly.  My  head  is  feeling  very  light  and  hollow, 
with  deep  frontal  headache.  Eye-balls  ache  severely.  The  fever  is 
all  gone.  Tongue  is  coated  thickly,  yellow;  bitter  taste  in  the  mouth. 
Dull,  aching  distress  in  the  right  lobe  of  liver  and  umbilicus,  with  great 
desire  for  stool ;  dark  papescent  stool.     Dull,  aching  distress  in  the 


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lumbar  region.  Very  languid,  Took  50  grs.  12  m.,  am  excessively 
weak ;  great  aching  distress  in  all  my  joints  ;  disposition  to  yawn 
and  stretch,  with  frequent  chilliness  along  the  spine,  and  hot  flashes 
of  fever.  Violent  frontal  headache,  with  an  extremely  light,  hollow 
feeling  of  the  head ;  the  headache  is  greatly  aggravated  by  walking. 
Had  a  mushy  stool  at  9  a.  m.,  with  great  distress  in  the  region  of  the 
liver  and  small  intestines.  Great  aching  distress  in  the  dorsal  and 
lumbar  region.  6  p.  m,,  papescent  stool,  followed  by  about  one  tea- 
spoonful  of  blood,  with  severe  tenesmus.  Constant  fever ;  pulse  100. 
9  p.  m.,  fever  still  continues.  Pulse  96.  Face  hot  and  flushed  ; 
severe  aching  in  all  the  large  joints,  with  great  lassitude.  Some 
symptoms  of  the  liver  and  bowels  continue.  Had  to  retire  at  dark, 
was  so  weak. 

Oct.  10. — Had  a  restless  night ;  fever  lasted  all  night.  Head  feel- 
ing light.  Thick  yellow  coating  on  the  tongue  ;  bitter,  coppery  taste 
in  the  mouth ;  gums  and  teeth  are  all  sore.  Great  rumbling  in  the 
bowels  ;  dull,  dragging  pains  in  the  region  of  the  right  lobe  of  the 
liver.  Severe  backache  ;  back  is  very  stiff;  can  hardly  rise  up  after 
sitting  down  a  few  moments.  12  m.,  feeling  much  better.  Soft, 
mushy  stool.  9  p.  m.,  have  been  getting  better  all  day,  but  still  have 
pain  in  the  liver  and  bowels. 

Oct.  1 1. — Feeling  quite  well ;  sweat  profusely  all  night ;  papescent, 
dark-colored  stool,  without  pain. 

Oct.  16. — My  bowels  have  been  loose  every  day,  with  from  one  to 
three  stools  a  day,  without  pain  ;  all  have  been  of  a  dark  color ;  to- 
day my  stool  is  natural  and  I  am  feeling  well. 

I  made  a  second  proving  of  the  Polyporus  officinalis,  continued  it 
four  days;  the  last  day  I  took  115  grains.  The  symptoms  were 
exactly  similar  to  those  noted  above  in  the  first  proving,  with  the 
addition  of  a  few  more.  Had  constant  coppery  taste  in  the  mouth ; 
teeth  and  gums  became  very  sore.  The  stools  were  not  so  black,  and 
all  contained  more  or  less  of  undigested  food  and  were  mixed  with 
water  ;  also  a  number  contained  something  that  had  the  appearance 
of  oil.  It  was  in  drops,  from  the  size  of  the  common  new  cent  down 
to  small  drops.  The  color  was  clear  and  white.  Was  it  oil,  or  not  ? 
Loss  of  appetite.  Frightful  dreams  of  the  water.  Very  sad  and 
gloomy. 

The  Rev.  M.  D.  Curtis,  of  Hillsborough,  North  Carolina,  writes 
me  that  the  Indians  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  use  the  Polyporus  habit- 
ually as  a  purge,  in  place  of  any  other  purgative. 

SYMPTOMATOLOGY  AND  CLINICAL  OBSERVATIONS. 

CHARACTERISTIC    PECULIARITIES. 

1.  Head  feeling  light  and  hollow,  with  deep  frontal  headache  and 
faintness. — B. 

2.  The  effect  upon  the  liver  is  peculiar. — B. 

3.  Affects  the  right  side  of  the  body  more  than  the  left. — B. 

4.  Few  rheumatic  symptoms  in  the  extremities. — B. 

5.  Great  aching  distress  in  all  the  large  joints,  during  the  fever, 
with  great  prostration. — B. 


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6.  Most  of  the   pains  caused  by  the  Polyporus  are  in  the  right 
hypochondrium  and  umbilical  region. — B. 

7.  Yellow,  papescent  stools,  mixed  with  something  that  looks  like 
oil,  in  drops  the  size  of  a  cent  down  to  small  drops. — B. 

8.  Feeling  of  coldness  of  the  stomach. — S. 

SKIN. 

9.  Itching  over  the  whole  body,  most  violent  between   the  scapula 
and  on  the  fore-arms. — W. 

SLEEP. 

10.  Sleep  not  disturbed  at  night. — W.,  et  al. 

11.  Very  restless  all  night,  with  fever  and  aching  distress  in  the 
large  joints. — B. 

12.  Great  restlessness  after  midnight. — B. 

13.  Dream  much  at  night. — W. 

14.  Awoke  at  midnight,  two  different  nights,  in  a  profuse  perspira- 
tion.—B. 

FEVER. 

15.  Chilliness  along  the  spine,  with  frequent  hot  flashes  of  fever. — B. 

16.  Fever  all  one  afternoon  and  night. — B. 

17.  Pulse  100,  soft  and  full.— B. 

18.  Skin  hot  and  dry,  especially  the  palms  of  the  hands. — B. 

19.  Awoke  at  midnight,  two  different  nights,  in  a  profuse  perspira- 
tion.— B. 

20.  Disposition  to  yawn  and  stretch  when  chilly. — B. 

21.  Great  restlessness  after  midnight. — B. 

22.  Very  weak  and  languid. — B. 

23.  Great  faintness  at  the  epigastrium. — B. 

24.  Frequent  nausea. — B. 

25.  Great  aching  distress  in  all  the  joints. — B. 

26.  Face  hot  and  flushed,  with  severe  frontal  headache  — B. 

27.  Dull  aching  distress  in  the  back  and  legs. — B. 

28.  Slight  chilliness  creeps  up  the  back  to  nape  of  the  neck,  most 
noticable  between  the  shoulders.  This  was  succeeded  by  a  general 
feeling  of  chilliness,  lasting  for  several  minutes. — L. 

29.  Great  languor,  with  repeated  yawning. — L. 

30.  Chilliness  between  the  shoulders. — L. 

31.  General  feeling  of  malaise  all  the  afternoon  and  evening. — L. 

32.  Loss  of  appetite. — L. 

33.  Nausea. — L.,  et  al. 

34.  Frontal  headache. — L.  et  al. 

35.  Much  thirst.— W. 

36.  Unusual  chilliness  when  in  the  open  air. — S. 

37.  Icy  coldness  of  the  nose. — S. 

38.  Shuddering,  more  from  nervousness  than  from  a  general  chilli 
ness. — S. 

39.  Great  languor. — S. 

40.  Nausea.— S. 

41.  Tongue  coated  yellow,  with  sweetish,  nauseous  taste. — S.,W.,B. 

42.  Desire  for  acids. — S. 


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43.  Tongue  coated  thickly,  yellow. — B. 

44.  Urine  scanty  and  high-colored. — B. 

45.  Urine  profuse  and  colorless. — W. 

46.  Constant  desire  to  urinate. — W. 

CLINICAL     REMARKS. 

In  intermittent,  remittent  and  bilious  fevers,  the  Polyporus  offio. 
will  be  found  superior  to  all  known  remedies,  excepting  Quinine,  and 
in  many  cases  where  Quinine  fails,  the  Polyporus  will  cure  the  case 
most  beautifully.  This  I  have  done  in  a  number  of  cases  of  chronic 
intermittent  fever.  I  regret  to  state  that  I  am  not  able  to  point  out 
the  exact  symptoms  of  intermittent  that  the  Polyporus  offic.  is 
homoeopathic  to.  I  will  give  some  cases  sent  to  me  by  my  brother 
physicians,  and  leave  time  to  solve  the  problem. 

My  friend  Dr.  F.  A.  Lord,  of  Chicago,  111.,  writes  me,  "  My  clin- 
ical experience  with  the  Polyporus  offic.  has  been  as  follows :  It  is  to 
be  regretted  that  I  cannot  give  the  symptoms  of  each  dose  with  more 
particularity  than  I  am  able  to  do,  and  especially  that  characteristic 
symptoms  could  not  have  been  more  definitely  ascertained." 

Case  1.—  Win,  S.,  a  discharged  soldier  from  Missouri,  set  about  22  ; 
rather  short,  thick-set,  and  dark  complexion.  Came  to  me  on  the  28th 
of  July,  1865,  during  a  paroxysm  of  ague.  Has  had  it,  off  and  on, 
for  six  months.  Has  had  it  daily  for  a  month,  and  taken  large  quan- 
tities of  Quinine  and  other  medicines,  at  the  hospital  in  St.  Louis* 
Quinine,  when  he  was  first  taken  with  the  disease,  would  usually 
interrupt  the  return  of  the  paroxysms  for  a  few  days,  when  they 
would  return  again  as  badas  ever.  The  army  surgeons  had  told  him 
that  Quinine  would  never  cure  him.  The  paroxysms  are  severe  and 
the  stages  all  well  marked.  The  sweating  stage,  perhaps,  least  so  of 
all.  He  has  much  thirst  before  and  during  the  chill,  but  not  muoh 
in  the  fever,  which  lasts  about  three  hours.  Had  high  fever  when  I 
saw  him.  Face  flushed ;  pulse  full  and  bounding.  I  gave  him  two 
grain  powders  of  the  Polyporus  offic.  1st  decimal  trituration,  and 
directed  him  to  take  one  every  two  hours  while  awake.  Gave  enough 
to  last  48  hours.  I  did  not  see  the  patient  again  until  August  25th, 
when  he  told  me  that  he  took  the  powders  as  directed  ;  that  the  nex, 
day  after  he  saw  me  he  had  a  slight  chill,  followed  by  a  little  fevert 
and  had  felt  no  symptoms  of  the  ague  since,  and  had  been  perfectly 
well  every  way,  as  far  as  he  knew,  His  appearance  was  that  of  robust 
health.  This  is  is  the  best  cure  of  the  intermittent  fever  I  ever  made, 
and  is  really  a  remarkable  one.  It  naturally  gave  me  great  confidence 
in  the  remedy. 

Case  2. — Frank  H.,  a  returned  soldier ;  has  been  for  some  time 
troubled  with  tertian  ague ;  paroxysms  not  very  severe,  but  attended 
with  a  good  deal  of  pain  in  the  head.  The  fever  rather  predominates 
over  the  chill ;  has  little  or  no  sweat.  Does  not  feel  very  well  on  the 
well  day.  Saw  him  Aug.  17,  in  a  paroxysm.  Prescribed  Polyporus, 
1st  dec,  two  grs.  every  second  hour,  for  two  days.  He  had  no  return 
of  the  fever.  I  treated  him  a  few  weeks  afterwards  for  a  rheumatio 
affection  of  the  chest,  but  discovered  no  signs  of  miasmatic  disease. 


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Case  3. — Aug.  20  was  called  to  see  a  Dutch  woman,  set  48,  in  the 
fourth  month  of  pregnancy.  She  had  only  been  in  this  country  three 
months.  Was  living  near  an  extensive  slough.  Was  suffering  from 
tertian  ague,  in  which  the  chills  largely  predominated.  The  fever 
was  light  and  the  sweat  very  little  ;  chill  lasted  from  two  to  three 
hours ;  not  much  thirst ;  bowels  constipated ;  tongue  yellow.  No 
appetite.  Feels  miserable  all  the  time.  Has  taken  no  medicine. 
Prescribed  Polvporus  1st,  two  grains  every  three  hours.  She  after- 
wards reported  that  the  medicine  cured  her  in  a  few  days. 

Case  4. — James  C  After  a  few  days  of  indisposition,  was  attacked 
with  a  violent  fever,  Sept.  23d.  Was  somewhat  delirious  when  I  saw 
him.  Considerable  tenderness  of  the  abdomen,  especially  in  the 
right  iliac  region  ;  tongue  heavily  coated,  with  red  tip  ;  he  complained 
of  great  pain  in  the  head,  back  and  limbs.  I  regarded  the  case  as 
typhoid  fever,  and  prescribed  Baptisia  and  Gelseminum,  in  two-drop 
doses  of  the  tincture  in  water  alternately  every  hour.  Next  day 
found  the  patient  much  better ;  he  had  sweat  profusely,  after  getting 
under  the  influence  of  the  medicine.  Slept  considerably  during  the 
night;  was  rational,  and  had  but  little  fever,  but  some  tenderness  of 
the  abdomen  and  pit  of  the  stomach.  Gave  Baptisia  in  drop  doses 
of  the  tincture,  and  Bryonia  2d,  alternately,  every  two  hours.  The 
next  day  I  found  that  my  patient  had  had  a  severe  chill,  followed  by 
high  fever,  which  had  nearly  passed  away  when  I  saw  him.  Regard- 
ing the  disease  as  having  changed  its  form,  the  continued  to  the 
intermittent  type.  I  prescribed  Polyporus  1st,  two  grains  every  two 
hours.  From  this  time  the  patient  steadily  and  rapidly  recovered,  so 
much  so  that  his  friends  regarded  the  work  as  almost  miraculous.  In 
about  two  weeks  he  again  became  ill,  after  much  imprudence  in  expo- 
sing himself  to  inclement  weather  and  exceedingly  hard  work.  He 
became  very  weak,  lost  flesh  and  appetite ;  became  badly  jaundiced ; 
finally  was  attacked  with  quotidian  ague  in  an  aggravated  form.  The 
chill  was  not  well  marked  nor  severe  ;  but  was  followed  by  excessively 
high  fever,  accompanied  with  delirium  and  muttering.  This  passed 
off  with  a  little  sweating,  in  the  course  of  two  to  three  hours.  In 
the  interval  he  was  scarcely  able  to  drag  himself  about.  After  two 
or  three  of  these  paroxysms,  I  was  again  sent  for,  I  prescribed  Poly- 
porus again,  in  the  same  manner  as  before.  It  seemed  to  have  no 
effect,  except  to  remove  the  jaundice,  After  three  days'  trial,  I  put 
him  on  five-grain  doses  of  the  crude  drug,  every  three  hours,  for  two 
days,  without  apparent  effect,  except  to  completely  remove  the  jaun- 
dice. Fearing  that  the  patient  would  pass  out  of  my  hands,  I  gave 
him  Quinine  in  four -grain  doses,  1st  decimal  trituration,  four  times  a 
day.  This  had  the  desired  effect  in  stopping  the  return  of  the  chills, 
,  and  by  the  assistance  of  other  remedies,  the  patient  improved  satis- 
factorily. In  three  weeks,  however,  the  chills  returned  again,  after 
imprudent  conduct,  as  before.  Quinine  again  removed  the  disease. 
The  fever  was  then  kept  off  by  giving  two  grains  of  Quinine,  on  the 
seventh,  fourteenth,  twenty-first  and  twenty-eighth  days,  after  the  last 
paroxysm. 

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©limtal  Pwfatimw, 


[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 

Clinical  Experience  with  High  Potencies  of  the  New  Bexnedies. 

BT  S.  M.  HALE,  M.  D. 


Many  of  our  school  have  looked  with  douht  and  distrust  on 
the  pathogeneses  of,  and  the  clinical  experience  with,  the  new 
remedies. 

It  is  an  established  tenet  of  our  school,  that  a  remedy,  to  prove 
curative  in  the  high  potencies  must  be  accurately  affiliated  ;  i.  e. 
it  must  be  capable  of  causing  symptoms  bearing  a  marked  sim- 
ilarity to  the  disease  for  which  it  is  prescribed. 

With  the  lower  potencies  and  crude  doses  cures  may  be  made 
when  the  symptoms  do  not  so  closely  correspond. 

It  is  the  object  of  this  paper  to  record  some  of  the  most 
notable  reports  of  cures  with  the  high  potencies  of  certain  rem- 
edies not  hitherto  much  used  except  in  material  doseB. 

JEscuLUS  hip.  80th,  has  repeatedly  cured  obstinate  haemor- 
rhoids in  the  practice  of  several  of  my  colleagues. 

Arum  tbi,  80th  and  200th  has  been  found  useful  in  scarla- 
tina and  sore  throat.     (Dr.  Lippe*) 

Asclbpias  tub.  80th.  With  a  few  doses  I  removed  a  severe 
stitching  pain  in  the  right  side,  just  above  the  upper  edge  of 
the  liver,  with  cough,  hot  but  moist  skin,  and  much  thirst. 

Baptisia  80th  removed  the  symptoms  in  three  cases  of  sore 
throat.     The  symptoms  were — 

*  Fullness  and  heaviness  in  the  head,  which  felt  sore  on  every 
movement. 

€  Sensation  of  fullness  in  throat  and  posterior  nares. 

4  (Edematous  swelling  of  uvula,  soft  palate,  etc. 

'  No  8orene88  felt  in  the  throat,  but  a  dry,  scraping,  itching 
sensation  in  and  around  the  palate,  behind  the  uvula. 

'  Tongue  seemed  to  be  covered  with  thin  skin,  under  which 
appeared  to  be  a  delicate  infiltration  of  serum.     (One  case.) 

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HIGH    POTENCIES  OP  THE    NEW  KEMEDIES.  12S 

These  cases  are  reported  by  Dr.  H.  N.  Martin*.  Only  one 
dose  was  given  in  each  case,  and  the  recovery  was  rapid.  Dr. 
M.  considers  these  symptoms  "characteristic,"  especially  the 
swelling  without  soreness.  These  cases  verify  the  truthfulness  of 
the  provings  of  Baptisia. 

Chimaphila  80th.     I  am  giving  this  to  a  young  lady  who 
has  a  dwindling  of  one  mammary  gland  ;  the  other  is  plump  . 
and  firm.     After  taking  it  two  weeks,  she  thinks  the  atrophy 
does  not  go  on  as  fast  as  before,     (See  New  Remedies,  page 
1083.) 

Cimicifuga  80th  has  proved  effectual  in  several  cases  of 
headache,  neuralgia  of  the  eyes,  and  spinal  pains. 

Gelseminum  80th,  200th  and  1000th,  is  being  used  success- 
fully by  many  of  our  school.  The  80th,  in  the  hands  of  Dr. 
Ring*  relieved  a  patient  subject  to  nervous  headache,  of — 

'  A  discomfort  in  the  upper  third  of  the  cerebrum,  or  around 
the  vertex/ 

'A  constant  tendency  to  drooping  of  the  upper  eyelids, 
although  he  is  not  drowsy/ 

1 A  sensation  extending  from  top  of  the  head  down  to  the 
forehead,  as  though  he  must  suffer  the  upper  lids  to  fall/ 

'He  falls  asleep  soon  after  going  to  bed,  but  awakes  between 
2  and  4  a.  m.,  and  lies  awake  an  hour  or  longer/ 

1  Mental  exertion  increased  the  discomfort  in  the  head.' 
The  30th  relieved  a  case  with  the  following  symptoms  : 
'  Sleeplessness  after  reading  in  the  evening,  or  after  being  out 
in  company/ 

'  Painful  or  pleasant  news,  a  fright,  or  anything  startling, 
causes  a  disposition,  for  a  day  or  two,  to  frequent  and  rather 
copious  discharges  of  clear  urine/ 

This  patient's  mother  has  diarrhoea  from  similar  causes.  In 
some  persons  fright  or  emotions  of  a  certain  kind  cause  diar- 
rhoea, in  others,  enuresis. 

Samamelis  80th.  I  have  been  informed  by  several  physi- 
cians that  they  have  used  this  remedy  in  the  80th  dil.,  with 
prompt  curative  results  in  haemorrhoids,  varicoses,  and  haemor- 
rhages. 


*  Ohio  Medioal  and  Surgical  Reporter,  toI.  I,  p.  144. 
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Hydrastis  80th,  I  have  used  a  few  times  for  the  symptoms 
of  the  mouth  and  throat  recorded  by  Dr.  Nichol  in  his  proving, 
l?he  symptoms  disappeared  soon  after  the  administration  of  the 
first  dose. 

Phytolacca  80th,  in  the  practice  of  Dr.  Stearns  and  some 
others,  has  been  useful  in  cases  of  diphtheritic  disease  of  the 
throat.  Di.  Mercer  used  the  30th  successfully  in  a  case 
of  syphilis.*  Dr.  Merrill  uses  the  12th  successfully  in  difficult 
dentition  of  children,  when  they  il  bite  the  ^teeth  strongly 
together." 

Podophyllum  200th  has  been  used  by  Dr.  Bellf  in  cases  of 
incipient  cerebral  affection  in  children  when  there  was  "  rolling 
of  the  head,  with  grinding  of  the  teeth." 

Pulsatilla  Nutt.  80th  has  lately  been  used  successfully  by 
Dr.  Wesselhoeft %  in  cases  of  tea-drinkers  who  complain  of  a 
weakness  or  "  goneness  "  in  the  epigastric  region. 

Sarracenia  80th  has  been  used  with  brilliant  results  in 
cases  of  phthisis  caused  by  repercussed  eruptions.  (See  trans- 
lations from  the  French,  in  this  journal.) 

I  need  not  mention  the  successful  use  of  the  high  potencies 
of  Cactus,  Oistus,  Rumex,  Sanguinaria  and  Lachnanthes,  for 
the  profession  is  already  familiar  with  the  gratifying  results. 

In  closing  this  brief  compilation,  I  cannot  forbear  soliciting 
all  members  of  our  school  to  procure  and  test  in  practice  the 
higher  potencies  of  the  new  remedies,  remembering  to  follow 
to  rules  in  the  selection  of  the  80th,  or  higher  potency. 

(1)  See  that  the  symptoms  of  the  disease  resemble  the  pri- 
mary symptoms  of  the  drug. 

(2)  See  that  the  symptom  or  symptoms  bear  a  close  or  marked 
similarity  to  those  of  the  drug. 

*Hahnemannian  Monthly,  vol.  I,  page  418. 

t  Ibid.,_p.  181. 

t  New  England  Medical  Gasette,  vol.  II,  page  17a 


Amenorrhea. — Dr.  M.  McCollum  reports  a  cure,  in  a  young 
lady  of  18,  by  a  single  dose  of  Pulsatilla  200. 


Black  stools,  fever,  with  hot  sweat,  white  tongue  and.  severe 
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INTERMITTENT    FEVER. 


Discussion  held  before  the  Indiana  Institute  of  Hom&opathy,  at 
Indianapolis,  Nov,  6,  1867. 


Dr.  Eggert  :  The  treatment  of  these  fevers  has  been,  up  to  the 
present  day,  a  stumbling-block  to  many  physicians,  and  I  think  every 
thing  that  may  lead  us  to  obtain  a  more  certain  result,  should  be 
welcome  to  the  profession.  Hence  the  value  of  personal  experience, 
if  properly  arranged,  cannot  be  overrated,  and  every  treatment,  if 
well  conducted,  will  teach  a  lesson  to  all  of  us.  Like,  in  the  treat- 
ment of  individual  cases,  we  have  to  individualize.  Epidemics, 
also.  Thus,  we  may  find,  in  one  year,  certain  remedies  principally 
indicated,  for  which  we  may  find,  perhaps, in  the  following  year,  no 
indication  at  all.  I  prescribed,  last  year,  mostly  Chininum  sulph., 
Eupatorium  perf.,  and  Arsenicum.  This  year  I  hardly  ever  had  any 
occasion  to  use  either  of  them.  Natrum  muriaticum  or  Pulsatilla,  in 
some  cases  Phosphoric  acid,  have  done  all  that  could  be  desired. 
Again,  another  observation  has  forced  acknowledgment  from  me. 
When  I  had  to  prescribe,  last  year,  mostly  the  lower  dilutions,  to 
oombat  successfully,  I  succeed  this  year,  most  invariably,  with  the 
higher  dilutions,  and  here  I  prescribe  generally  the  200th.  In  regard 
to  the  true  nature  of  this  observation  I  am  still  somewhat  uncertain  ; 
perhaps  if  I  had  tried  the  higher  dilutions  in  former  years  more  per- 
sistently, and  if  I  had  bestowed  the  care  of  to-day  to  each  indi. 
vidual  case,  I  might  have  been  as  successful  with  the  higher  prepa- 
rations then  as  now.  Time  will  show.  The  characteristics  of  each 
of  these  remedies  are  too  well  known  to  be  repeated  here,  and  as  I 
do  not  intend  to  occupy  too  much  of  our  time,  I  will,  in  conclusion, 
direct  your  attention  to  a  remedy,  hitherto,  as  far  as  I  know,  unknown 
to  be  a  fever  remedy. 

When  traveling,  last  year,  through  Illinois,  Minnesota  and  Wiscon- 
sin, I  visited  a  relative  of  mine,  stopping  for  some  time  at  his  resi- 
dence. Report  came  to  my  ear  that  he  had  the  best  remedy  for  fever 
in  the  country,  and  that  he,  again  and  again,  had  cured  fever  which 
had  resisted  all  kinds  of  treatment,  homoeopathic,  allopathic,  or  eclec- 
tic. My  curiosity  became  naturally  at  once  excited,  and  to  know 
what  this  wonderful  agent  was,  became  the  object  of  my  speculations. 
In  one  teaspoonful  of  Cubeba,  dissolved  in  an  ounce  of  whisky,  con. 
sisted  the  whole  secret.  Take  the  whole  at  once,  just  when  you  feel 
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tho  following  indication:  For  the  sake  of  brevity  I  refer  here  to  the 
translation  of  Dr.  L.  T.  Houat  from  the  Dispensaire  Hahnemann,  as 
found  in  Hahnemannian  Monthly,  vol.  II,  page  213.  Read,  the  symp- 
toms under  head,  face,  ear  stomach  and  hypochondrium,  stool,  urinary 
organs,  skin,  extremeties,  etc.,  and  surely  you  will  he  able  to  paint 
the  most  complete  picture  of  the  worst  case  of  chronic  intermittent, 
and  to  these,  and  only  these  cases,  the  Cubebs  have  proven  to  be  a 
remedy  par  excellence.  I,  as  well  as  my  friend  Dr.  Burnham,  have 
tried  it  again  and  again,  with  the  utmost  satisfaction.  But  there 
remains  one  strange  fact  to  be  mentioned.  If  we  can  trace,  in  the 
proving  of  Cubeba,  most  all  the  symptoms  of  chronio  ague,  we  never 
meet  a  symptom  of  the  chill  itself;  all  that  is  said  about  it  we  find 
in  symptom  No.  300  :  heat,  with  cold  shivering,  with  partial  perspi- 
ration. I  hesitated,  therefore,  for  some  time,  to  consider  the  remedy 
homoeopathic  to  the  cases  in  question ;  still,  after  some  reflection,  I 
remembered  that  a  remedy  needed  not  to  cover  all  the  symptoms  of 
a  given  case  to  stand  in  a  homoeopathic  relation  to  it;  if  the  majority 
of  them,  or  even  sometimes  only  a  few  characteristics  respond  to 
the  case,  we  need  not  fear  to  sin   against  the  law  similia  similibus. 

But  here  is  still  another  point  to  which  I  may  call  your  attention. 
I  refer  to  the  dose.  On  this  account  only  I  have  hesitated  so  long  to 
mention  my  experience  publicly.  I  know  I  am  somewhat  in  the 
repute  of  being  an  adherent  to  high  potencies,  as  well  as  to  the  single 
remedy.  I  confess  it  is  my  aim  to  adopt  these  principles  more  and 
more,  for  the  more  I  learn  to  apply  them  properly,  the  more  success- 
ful I  am.  Failures  don't  discourage  me,  for  I  find  that  by  such  occur- 
rences the  fault  was  more  my  own  than  that  of  the  remedy.  I  did 
not  hit  the  case  with  the  right  remedy.  Using,  then,  high  potencies 
and  the  single  remedy  mostly,  I  occasionally  find  myself  obliged  to 
use  the  lower  ones  also,  even  to  alternate.  You  see  the  artist  is  yet 
far  from  being  sufficiently  skilled.  The  thought,  the  very  idea,  to 
prescribe  the  Piper  Cubeba  in  a  teaspoon  dose,  mixed  with  an  ounce 
of  whisky,  was  so  repugnant  to  my  feelings  that  I  at  once  tried  to 
modify  the  prescription.  I  triturated  the  crude,  gave  it,  but  with 
little  satisfaction.  I  prepared  dilutions  from  the  Oleum  Cubeba,  but 
only  to  return  to  the  original  prescription.  Here  the  matter  stands, 
but  it  shall  not  rest  forever.  I  soon  will  be  able  to  apply  the  higher 
and  highest  attenuations,  and  perhaps  at  our  next  meeting  I  shall  be 
able  to  report  the  result. 

Once  more  and  I  have  done.  Also  convinced  that  the  Cubeba 
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ticularly  when  China  sulph.  had  been  largely  used,  in  spite  of  our 
proving,  in  which  the  chill  is  not  mentioned  at  all,  aod  in  spite,  also, 
of  the  enormous  dose,  one  or  another  may  still  doubt  its  rationality 
and  consider  it  more  a  suppression  than  a  cure  of  ague.  To  those  I 
have  only  a  few  words  to  say.  I  have  always  observed,  and  have 
heard  it  mentioned  again  and  again,  that  when  the  remedy  had  con- 
trolled the  chill  and  cut  it  off,  my  patient  felt  like  an  altered  man  ; 
his  every  feature,  his  movements,  his  mental  faculties,  his  skin,  in  fact 
everything,  showed  clearly  that  a  great  revolution  to  the  better  had 
taken  place ;  and  this  fact  we  never  observed  when  an  intermittent, 
he  it  acute  or  chronic,  had  been  suppressed  by  China  and  not  cured. 
And  now,  gentlemen,  I  request  you  to  try  the  experiment,  and  to 
inform  us  of  the  result. 

Dr.  Boyd  had  practiced  in  malarious  regions  for  the  past  twenty- 
two  years,  and  found  that  Quinine,  or  some  preparation  of  Cinchona 
hark,  met  the  cases  oftener  than  anything  else.  He  has  been  in  the 
habit  of  using  a  pill  composed  of  the  pure  extract  of  Cinchona 
and  Ipecacuanha ;  half  a  grain  of  the  former  to  one-fourth  grain  of 
the  latter.  This  pill  being  sugar-coated,  he  found  very  useful  with 
the  soldiers  during  the  war,  and  has  had  them  manufactured  in  large 
quantities,  and  had  supplied  several  physicians,  of  different  schools, 
with  the  pills,  who  all  speak  highly  of  them.  In  this  disease  he  had 
also  used  Arsenicum,  and  in   some  cases    Nux  v.,  with  good  success. 

Dr.  Eggert  wished  to  know  if  there  was  any  proving  of  Quinine 
and  Ipecac,  in  combination,  and  if  not,  was  it  homoeopathic  ? 

Dr.  Boyd  had  not  a  proving  of  both  these  remedies  in  combination, 
hut  he  found  them  both  indicated  in  the  same  disease,  and  although 
some  may  call  in  question  the  strictly  homoeopathic  nature  of  the 
remedies,  he  had  been  invariably  successful  with  them,  and  saw  no 
reason,  if  two  remedies  are  indicated  in  the  same  disease,  at  the 
same  time  (as  the  irritability  of  the  stomach  in  fever  and  ague)  in 
place  of  using  the  remedies  alternately,  at  short  intervals,  why  not 
use  them  in  combination  1  and  he  wished  to  know  if  Dr.  Eggert  had 
any  proving  of  Cubeba  that  led  him  to  adopt  it  as  a  remedy  in  this 
disease,  but  rather  had  he  not  been  led  to  its  use  by  being  told  of  its 
effect  by  his  friend  in  Illinois. 

Dr.  Eggert  said  that  there  was  a  proving  of  Cubeba,  as  he  had 
distinctly  stated  on  the  opening  of  this  discussion,  and  that  this  prov- 
ing showed  clearly  the  similarity  between  the  drug  and  the  disorder 
or  disease.  If  Dr.  Boyd  had  such  a  proving  of  Quinine  and  Ipecac, 
in  combination,  he   should   not   contend   about   it.     Dr.  Boyd  can 


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see  no  difference  in  giving  remedies  alternately  or  combined.  We 
must  suspect  that  he  is  not  very  conversant  with  the  laws  of  chemis- 
try. Aside  from  this,  he  thinks  he  had  plainly  enough  pointed  out  to 
which  cases  of  intermittent  Cubeba  is  adaptable ;  but  if  Dr.  Boyd 
would  try  this  remedy  as  empirically  as  he  had  Quinia  and  Ipecac,  he 
would  probably  throw  it  aside  as  useless.  He  studied  each  case  well 
before  he  made  the  prescription. 

Dr.  Roberts  succeeded  best  with  Quinia  and  Ipecac,;  in  a  major- 
ity of  cases  both  seemed  to  be  indicated. 

Dr.  Stockham  said  that  intermittent  fever  is  not  a  specific  disease. 
It  has  many  different  causes,  therefore  every  case  must  be  studied  in 
its  own  individuality  and  treated  accordingly.  What  is  commonly 
called  "  chills  and  fever,"  or  "  marsh  ague,"  is  not  identical  with 
intermittent  fever.  The  former  is  only  met  with  in  miasmatic 
regions ;  he  uses  Quinine  in  these  cases.  The  latter  is  met  with 
everywhere,  in  cities  as  well  as  in  the  country  ;  and  is  caused  by 
violation  of  physiological  laws,  as  improper  or  unwholesome  food, 
over-eating,  eating  too  much  animal  food,  sleeping  in  unventilated 
rooms,  or  indeed  any  causes  that  tend  to  depress  vital  action,  or  over- 
tax the  digestive  powers.  It  is  more  prevalent  in  Autumn,  because 
during  Summer,  from  the  above  causes,  the  system  is  gorged  with 
effete  carbonaceous  matter ;  but  so  long  as  free  perspiration  is  going 
on,  the  different  organs  of  the  body  are  enabled  to  perform  their  func- 
tions normally  ;  but  when  the  cool  weather  of  Autumn  comes  on,  the 
perspiration  measurably  ceases,  the  pores  of  the  skin  are  contracted, 
the  effete  matter  is  not  thrown  off  so  freely,  extra  labor  is  then 
imposed  upon  the  liver,  bowels  and  kidneys,  which  they  are  not  able 
to  perform,  hence  congestions,  intermittent  fevers,  or  other  kindred 
diseases.  He  considers  all  chills,  resulting  from  these  causes,  as 
more  or  less  congestive.  Those  called  "  congestive  "  only  differing  in 
degree  from  ordinary  chills  in  intermittent  fevers.  During  the  chill 
there  is  generally  a  disposition  to  emesis,  in  which  case  he  generally 
gives  Tart,  ant.,  1st  or  2d  trit.,  in  water,  tablespoonful  doses,  fre- 
quently repeated,  with  copious  draughts  of  water  as  hot  as  can  be 
drank,  until  emesis  takes  place  or  stomach  is  settled.  He  then  gives 
Merc,  dulc,  Podophyllin,  Leptandrin,  Arsenicum  or  Nux,  as  the  pro- 
gress of  the  case  seems  to  demand.  He  continues  this  treatment  as 
long  as  he  thinks  necessary  ;  seldom  longer  than  a  week.  In  ordinary 
cases  the  chills  cease  before  that  time.  He"  seldom  uses  Quinine. 
If  the  chills  are  of  a  typhoid  character  (which  is  more  often  the  case 
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cure  or  permanently  break  them  up.     The  disease  must  run  its  course. 

It  will,  however,  alleviate,  and  render  the  latter  stages  of  the  disease 
more  tractable.  He  then  uses  the  higher  attenuations  of  such  reme- 
dies as  seem  to  to  be  indicated. 

Dr.  Burnham  has  treated  intermittent  fever  more  or  less  the  past 
fifteen  years,  and  used  remedies  in  all  forms,  from  the  crude  drug  to 
the  high  attenuations.  Confirmed  the  statements  of  Dr.  Eggert  in  the 
use  of  Piper  Cubeba,  but  had  succeeded  with  it  only  in  long-standing 
cases  that  had  taken  much  Quinine,  where  the  liver  and  spleen  were 
swollen  and  very  tender  to  the  touch ;  also  swelling  of  the  abdomen, 
with  hardness  ;  colic  and  cutting  pains  in  the  hypogastric  region,  with 
flatulence  ;  weakness  in  the  kidneys  and  loins,  attended  with  dragging 
pain  and  general  prostration.  In  such  cases  the  effects  were  very 
prompt  and  satisfactory.  To  illustrate  :  A  man  called  on  me,  who 
stated  that  he  had  been  having  intermittent  fever  almost  constantly 
for  two  years ;  contracted  in  Florida.  Had  taken,  to  use  his  expres- 
sion, "  my  store  full  "  of  Quinine,  Calomel  and  their  various  combi- 
nations, with  no  permanent  benefit.  The  case  presented  most  of  the 
symptoms  detailed,  and  I  gave  him  one  dose  of  the  Piper  Cubeba  and 
in  two  days'  time  he  resumed  his  business,  and  has  not  had  a  recur- 
rence since,  now  several  months.  I  have  prescribed  the  oil  and  tritu- 
ration, but  with  less  satisfactory  results.  For  the  past  two  years  had 
been  studying  my  cases  closely,  and  depended  more  on  the  high 
potencies,  and  have  had  more  permanent  and  satisfactory  results,  when 
the  remedy  was  well  chosen ;  whereas,  in  the  use  of  the  crude  drug, 
or  low  potencies,  the  fever  was  much  more  apt  to  return.  As  cases 
fairly  reported  from  clinical  experience  is  what  we  want,  perhaps  it 
will  not  be  amiss  to  detail  some  in  point. 

During  the  month  of  August  last  a  messenger  came  for  me  to  visit 
a  man  whom  he  said  was  in  a  "  sinking  chill."  My  patient  was  a  man 
of  sixty  years,  rather  fleshy,  and  of  naturally  robust  constitution. 
This  was  the  third  paroxysm,  which  commenced  about  10  a.  m.  The 
symptoms  clearly  indicated  to  me  that  Natrura  muriaticum  was  the 
remedy,  and  I  gave  him  a  few  pellets  of  the  30th  potency,  dry,  on  the 
tongue.  At  the  expiration  of  half  an  hour  he  had  so  improved  that  I 
dissolved  some  pills  in  a  half  glass  of  water,  and  ordered  a  spoonful 
every  two  hours.     He  had  no  more  chills  and  made  a  rapid  recovery. 

Since  treated  a  lady,  who  contracted  the  fever  in  southern  Illinois, 
and  has  had  it  more  of  less  for  a  year.  Taken  the  usual  allopath io 
medicine,  with  no  relief.  Tertian  type,  recurring  in  the  morning. 
Dirty,  sallow  complexion ;  bursting  headache ;  blisters,  like  pearls, 


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on  the  lips  ;  intense  thirst,  &c.  Gave  Natruth  muriaticttm  80,  a  dose 
every  four  hours  for  two  days  ;  but  slight  indications  occurring  at  the 
UBual  time,  gave  it  only  morning  and  evening.  At  the  expiration  of 
ten  days  was  quite  well,  with  the  exception  of  numbness  of  the  left 
side,  with  which  she  had  been  affected  for  a  long  time.  Prescribed 
Lachesis  l2,  one  dose  every  night  and  morning.  Reported  entirely 
relieved  in  two  days,  and  has  been  improving  very  rapidly  in  every 
respect. 

Have  had  very  satisfactory  results  from  Lachesis,  with  the  12th, 
80th,  and  200th  potencies,  in  cases  that  have  taken  Quinine,  and 
where  the  paroxysms  occur  spring  and  fall.  I  have  succeeded  in 
some  cases  of  fever  of  the  most  severe  type,  where  Quinine  had  been 
taken  with  only  temporary  relief,  by  giving  Lachesis  3  °  and  Pulsa- 
tilla 30,  in  alter  nation,  when  neither  remedy  would  cure  the  case 
given  alone. 

Acting  upon  the  suggestion  of  Dr.  Hering,  when  I  find  three  very 
prominent  or  characteristic  indications  for  a  remedy,  and  give  it,  I 
have  seldom  been  disappointed. 

Dr.  Boyd  believed  in  the  individuality  of  disease.  Chill  and  fever, 
intermittent  fever,  and  congestive  chill,  were  the  same  disease,  from 
the  same  cause,  and  would  require  the  same  treatment,  whether  the 
chili  came  on  in  the  morning,  at  mid-day,  or  in  the  e^ning  ;  these 
different  times  of  the  day  had  little  to  do  with  the  treatment ;  so 
also  with  the  accidental  symptoms  produced  by  some  idiosyncrasy  of 
the  patient.  He  sometimes  gave  an  emetic  of  tepid  water,  to  relieve 
the  stomach,  if  it  was  indicated.  He  had  not  seen  any  good  effects 
from  the  higher  attenuations,  in  this  disease,  but  he  had  seen  patients 
treated  by  high  attenuationists,  with  chronic  gastritis,  the  hair  falling 
from  the  head  and  eyebrows,  etc.,  caused  by  low  attenuations  of  Arse- 
nicum and  other  accumulative  medicines. 

The  law  of  "similia  similibus  curantur"  was  the  guide  in  the 
selection  of  the  remedy,  but  we  should  depend  upon  the  peculiar 
pathognomonic  symptoms  in  each  case.  What  we  want  is  rational 
homoeopathy.  The  books  are  filled  with  symptoms  by  drug-provers 
that  have  no  relation  at  all  to  the  disease,  and  thus  the  mind  of  the 
student  or  young  practitioner  is  confused  but  not  instructed. 

Imagine  a  physician,  by  the  bedside  of  a  patient  suffering  with 
intermittent  fever,  inquiring,  "  have  you  had  itchings  of  the  right  ear, 
or  flatulency,  or  borborygmus,  this  afternoon ;  or  itching  of  the  great 
toe  last  night ;  or  yawning  at  any  time  during  the  day,"  etc.  We 
should  seek  for  the  pathognomonic  or  characteristic  symptoms  of  the 


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disease.  This  tells  what  the  disease  is,  and  then  the  peculiar,  or 
pathogenetic  symptoms  of  the  drug.  If  these  correspond,  you  have 
the  means  that  will  cure  your  patient ;  then  use  just  the  quantity  that 
will  produce  the  cure,  and  no  more.  There  will  he  no  drug  symptoms 
to  overcome  afterward,  like  the  Irishman,  who  was  "  sick  for  a  month 
after  he  got  well."  In  cases  of  intermittent  fever  we  may  look  for 
congestive  chills,  occurring  at  any  time.  Now,  shall  wo  experiment 
with  the  20th,  30th,  or  200th  attenuation  of  a  remedy,  that  sometimes 
cures,  and  thus  let  the  patient  run  the  risk  of  a  sinking  chill,  and 
prabably  death. 

Philosophy,  humanity,  and  our  responsibility  to  God,  require  that 
we  should  use  a  remedy  whose  efficiency  has  been  tested,  and  is  estab- 
lished beyond  question.  We  know  that  the  use  of  Cinchona  is  per- 
fectly homoeopathic  in  the  cure  of  intermittent  fever,  and  it  was  this 
remedy  that  first  directed  Hahnemann  to  the  perfect  law  of  cure. 

Dr.  Eggert  :  Dr.  Boyd  believes  in  the  individuality  of  disease, 
but  still  chill  and  fever,  intermittent  fever,  and  congestive  chill,  is 
all  the  same  to  him.  A  strange  way  to  individualize  indeed.  Indi- 
vidual cases  require  individual  remedies,  but  be  applied  to  them  all 
Quinine  and  Ipecac,  and  to  make  the  prescription  to  us  a  little  more 
palpable,  he  uses  a  little  of  Arsen.  and  Nux  v.,  occasionally.  Surely, 
if  we  had  not  assembled  here  under  the  pretension  of  being  homoeo- 
pathic physicians,  our  brethren  on  the  other  side  would  not  fail,  after 
all  that  has  been  said,  to  receive  us  with  open  arms.  Allopathic  phy- 
sicians could  not  well  object  to  arguments  like  those  of  Drs.  Boyd 
and  Stockham,  although  they  would  not  find  in  their  way  anything 
new  nor  original  in  them,  for  prescription  and  description  are  very 
old.  Dr.  Boyd,  also,  does  not  believe  in  the  importance  of  subjective 
symptoms,  they  are  all  accidental  to  him  ;  but  the  pathological  symp- 
toms are  his  only  guide.  I  do  not  think  that  so  bold  and  sweeping 
an  assertion  has  ever  been  heard  in  any  homoeopathic  association. 
And  what  does  the  Dr.  know  in  reality  and  for  certain  about  this 
pathological  condition  of  intermittent  fever  ?  Dr.  Boyd  and  Dr. 
Stockham  argue  very  much  in  the  same  way,  but  still  the  former  finds 
chill  and  fever,  intermittent  fever,  and  congestive  chill,  all  the  same, 
whereas  the  latter  asserts  that  chill  and  fever  and  intermittent  fever 
differ  from  each  other.  Accordingly,  then,  the  former  uses  Quinine 
and  Ipecac,  mostly,  the  latter  uses  Quinine  hardly  ever,  A  glorious 
confusion.  It  could  not  be  better  represented  in  any  allopathic  body 
of  medical  men.  If  I  understand  the  practice  of  our  noble  art  prop- 
erly, it  is  this  :  If  we  have  a  case  before  us,  let  us  ascertain,  with  all 


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possible  skill  and  with  all  the  science  at  our  command,  the  pathologi- 
cal condition  of  the  same ;  and  if  such  condition  can  be  ascertained 
to  certainty  ;  if  hypothesis,  speculation,  fancy  and  illusion,  are  thrown 
aside  ;  if  it  stands  before  us  a  living  fact;  then,  and  only  then,  let  us 
take  its  symptoms,  together  with  its  subjective  symptoms,  and  select 
the  remedy.  But  if  that  condition  cannot  be  ascertained,  if  it  re- 
mains doubtful,  then,  I  say,  the  subjective  symptoms  should  be  our 
only  guide,  and  nothing  else.  Thus  it  is  that  skilled  practitioners  of 
our  school,  although  they  may  differ  in  regard  to  the  pathology  of  a 
given  case,  still  they  will  almost  invariably  find  the  same  remedy 
indicated.  Such  is,  if  I  am  not  mistaken,  the  true  homoeopathic  law. 
Here  the  relation  between  the  disease  and  the  remedy  can  be  traced 
and  established  first  scientifically,  and,  I  have  no  doubt,  practically 
also.  The  dose,  of  course,  will  have  a  great  deal  to  do  with  it,  also ; 
but  as  that  question  is  to-day  still  an  open  one,  I  shall  say  nothing 
more  about  it.  And  against  this  mode  of  cure,  so  pregnant  with 
science,  philosophy  and  logic,  our  friend  calls  philosophy,  humanity, 
and  our  responsibility  towards  God,  in  requisition,  to  uphold  his  em- 
piricism. I  pray  to  God  to  save  me  and  all  of  us  from  his  theory  and 
practice. 

Dr.  Parker  thought  that  what  we  wanted  was  practical  experience. 
Theories  were  good  only  when  they  led  to  good  practical  results.  He 
had  found  that  the  disease  yielded  to  one  class  of  remedies  at  one 
time  of  the  year,  and  to  another  class  at  a  different  time. 

When  practicing  in  the  South,  many  years  ago,  he  had  met  with  a 
Doctor  Davis,  an  experienced  homoeopathic  physician  of  New  Orleans, 
who  was  very  successful  in  treating  this  disease.  He  used  Quinia 
and  Ipecac,  in  a  pill,  in  combination,  and  had  no  trouble  in  controlling 
the  malady.  He  (Dr.  P.)  had  used  the  same  remedy,  and  could  bear 
testimony  to  its  efficiency.  Dr.  P.  had  used  Arsenicum,  from  the 
higher  attenuations  down  to  drop  doses  of  the  aqueous  solution,  with 
good  success.  In  some  cases  worms  seemed  to  be  the  exciting  cause, 
he  then  used  Santonine,  and  this  readily  cured  the  patient.  He  thought 
that  impure  gasses  had  much  to  do  in  causing  this  disease,  and  men- 
tioned carbonic  acid  gas  as  one  cause. 

Dr.  Boyd  said  that  his  remarks  would  not  bear  the  construction 
put  upon  them  by  Dr.  Eggert,  for  he  had  not  recommended  a  pill  com- 
posed of  Quinine,  Ipecac,  Arsenicum,  Nux  v.,  and  Nitric  acid,  but 
he  had  stated  that  he  sometimes  used  these  remedies  when  indicated  ; 
but  he  had  found  Quinine,  or  some  preparation  of  Peruvian  bark  and 
Ipecac,  qftener  indicated  than  other  remedies,  and  for  convenience  to 


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the  soldiers  during  the  past  war,  he  had  combined  these  remedies  in 
a  pill,  and  found  them  oftener  answer  than  anything  else. 

Also  he  had  said  that  the  time  of  the  day  on  which  the  chill  came 
on  had  little  to  do  in  the  selection  of  the  remedy.  All  physicians  of 
experience  know  that  this  disease  is  sometimes  cured  spontaneously 
by  the  unaided  efforts  of  the  vis  medicatrix  natura.  Now  suppose 
some  Doctor  "  that  knows  it  all,"  had,  on  the  day  previous,  given  the 
200th  potency  of  Natrum  mur.f  and  the  disease  stopped ;  he  would 
exclaim,  "  See  the  evidence  of  the  truth  of  my  position  !" 

So  when  the  paroxysm  comes  on  either  earlier  or  later  in  the  day, 
it  does  not  indicate  another  remedy,  or  that  it  is  a  different  disease ; 
but  that  in  the  one  case  it  is  the  period  of  invasion,  and  in  the  other, 
of  cessation  ;  and  in  the  latter  case  no  remedy  is  required,  for  if  let 
alone  it  will  leave  the  patient.  In  regard  to  the  higher  potencies  in 
this  disease  he  had  said  that  he  had  not  been  successful  with  them, 
but  he  had  seen  these  oases  treated  by  high  attenuations  cured  with 
decidedly  low  attenuations  of  heroic  remedies. 

As  to  the  remarks  about  empiricism,  that  is  the  old  school 
hole  into  which  all  run  when  defeated,  and  is  not  worth  notice. 

There  are  men,  and  physicians  too,  who  think  that  they  are  the 
people,  and  "  wisdom  will  die  with  them/'  and  nothing  in  this  country 
is  equal  to  Europe.  If  they  happen  to  land  in  New  Orleans  during 
the  prevalence  of  yellow  fever,  fresh  from  the  old  country,  they  know 
better  how  to  treat  it,  even  if  they  have  never  seen  a  case,  than  those 
who  have  been  educated  in  the  midst  of  the  disease.  So,  if  they 
have  been  but  a  year  or  so  in  a  malarious  climate,  they  know  more 
about  it  than  those  who  have  spent  a  quarter  of  a  century  combating 
the  disease,  and  all  are  empirics  that  do  not  believe  as  they  do. 

If  we  are  converted  over  to  the  higher  potencies,  it  must  be  by  men 
in  whose  honesty  and  intelligence  there  is  no  question,  and  not  by 
the  transcendentalism  of  Europe,  or  by  drug  provors  who  are  mono- 
maniacs, or  dishonest,  or  who  overlook  the  prominent  symptoms  caused 
by  the  drug  and  report  accidental  symptoms  that  are  of  no  practical 
value.  But  as  to  the  size  of  dose  of  cubebs  that  Dr.  Eggert  uses, 
surely  no  physician  of  the  most  heroic  old  school  would  object. 


Wholesale  Salivation. — At  the  Walton-le-Dale  workhouse,  near 
Preston,  England,  eighty  boys  were  recently  salivated  from  the  appli- 
cation of  Mercurial  ointment  to  their  heads.  One  died.  Forty  were 
confined  to  bed. 


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[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 
DROPSY    AND    PORRIGO. 

BY  M.  B.  LT7KEN8,  M.  D. 


George  P ,  age  about  60.     Disease,  dropsy  and  porrigo. 

History:  Some  ten  or  fifteen  years  previously  the  disease 
began,  probably  from  dissipated  habits.  He  had  tried  every- 
thing he  could  hear  of.  All  the  Drs.  in  the  country  had  an 
opportunity  to  try  their  skill.  The  patent-medicine  and 
qnack  nostrum  vender  found  him  a  good  customer.  Still  he 
never  realized  any  benefit.  When  I  first  saw  him  his  scalp 
was  covered  all  over  with  a  thick  crust,  white  with  a  red  base. 
He  had  patches,  about  the  size  of  a  man's  hand,  on  each  shin, 
each  cal£  and  on  the  nates.  The  crust  resembled  the  skin  of 
a  white-fish,  and  about  as  scaly.     He  was  also  oedematous. 

Treatment :  Apocynum  can.  and  Iris  ver.  He  is  not  entirely 
well,  yet,  but  health  improved  very  materially.  Dropsy  gone, 
and  a  great  change  for  the  better  in  his  skin  and  general  health. 

The  Iris  ver.  has  never  failed  me  yet  in  cutaneous  diseases, 
to  which  many  can  testify. 

I  can  speak  very  favorably,  from  experience,  of  many  others 
of  the  newly-proved  remedies. 


TFor  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 

Phosphate  of  Soda  in  Certain  Diseases  of  Children. 

BT  B.  M.  HALE,  If.  D. 


Dr.  Stephenson,  in  the  "  Edinburg  Medical  Journal,"  1868, 
says  that  he  has  found  that  if  a  few  grains  ("  a  pinch,")  of  Phos- 
phate of  Soda  if*  added  to  each  bottle  of  the  milk,  in  children 
artificially  reared,  it  will  promptly  cure  the  following  symptoms : 
"Constipation,  having  only  one  motion  each  day,  copious 
but  dry  and  white,  exactly  like  coarse  white  chalk  and  curdled 
milk."  In  nearly  all  cases  the  first  point  noticed  was  that  soon 
after  its  administration  the  color  of  the  stools  became  normal 
(yellow).  In  several  cases  of  jaundice  in  children,  he  used  the 
remedy  very  successfully.  The  symptoms  were :  "  Skin  yellow, 
stools  white,  clayey  or  watery ;  pain  in  the  bowels,  vomiting, 
great  thirst,  urine  high-colored — staining  everything  it  touched, 
undigested  food  in  stool."  From  these  symptoms  we  should 
judge  the  remedy  acted  promptly  and  curatively  on  the  liver. 
If  so,  it  is  much  preferable  to  Mercurius,  Podophyllin,  Leptan- 
drin,  etc.,  for  it  may  be  mixed  with  the  food.  It  flavors  food 
to  imitate  common  salt.     From  -fa  to  10  grains  is  a  dose. 

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BUSHBOD  "W.  JAMES,  M.  D.,  Philadelphia,  Editor. 


Aneurism  Curable  Without  Ligation  of  the  Artery. 


"Wherever  surgical  cases,  upon  which  the  knife  has 
always  been  used  to  afford  relief,  can  be  permanently  and 
safely  cured  without  resorting  thereto,  I  am  always  willing  to 
accord  to  it  the  merited  praise  of  a  valuable  surgical  improve- 
ment. The  obliteration  of  external  aneurism  by  causing  a 
clot  to  form  in  the  sac  is  one  of  the  great  improvements  in 
surgery  of  modern  times.  It  can  be  brought  about  in  many 
instances  by  compression  alone,  while  in  others  the  injection  of 
some  substance  that  causes  rapid  coagulation  of  the  blood  is 
necessary. 

One  mode  of  causing  a  solidification  of  the  blood  that  enters 
the  aneurismal  sac  is  by  partial  pressure  on  the  artery  on  the 
cardiac  side  of  the  tumor,  and  thus  allowing  of  but  a  feeble 
flow  of  blood  into  the  sac  until  it  gradually  becomes  filled  with 
fibrine.  This  process  is  a  slow  one,  requiring  days,  or  even 
months.  Another  method,  is  by  suddenly  arresting  the  flow  of 
blood  into  the  aneurism  and  then  preventing  all  movement  of 
blood  therein  until  a  clot  forms  and  fills  the  enlargement  with 
a  solid  mass,  after  which,  absorption  takes  place  gradually  and 
the  case  is  thus  cured.  The  patient  may  be  etherized  or  not, 
as  the  operator  may  think  best ;  but  when  the  complete  pres- 
sure, both  proximal  and  distal,  is  commenced,  it  must  not  be 
removed  until  the  clot  is  fully  formed,  or  you  will  fail ;  the  flow 
of  blood  must  be  as  completely  arrested  as  if  the  artery  had 
been  ligated.  This  plan  has  succeeded  in  forming  clots  in . 
twenty  minutes,  while  in  other  cases,  where  the  tourniquet  had 
been  kept  on  for  four  and  ten  hours,  without  solidification  of 
the  tumor  being  felt,  subsequent  efforts  produced  the  desired 
result  of  coagulation  in  less  than  one  hour.    In  some  cases, 

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136  EPISTAXIS,  ETC. 

especially  in  the  large  arteries,  faint  motion  may  for  a  little 
while  be  noticed  afterwards,  it  being  due  to  the  impulse  from 
the  throbbing  artery  against  the  now  solid  contents  of  the  sac. 

The  mode  by  injection,  of  the  sesquichloride  of  iron,  or  of 
styptic  colloid,  or  other  coagulating  liquids,  into  the  aneurismal 
sac,  while  the  flow  of  blood  is  temporarily  arrested  in  the 
affected  artery,  may  be  practiced  upon  aneurisms  about  the 
head,  or  extremities,  where  they  are  some  distance  removed  from 
the  heart.  But  more  than  a  single  injection,  however,  may  be 
necessary.  In  these  parts,  the  last-mentioned  proceeding  will 
generally  succeed.  If  it  does  not,  the  other  methods  that  I 
have  mentioned  above  can  then  be  tried. 

Should  repeated  efforts  of  these  vaiious  forms  of  treatment 
fail,  resort  can  still  be  had  to  the  knife,  but  no  conscientious 
surgeon  would  now  think  of  using  the  latter  before  he  had  tried 
these  simple  and  easily-applied  methods. 


Epistaxis. — Where  bleeding  from  the  nose  is  very  profuse, 
and  obstinate  in  being  arrested  by  the  ordinary  homoeopathic 
remedies,  and  plugging  of  the  nares  seems  absolutely  demanded, 
an  effort  should  first  be  made  to  stop  the  flow  of  blood  by 
syringing  freely  up  the  affected  nostril  or  nostrils,  MonseFs  solu- 
tion, or  styptic  colloid,  or  dilute* nitric  acid.  This  mode  will 
generally  succeed  without  the  plugging. 


Enlarged  Testicle. — The  late  M.  Velpeau,  of  Paris,  was 
accustomed  to  treat  swelled  testicle  by  puncturing  it  with  a 
lancet,  and  considered  that  he  thereby  shortened  the  duration 
of  the  disease  by  about  five  days,  the  pain  being  relieved  at 
once  after  the  operation.  We  have  used  Pulsatilla^  in  a  low 
potency,  internally,  with  invariable  success,  in  acute  enlarge- 
ment of  the  testes,  with  a  speedy  cure.  Chronic  indurations 
from  gonorrhoeal  poisoning  take  a  longer  time,  but  are  relieved 
by  the  Bame  drug  with  as  much  certainty  as  in  the  acute  form. 


Deaths  from  capital  operations,   during  ten  years,   at 
Pennsylvania  General  Hospital,  55  in  228  cases. 

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Importance  of  Respiratory  Action  and  the  Poise  to  Operators. 

The  value  of  examining  the  heart  before  administering  an 
anaesthetic  to  patients  about  undergoing  a  surgical  operation,  is 
well  known  to  physicians  as  well  as  surgeons,  but  the  relative 
rapidity  or  slowness  of  respiration,  in  conjunction  with  the  pul- 
sations of  the  heart,  receives  but  little  attention.  Mr.  James 
Paget  lays  down  a  very  good  rule  with  regard  to  the  matter 
which  I  will  quote  from  the  January  No.  of  Braithwaite's  Ret- 
rospect :  "  People  with  slow  pulses  bear  operations  just  as  well 
as  those  who,  in  all  other  respects  than  that  of  their  heart's 
action,  are  like  them.  And  people  with  habitually  rapid 
pulses  are  not  bad  patients,  if  the  rapidity  of  the  pulse  be  not 
associated  with  some  organic  disease.  Especially  you  will  find 
a  considerable  number  of  children  and  young  persons,  chiefly 
sensitive  girls,  whose  pulses  are  rapid  enough  to  frighten  you. 
Observe  whether  the  respirations  are  in  the  same  proportion 
rapid ;  if  they  are  not,  the  respirations  and  not  the  pulse  must 
be  your  guide  in  judging  what  is  the  patient's  state. 

"Many  a  time  I  have  pointed  out  to  you  a  pulse  beating  120 
or  140  times  in  a  minute,  and  said  that  it  meant  no  mischief, 
because  the  respirations  were  not  more  than  20  or  25. 

"And  there  is  a  set  of  cases  in  which  you  must  always  apply 
this  rule  of  checking  the  indications  of  the  pulse  with  those  of 
the  breathing;  namely,  cases  of  haemorrhage.  After  large 
bleedings,  when  the  patient  recovers  from  their  immediate 
effects,  the  pulse  is  usually  hastened,  and  the  breathing  is 
retarded ;  so  that  with  a  pulse  of  120  or  more  there  may  be 
not  more  than  10  respirations  in  the  minute. 

41  Mere  irregularity  of  tj^  pulse,  if  it  be  habitual,  and  rnot 
connected  with  valvular  disease  or  degeneration  of  the  heart, 
does  not,  so  far  as  I  know,  affect,  the  chances  of  recovery  from 
operations.  If  the  structure  of  the  heart,  as  well  as  its  func- 
tions, be  disordered,  you  may  judge  according  to  such  rules  as 
I  have  just  stated." 


A  physician    of   Cincinnati    uses    successfully    powdered 
Lycopodium,  with  a  common  powder-puff,  to  prevent  pitting 
in  small-pox. 
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Piof.  THOMAS  NIOHOL,  Editor, 


DEPARTMENT   OF  DISEASES  OF   WOMEN  AND  CHILDREN. 


In  assuming,  by  request  of  my  friend  Dr.  Lodge,  the  charge 
of  this  important  departmental  desire  to  write  a  few  introductory 
lines.  I  had  intended  writing  a  regular  introductory,  similar 
to  that  from  the  pen  of  my  class-mate,  Bushrod  W.  James,  M. 
D.,  which  appeared  in  the  January  number,  bnt]I  have  been 
prevented  by  the  following  circumstance:  Towards  the  close 
of  1867  I  made  four  provings  of  Ptelea  trifoliata,  for  the  tal- 
ented editor  of  the  Materia  Medica  Department,  and  these 
provings,  especially  the  last,  have  produced  such  prostrating 
effects  that  I  feel  myself  unequal  to  the  task. 

I  would,  therefore,  merely  state,  that  in  assuming  this  respon- 
sibility I  am  determined  to  devote  to  it  all  my  energies  and  a 
considerable  portion  of  ray  time.  The  department  is  one  of 
vast  and  increasing  interest,  for  physicians  of  our  school  have 
under  their  professional  care  a  much  larger  number  of  such 
patients  than  falls  to  the  lot  of  physicians  of  other  schools. 
And  our  success  in  the  past  is  but  a  foreshadowing  of  what  will 
be  our  portion  in  the  future,  if  we  are  zealous,  studious  and 
faithful  to  the  law  of  cure  enunciated  by  our  Great  Master. 

T*N. 


A    NEW    PESSABY.*; 

ST  X.  S.  BXTTTL1S,  M.  D., 

Adjunct  to  Chair  of  Obstetric*,  and  Preliminary  Lecturer  an  Gynecology,  in  University  Medical 
^  w  College,  New  York.  ^ 

In  the  Medical  Record  of  August,  1867,  mention  is  made  of 
a  pessary  exhibited  by  me  at  a  meeting  of  the  East  River 
Medical  Association. 

Since  then  I  have  been  so  frequently  interrogated  by  mem- 
bers of  the  profession  (some  having  very  erroneous  and  almost 

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A  NEW  PESSAEY.  189 

ludicrous  ideas)  in  regard  to  its  use,  that  I  have  thought  it  best 
to  make  known,  in  a  few  word,  some  of  the  advantages  of  this 
instrument,  with  directions  when  and  how  it  is  to  be  used.  Li 
the  first  place  we  wish  to  state  that  we  do  not  make  the  subject 
of  pessaries  our  hobby,  and  ride  it  to  death ;  but  that  they  are 
sometimes  of  use,  no  enlightened  physician  will  pretend  to 
deny. 

Eecognizing  the  principle  that  the  uterus  is  mainly  sup- 
ported by  the  vagina  and  muscular  tissues  of  the  pelvis,  it  is 
easy  to  see  why  a  foreign  body  introduced  into  the  vagina 
ought  to  be  supported  in  the  same  way.  The  uterus  is  a  cone 
with  the  apex  down  ;  the  contractility  of  muscular  tissue  and 
coaptation  of  the  soft  parts  tend  to  slide  the  uterus  up  in  the 
pelvic  cavity ;  should  the  base  of  the  cone  be  placed  down,  the 
same  cause  would  very  soon  force  the  organ  into  the  external 
world. 

It  is  upon  this  principle  that  we  have  constructed  the 
"  conical  pessary/'  It  is  made  of  hard  rubber,  and  may  be 
bent  to  any  curve  by  simply  oiling  and  passing  through  a  flame 
until  it  becomes  softened. 


Fio.  L  Fig.  2.  Fio.  S. 

The  accompanying  cuts  will  convey  an  idea  of  its  shape 
better  than  I  can  explain.  Figure  1  represents  a  front  view, 
while  figure  2  shows  its  relation  to  the  uterus  in  cases  of  pro- 
lapsus, retroversion,  and  retroflexion,  the  base  being  in  the 
posterior  vaginal  cul-de-sae.  In  cases  of  anterior  displacements 
the  base  oft  the  instrument  should  be  placed  anterior  to  the 
cervix  uteri,  and  in  all  cases  the  apex  should  float  loosely  in 

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the  vagina  (sometimes  being  visible  at  the  vulva)  so  as  to  par- 
ticipate in  the  downward  movement  of  the  uterus  when  the 
patient  coughs  or  strains. 

It  is  a  great  mistake  to  attempt  to  support  the  uterus  by  a 
dead  pressure,  especially  if  there  exists  the  least  inflammation 
or  irritability  of  the  organ.  There  is  nothing  like  nature's 
support — the  soft  parts. 

"VYe  have  been  informed  of  a  case  where  the  instrument  was 
introduced  with  benefit  by  placing  the  apex  in  the  posterior 
cul-de~9aci  and  the  base  against  the  inner  surface  of  the  ascend- 
ing rami  of  the  pubes.  This  was  done  by  a  very  highly-edu- 
cated physician  oi  this  city,  who  has  attained  considerable 
eminence  as  a  gynaecologist,  and  one  for  whose  judgment  we 
have  the  most  profound  respect 

If  the  instrument  is  introduced  in  this  w$y  it  does  not  act 
on  the  principle  upon  which  it  was  constructed,  and  falls  short 
of  what  is  designed. 

What  we  claim  for  this  pessary  is,  that  it  brings  into  play 
the  natural  supports  of  the  utferus,  and  can  be  worn  by  the 
patient  when  other  instruments  cannot ;  that  it  is  more  effec- 
tual in  keeping  the  organ  in  situ;  that  where  congestion  and 
irritability  exist  as  the  result  of  displacements,  it  is  not  always 
necessary  to  treat  the  uterus  before  introducing  it,  and  removing 
the  cause. 

It  may  be  used  with  great  benefit  in  the  anterior  displace- 
ments ;  but  experience  shows  that  it  is  more  effectual  in  cases 
of  prolapsus,  and  eminently  so  in  posterior  displacements. 

In  justice  to  our  friend,  Dr.  James  E.  Steel,  we  will  state, 
that  while  conversing  with  him,  some  two  years  ago,  we  gained 
an  idea  which  contributed  in  a  measure  to  the  result  of  this 
invention. 


An  article  on  Displacements  of  the  Womb,  by  C.  A.  Wil- 
liams, 1L  D.,  has  been  recived  ;  also  a  paper  on  the  Value  of 
the  Pessary,  by  Prof.  Hale.  These,  with  other  ^interesting 
articles  belonging  to  this  department,  will  appear  shortly. 


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PBOF.  H.  P.  GATCHELL,  Bditob. 


Gleanings  from  Sydenham  Society  Beports  fof  1867. 


BLOOD  CORPUSCLE8. 

Ofsiannikoff  contends  for  the  existence  of  an  investing  mem- 
brane to  the  red  corpuscles,  on  account  of  his  having  observed 
the  formation  of  crystals  within  the  corpuscles,  in  man  and  other 
animals.  Rollett  and  Schultze,  on  the  other  hand,  are  led,  by 
their  observations,  to  deny  its  existence ;  the  former  chiefly  be- 
cause the  effects  of  the  passage  of  electricity  through  the  defibri- 
nated  blood  of  the  frog,  the  corpuscles  assuming  a  variety  of 
forms,  allowing  the  escape  of  their  nuclei,  and  ultimately  coales- 
cing to  formNviscid  masses  of  considerable  size.  The  latter,  on 
account  of  the  changes  which  he  had  noticed  in  the  corpuscles 
of  the  blood,  and  examined  microscopically,  at  the  normal 
temperature  of  the  body.  The  white  corpuscles  exhibited  the 
most  lively  and  vigorous  movements,  not  only  of  form,  but  of 
location,  processes  being  thrown  put  in  all  directions ;  and  as  in 
the  case  of  amcebiform  cells,  being  frequently  followed  up  by  the 
entire  corpuscle,  whilst,  in  many  instances,  a  still  more  striking 
resemblance  to  these  cells  was  afforded  by  absorption  into  their 
interior  of  various  coloring  matters  and  minute  granules. 

As  regards  the  red  corpuscles,  although  Sfchultze  was  never 
able  to  perceive  any  change  of  place,  such  alterations  in  their 
form  were  observed  as  were,  in  his  opinion,  incompatible  with 
the  presence  of  a  proper  cell-wall. 

E.  Neumann  gives  an  undecided  opinion ;  for  while  the 
effects  produced  by  electricity  incline  him  to  deny  the  existence 
of  the  cell-wall,  other  experiments  incline  him  to  admit  it.  He 
observed  the  corpuscles,  under  the  influence  of  phosphoric 
acid,  to  swell  up  and  burst 


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ljfS  BLOOD  CORPUSCLES. 

[To  reason  from  the  corpuscles  of  the  frog  to  those  of  man, 
or  from  the  white  corpuscles  of  man  to  the  red,  as  though  they 
are  identical,  seems  to  me  quite  unwarranted.  The  demonstra- 
tion of  a  cell-membrane  to  the  red  corpuscles  of  the  frog  would 
not  prove  its  existence  in  the  red  corpuscles  of  man.  Nor 
would  it  follow,  from  the  existence  of  a  cell-membrane  in  the 
white  corpuscles  of  man,  that  the  red  corpuscles  are  provided 
with  one.  I  propose,  in  a  future  number  of  the  Observer,  to 
bring  up  the  history  of  the  blood  corpuscle  to  the  present 
time. — G.] 

~  Mantegazza  describes  an  instrument  for  determining  the 
number  of  red  corpuscles  in  a  cubic  millimetre  of  blood  ;  the 
taillimetre  being  about  ^th  of  an  inch. 

He  estimates  the  average  number  in  a  healthy  man  to  be 
*om  5,000,000  to  5,125,000;  in  a  healthy  woman,  from 
4,120,000  to  4,875,000;  in  extreme  anaemia,  from  1,875,000 
to  2,375,000 ;  and  in  a  plethoric  woman  the  number  was 
5,500,000. 

'  Rosy  or  pallid  cheeks,  as  abundance  of  other  evidence  shows, 
furnish  no  certain  indications  of  the  relative  amount  of  cor- 
puscles present. 

MM.  Estor  and  St.  Pierre  have  shown  that  the  venous 
blood  returning  from  an  inflamed  part  often  contains  twice 
as  much  oxygen  as  that  on  the  sound  side,  and  they  attribute  to 
that  circumstance  the  brighter  tint  such  parts  possess. 

[Since  arterial  blood  contains  twice  as  much  oxygen  as 
venous  blood,  it  merely  follows,  from  the  observations  of 
Estor  and  St.  Pierre,  that  the  blood  passing  the  inflamed  part 
has  parted  with  none  of  its  oxygen.  Nor  does  this  seem  to  be 
difficult  of  explanation.  The  state  of  the  inflamed  part  pre- 
cludes the  ordinary  nutritive  process,  and  consequently  the 
ordinary  exchange  of  carbonic  acid  for  oxygen  Hence  we 
have,  as  a  tuberculosis,  and  no  doubt  from  a  similar  cause,  the 
blood  in  the  veins  partaking  of  an  arterial  character,  only  in  a 
less  degree,  in  tuberculosis  than  in  inflammation.  In  the  latter 
"nutrition  is  wholly,  in  the  former  only  partially,  sus- 
pended.— G.] 

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LYMPHATIC    SYSTEM.  '   ljS 

Several  observers  are  quoted  as  to  the  origin  of  the  lymphat- 
ics in  spaces  contained  in  the  connective  tisane. 

The  question  whether  the  lacteals  communicate  with  the 
alimentary  canal  by  open-mouthed  cells  is  still  under  discus- 
sion. L.  Letzerich  thinks  that  he  has  distinguished  a  sphere*, 
pear-  or  spindle-like  body  (distinct  from  the  ordinary  closed, 
columnar,  epithelial  cell,)  with  an  open,  free  extremity. 

ABSORPTION  AND    DIFFUSION. 

Dr.  Bjence  Jones  and  M.  Dupr6  state  that  a  few  grains  of 
chloride  of  lithia,  introduced  into  the  stomach  of  the  guinea- 
pig,  when  empty,  may  diffuse  itself  into  all  the  vascular  tex- 
tures, and  even  into  the  cartilage  of  the  hip-joints  and  into  the 
aqueous  humor  ot  the  eye  in  fifteen  minutes.  It  appears  to 
pass  away  from  the  system  in  about  three  or  four  days. 

In  man,  five  or  ten  grain  doses  of  carbonate  of  lithia  may 
appear  in  the  urine  in  from  five  to  ten  minutes,  if  given  on  an 
empty  stomach,  or  in  twenty  minutes  on  a  full  stomach;  and 
it  may  continue  to  be  eliminated  for  six,  seven  or  eight  days. 

Quinia  begins  to  appear  in  the  urine  in  from  ten  to  twenty 
minutes  after  ingestion ;  in  from  two  to  three  hours  it  has 
reached  its  maximum ;  in  seventy-two  hours  not  a  trace  ot  it 
can  be  found. 

Eulenberg  found  that  iodide  of  potassium,  injected  subcuta- 
neously  into  the  neck,  appeared  in  the  parotidean  saliva  in 
from  one  to  one  and  one-half  minutes.  Evidence  of  its  pres- 
ence could  be  obtained  even  after  forty-eight  hours. 

[No  doubt  the  length  of  time  necessary  for  the  elimination 
of  a  drug  from  the  system  may  have  much  to  do  with  the  dura* 
tion  of  its  action ;  as  the  rate  of  absorption  and  diffusion 
must  necessarily  determine  the  length  of  the  interval  elapsing 
between  its  exhibition  and  the  commencement  of  action. — G.J 

LUNGS,   RESPIRATION,  TEMPERATURE. 

Hirschmann  decides  that  the  epithelial  cells  of  the  capillary 
bronchia  are  continued  into  the  air  vesicles.  The  epithelium 
consists  of  tessellated  cells. 

The  smooth  muscular  tissue  also  extends  into  the  terminal 
organs  of  the  respiratory  apparatus. 


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144  LUNGS,  RESPIRATION,  TEMPERATURE. 

.  W»  Weyrich  finds  from  experiments  on  himself  that  the 
temperature  of  the  expired  air  is  decidedly  lower  than  that 
of  the  axilla ;  the  temperature  of  the  latter,  upon  a  mean  of 
200  observations,  being  99.44,  whilst  that  of  the  expired  air 
was  only  97.41. 

The  temperature  of  the  axilla  rose  from  6  A.  m.  to  noon,  then 
fell  slightly  till  2  p.  M.,  and  again  rose  to  its  greatest  height  at 
7  p.  M.,  after  which  it  gradually  fell  to  same  level  as  at  6  A.  m. 
The  temperature  of  the  expired  air  followed  similar  variations. 
It  obtained  its  maximum,  however,  earlier  in  the  morning,  and 
fell  more  slowly  towards  midnight,  standing  much  higher  then 
than  at  6  A.  il 

Alterations  in  external  temperature  were  followed  much 
more  quickly  and  distinctly  by  variations  in  the  temperature  of 
the  expired  air  than  in  that  of  the  axilla.  The  former  also 
rose  more  quickly  after  food. 

Weyrich  estimated  the  insensible  perspiration,  per  diem,  of 
a  mto  weighing  125  lbs.  to  be,  for  the  lungs,  about  two  lbs. 
avoir.,  and  for  the  skin,  about  two-thirds  as  much. 

Tscheschichin  derives  the  following  conclusions  from  his 
experiments: 

1.  The  spinal  cord  operates  directly  on  the  organic  chemis- 
try, and  consequently  on  the  animal  heat. 

2.  Section  of  the  spinal  cordis  followed  by  retarded  circu- 
lation and  congestion  of  the  venous  system ;  the  radiation  of 
heat  rising  and  the  general  temperature  sinking. 

3.  Bad  conducting  materials  and  a  warm  atmosphere  retard 
the  cooling. 

4.  All  influences  which  tend  to  promote  the  paralysis  of  the 
vessels,  produced  by  the  section  of  the  cord,  tend  also  to  lower 
the  temperature ;  all  which  tend  to  arrest  the  paralysis  to 
raise  it. 

5.  The  cramp  produced  by  certain  poisons  immediately 
elevate  the  internal  temperature  of  the  body. 

6.  In  animals  poisoned  with  alcohol,  the  temperature  imme- 
diately begins  to  fall. 

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7.  Section  of  the  sympathetic  exercises  the  same  influence 
on  the  body  as  section  of  the  spinal  cord. 

8.  Section  of  the  vagus  has  no  marked  influence  in  animal 
heat. 

9.  Section  of  the  medulla  oblongata  in  the  skull,  at  the 
point  where  it  unites  with  the  pons,  produces  violent  febrile 
symptoms. 

10.  Similar  febrile  symptoms  occur  after  injection  of  putri- 
fying  animal  fluids. 

11.  Physiological  experiments  and  clinical  observation  estab- 
lish the  existence  of  moderatory  (inhibitory)  centres  in  the 
brain. 

CIRCULATION. 

Dr.  James  Bell  Pettigrew  concludes  from  his  observations 
that  the  closure  of  the  auriculo-ventricular  valves,  in  mam- 
mals, is  due  partly  to  mechanical  and  partly  to  vital  means ; 
the  segments  in  part  floating  upwards  in  the  blood  towards  the 
close  of  the  diastole,  till  their  margins  and  apices  are  so  accu- 
rately applied  that  no  regurgitation  can  take  place,  whilst  during 
and  towards  the  end  of  the  systole,  the  valves  are,  by  the  con- 
traction of  the  musculi  papillares,  dragged  down  by  the  chor- 
dae tendinesB  into  the  ventricular  cavities,  to  form  two  depend- 
ent cones. 

From  numerous  experiments  with  the  sphygmograph,  Czer- 
mak  derived  the  following  conclusions : 

1.  That  the  rapidity  with  which  the  pulse-wave  is  propaga- 
ted from  the  heart  towards  the  arteries  is  not  precisely  equal  in 
all  parts  of  the  arterial  system. 

2.  That  the  rapidity  of  the  pulse-wave  diminishes  in  its  pas- 
sage from  the  centre  towards  the  periphery. 

3.  That  the  rapidity  of  the  propagation  of  the  pulse-wave  is 
less  in  children  than  in  adults. 

[I  reserve  the  report  on  the  nervous  and  muscular  systems, 
together  with  some  interesting  matter  which  (with  the  liberal 
interpretation  which  Williams  in  his  Principles  of  Medicine 
gives  to  the  phrase)  may  be  properly  introduced,  under 
Principles  of  Medicine,  for  a  future  number. — GrJ 


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CFor  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 
THE    PHILOSOPHY    OF    EATING. 

BY  A.  J.  BBLL0W8,  M.  D„  BOSTON,  MASS. 

Mr  Dear  Friend  Lodge  : — Isn't  your  newly-fledged  editor 
a  little  hypercritical  in  his  maiden  critique.  It  takes  me  back 
more  than  two  hundred  years,  to  Butler's  times : 

*•  When  fleroe  Inquisitors  of  wit, 
The  critics,  spare  no  flesh  that  ever  writ, 
But  jiut  as  toothdra  w'rs  find  among  the  rout, 
Their  own  teeth  work  in  pulling  others  out, 
So  they,  decrying  all  of  all  that  write, 
Think  to  erect  a  trade  of  judging  by  t" 

The  readers  of  the  Observer  who  have  seen  no  notice  of  this 
book  except  the  review,  will  be  surprised,  I  think,  to  learn  the 
real  purpose  of  the  unpretending  treatise,  so  different,  as  they 
shall  see  it  to  be,  according  to  the  testimony  of  good  men  and 
true,  from  the  ridiculous  effigy  so  unmercifully  battered  down. 
To  have  escaped  his  criticisms  and  denunciations  respecting  the 
want  of  attention  to  the  new  light  on  chemistry  and  physiology, 
want  of  detail  of  things  new  in  the  sciences,  and  the  details  of 
the  whole  process  of  calorification,  etc.,  etc.,  would  have 
required  a  book  of  one  thousand  pages, — a  book  that  would 
never  have  been  read  through  by  any  one  ;  but  I  excuse  him, 
seeing  as  I  do,  on  the  preceding  page,  that  he  is  just  installed 
to  the  care  of  physiology,  and  very  naturally  just  now  has  a 
touch  of  physiology  on  the  brain  ;  not  only  thinking  that  that 
is  the  only  subject  worth  considering,  but  also  demanding  that 
everybody  else  shall  also  think  so,  and  feeling  it  to  be  duty  to 
attack  every  one  who  comes  in  sight  of  his  premises  ;  just  as 
the  newly-installed  pater-familias  of  the  barn-yard  family  will 
attack  even  a  chicken  if  he  looks  into  his  enclosure,  especially 
if  there  is  danger  that,  sometime,  he  might  turn  out  to  be 
a  cock. 

The  object  of  the  book  is  not  to  teach  physiology  or  chemis- 
try, or  to  enlighten  learned  professors,  but  to  apply  nature's 


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common-sense  lessons  to  common-sense  minds  ;  and  it  is  dis- 
tinctly stated  that  technicalities  and  scientific  terms  are  avoided 
to  accomplish  the  object  of  the  book.  This  is  understood  by 
every  one  but  the  Professor  who  has  commented  on  it.  The 
publishers  say  in  their  advertisement,  "  the  object  of  this  book 
is  to  explain  nature's  arrangement  for  supplying  the  human 
Bystem  with  food  and  drink  under  different  circumstances  as  to 
temperature,  employment,  &c.,  and  to  show  how  economy, 
health,  and  the  pleasures  of  eating,  can  all  be  promoted  at  the 
same  time/' 

Whatever,  therefore,  pertains  to  the  book  as  read  in  the  light 
of  its  claims,  whether  of  omission  or  commission,  is  open  to 
fair  criticism,  nothing  else  need  be  noticed.  Within  this  range 
I  find  nothing  but  the  opinion  of  the  Professor,  and  shall  there- 
fore offset  this  opinion  by  the  opinion  of  others,  leaving  it  to 
your  readers  to  strike  the  balance. 

The  contempt  for  the  book  expressed  in  comparing  its  philos- 
ophy with  that  of  "  the  dawdling  Mrs.  Jefferson  Brick,"  etc.,  I 
will  offset  by  the  opinion  of  Joel  Marbee,  Esq.,  who  for  thirty 
years  has  been  a  popular  Principal  and  Provider  in  academies 
and  boarding-schools,  both  in  Massachusetts  and  New  York, 
who  in  an  unsolicited  letter  to  the  author,  an  entire  stranger, 
says: 

"It  presents  a  common-sense  system  that  can  be  put  into 
practice  by  every  family."  "  Such  a  help  to  me  would  have 
been  invaluable."  "If  he  who  makes  two  blades  of  grass  grow 
where  but  one  grew  before  is  a  benefactor  to  his  race,  what  shall 
he  be  called  who  adds  months  and  years  to  men's  lives  and 
makes  their  lives  healthier  and  happier,"  etc.  To  the  same 
point,  and  also  to  the  opinion  of  the  Professor  that  the  book  is 
made  up  of  crude  ideas,  written  in  crude  and  ungrammatical 
language,  I  give  the  opinions  of  Mrs.  Harriet  Beecher  Stowe 
and  William  Hague,  D.  D.,  who  are  quite  well  known,  in  the 
Atlantic  cities  at  least,  as  authors  and  critics.  Mrs.  Stowe 
says  :  "It  is  a  very  much  needed  work,  and  written  in  a  very 
clear,  popular  style,  and  conveying  much  truth  for  which  human 
nature  is  perishing"     The  italics  are  her  own. 

Dr.  Hague  says:  "I  have  read  it  with  profound  interest, 

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retting  forth  as  it  does  principles  of  vital  moment  so  clearly 
tnat  everbody  can  apprehend  them  and  apply  them  practically." 
"  There  are  thousands,  no  doubt,  in  every  walk  of  life,  who 
would  acknowledge  their  indebtedness  to  the  author  for  exposi- 
tions so  lucid,  so  minute,  and  so  well  harmonizing  the  plainest 
practical  rules  with  the  latest  advancement  of  science." 

The  opinion  expressed  in  this  last  clause,  and  the  opinion  of 
Dr.  S.  Dana  Hayes,  State  Assayer  of  Massachusetts,  who  was 
brought  up  in  the  laboratory  of  his  father,  (for  thirty  years  the 
best  practical  chemist  in  Boston,)  and  who  has  recently  finished 
his  chemical  education  with  the  first  chemists  of  Europe,  I  will 
offer  as  an  offset  to  the  opinion  of  the  Professor  that  "  the 
statement  that  alcohol  must  needs  be  injurious  and  only  injuri- 
ous because  it  is  the  result  of  the  disorganization  of  sugar,  is 
very  shallow,"  and  that  recent  investigations  have  swept  away 
much  of  the  foundation  on  which  this  theory  rests.  Dr.  Hayes 
says  of  the  book  :  "  It  contains  a  great  deal  of  valuable  and 
much-needed  information,  presented  in  a  popular  comprehensive 
form."  "  Modern  investigations  certainly  sustain  the  ground 
taken  that  organized  elements  are  the  only  ones  assimilated  in 
the  human  system/' 

To  the  same  point,  and  also  to  the  suggestion  that  the  author 
"  will  disabuse  himself  of  the  idea  apparently  entertained  that 
he  has  produced  something  profoundly  original/'  I  will  quote 
the  words  of  two  other  gentlemen,  the  one  the  author,  I  think, 
of  as  many  books  as  any  other  man  in  New  England,  and  the 
other  for  twenty-five  years  a  popular  publisher.  Epes  Sargeant, 
Esq.,  says  of  the  book,  "  I  found  it  full  of  interest,  inasmuch 
as  it  contains  facts  and  deductions  not  to  be  found  in  any  other 
work/'  "  The  facts  are,  I  believe,  in  accordance  with  the  dis- 
coveries of  the  most  advanced  chemical  and  anatomical  science, 
and  are  very  suggestive/' 

J.  P.  Jewett,  Esq.,  says :  "  The  ideas  upon  which  are  based 
the  i  Philosophy  of  Eating,'  viz.,  the  pre-adamite  arrangement 
of  elements,  adapting  them  to  be  prepared  in  the  vegetable 
kingdom  for  assimilation,  or  making  all  elements  not  thus  pre- 
pared poisonous,  are  literally  new/' 

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some  other  verbal  and  insignificant  grammatical  errors,  which 
give  the  professor  so  much  anxiety  that  he  refers  to  them  seven 
different  times,  to  be  sure  and  get  my  attention,  I  can  only  say, 
knowing  as  I  did  that  the  Hudibrastic  race  of  critics  of  the 
17th  century,  already  referred  to,  were  not  yet  all  dead,  and 
being  myself  more  careful  of  ideas  than  of  words,  and  therefore 
liable  to  verbal  errors,  I  submitted  the  proof  to  an  experienced 
writer  of  school  books,  to  correct  all  verbal  and  grammatical 
errors ;  bat  in  spite  of  this  and  the  critical  eye  of  the  profes- 
sional proof  reader,  to  whom  it  was  also  submitted,  the  word 
bulb,  instead  of  tuber,  did  get  in ;  but  let  me  console  the 
hypercritical  Professor  with  the  promise  that  they  shall  not  again 
offend  him,  having  long  since  been  corrected  in  the  proof  for 
the  second  edition. 


[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Obserrer.] 
ALLOPATH?    BUN     MAD. 


Dear  Observer  : — In  the  Detroit  Review?  of  Medicine  and 
Pharmacy  for  December,  under  the  heading,  "  Michigan^Uni- 
versity  and  Homoeopathy/'  appears  an  editorial,  which,  with 
your  permission,  I  will  briefly  notice.  The  writer  approvingly 
quotes  from  President  Haven's  Annual  Report  for  1867,  which 
you  have  undoubtedly  read.  President  Haven  says :  "  This 
school  (the  University)  teaches  neither  a  conglomeration  of  con- 
flicting theories,  nor  any  one  in  particular,  but  aims,  in  accord- 
ance with  time-honored  customs  of  the  oldest  medical  schools, 
to  teach  the  science  or  sciences  underlying  or  embraced  in  medi- 
cine or  surgery.  It  does  not  and  will  not  commit  itself  to  teach 
that  disease  can.,  and  must,  and  shall  be  cured  only  homoeopath- 
ically  or  allopathically,  or  by  any  other  known  process  "  !  ! 

Is  not  the  above  a  strange  statement  ?  No  one  theory  is 
taught !  No  science  of  medicine  or  surgery  is  taught ;  but 
only  the  science  or  sciences  underlying  or  embraced  in  medicine 
or  surgery.  Neither  is  it  taught  that  disease  can,  and  must, 
and  shall  be  cured  homoeopathically,  or  by  any  other  known 
process.  The  query  arises,  what  is  taught  ?  If  the  students 
are  not  taught  to  cure  disease  by  any  known  process,  they  must 
be  taught  to  cure  it  by  an  unknown  one,  if  taught  to  cure  dis- 


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ease  art  all.  And  I  think  President  Haven,  as  the  saying  is, 
"  hit  the  nail  on  the  head/1  And  yet  such  teaching  is  claimed 
by  its  advocates  to  be  "  scientific  medicine"  and  its  practitioners 
"  regular"  physicians  ! !  I  The  report  states  virtually  that  the 
science  of  medicine  or  surgery  is  not  taught,  for  the  reason 
there  is  no  science  of  medicine.  By  the  u  science  or  sciences 
underlying  or  embraced  in  medicine  or  surgery,"  must  be  under- 
stood anatomy,  physiology,  chemistry,  &c.  But  of  what  use 
are  these  to  the  physician,  unless  he  knows  how  to  bring  them 
to  his  aid  in  curing  disease.  Of  what  use  is  a  knowledge  of 
Materia  Medica  to  the  student,  unless  he  is  taught  to  apply  its 
various  articles  to  the  cure  of  disease,  in  accordance  with  some 
known  rule  or  process,  and  yet  we  are  told  that  "  no  one  known 
process  "  is  taught.  And  the  editor  elaborates  the  position,  for 
he  says,  and  truly,  that  the  assertion  that  they  (the  allopaths) 
"  pretend  to  cure  disease  after  a  single  unvarying  method,  is 
essentially  false."  And  yet  he  would  as  stoutly  deny  the  con- 
glomeration of  theories  and  practice  as  President  Haven,  and 
in  almpst  the  next  line  he  says,  "  there  is  no  method  of  cure 
which  we  would  not  unhesitatingly  use."  No  conglomeration 
here.  "  Oh  1  consistency,  thou  art  a  jewel."  Only  one 
sentence  more  should  have  been  added  to  the  editorial  and  it 
would  have  been  complete.  He  should  have  quoted  from  the 
"  One-hoss  Shay  "  : 

"  Logio  is  logie,  that's  all  I  s»y.w 

Persecution  of  homoeopaths.  The  writer  says,  "  we  do  not 
persecute  any  men  or  any  class  of  men  for  holding  views  on 
medical  subjects  contrary  to  our  own,"  and  in  proof  cites  the 
fact  "  that  every  medical  society  contains  members  who  would 
agree  in  treating  scarcely  any  disease."  (I  beg  to  correct  the 
learned  authority  here.  They  would  all  agree  to  give  whisky 
and  most  likely  quinine.) 

What  a  beautiful  system  of  medicine  !  What  science  that 
fact  indicates  !  !  What  certainty  there  must  be  in  such  prac- 
tice I ! !  And  such  physicians  are  regular  practitioners.  Query : 
What  would  constitute  an  irregular  one  ?  And  the  answer 
comes  from  the  centre  of  Allopathia  and  is  echoed  from  the 
circumferance,  the  physician   who  pretends  to  cure  disease 


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by  "  any  known  process/'  guided  by  any  fixed  principle :  let 
any  man  pretend  to  this,  and  at  once  he  becomes  either  a  knave 
or  an  ignoramus.     Out  upon  such  nonsense  ! 

All  the  writer  says  about  the  dishonesty  and  ignorance  of 
homoeopaths,  and  their  using  allopathic  remedies,  is  mere  clap- 
trap. A  mere  bread-and-butter  statement,  which  I  do  not  pro- 
pose to  notice  further  than  to  say,  that  it  is  characteristic  of 
certain  minds  and  indicative  of  the  weakness  of  their  cause,  to 
resort  to  slander  and  falsification  when  argument  fails,  and  thus 
seek  to  accomplish  by  calumniation  what  they  fail  to  do  by 
reason.  According  to  the  matured  wisdom  of  the  writer,  no 
one  but  a  regular  practitioner  of  an  irregular  system,  or  "  no 
known  process  of  curing  disease  "  system,  is  capable  of  forming 
a  correct  diagnosis  of  disease  ;  and  if  three  or  four  children  die 
in  a  family,  of  diphtheria,  under  their  "no  known  process" 
treatment,  and  as  many  more  cases  occur  in  the  same  family 
and  get  well  under  homoeopathic  treatment,  as  has  often  been 
the  case  in  this  city,  these  last  "  were  not  diphtheria,  nothing 
but  sore  throat,"  for  the  singular  reason  that  they  got  well. 
So  if  a  patient  has  typhoid  fever,  either  incipient  or  fully 
developed,  and  is  treated  by  the  old  "no  known  process,"  it  is 
all  right  whether  he  lives  or  dies.  That  patient  had  typhoid  fever. 
But  let  the  treatment  be  homoeopathic,  and  it  was  not  typhoid 
fever  at  all.  The  statement  that  "  they  (the  homoeopaths) 
have  been  invited,  time  and  again,  in  Paris  and  elsewhere,  to 
prove  their  assertions  in  the  wards  of  the  public  hospitals,  and 
as  often  have  they  declined,"  is  simply  untrue,  and  more,  has 
not  even  the  shadow  of  truth.  The  homoeopaths  of  this  city, 
and  of  every  city  in  this  country  and  Europe,  have  been  trying 
for  years  to  get  into  the  public  hospitals,  and  into  the  army  and 
navy,  but  have  thus  far  been  kept  out  by  allopathic  bigotry  and 
fear  of  the  rival  practice.  To  prove  our  sincerity,  we  are  now 
willing  to  take  any  number  of  wards  in  St.  Mary's  or  any  other 
hospital  in  this  city,  under  our  control,  and  let  the  result  deter- 
mine which  practice  is  superior.  We  and  they  will  thus 
"  manufacture  statistics,  which  credulous  females  can  triumph- 
antly flourish  in  defence  of  their  faith  as  well  as  ours."  We 
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The  writer's  illustration  of  the  homoeopathic  principle  that 
"  like  cures  like,"  is  verdant  as  well  as  shallow.  Any  one  at  all 
familiar  with  homoeopathic  remedies  and  their  administration, 
would  as  soon  set  an  elephant  to  hatching  chickens  as  trust  him 
to  prescribe  homoeopathically.  He  admits  that  "cathartics  will 
cure  a  diarrhoea  caused  by  irritating  ingesta,"  and  this  he  thinks 
is  "  like  curing  like."  The  homoeopath  would  practice  no  such 
nonsense.  The  diarrhoea  would  cure  itself,  unless  the  "irrita- 
ting ingesta  "  caused  so  much  irritation  and  inflammation  as  to 
perpetuate  it,  when  he  would  endeavor  to  cure  the  inflammation 
by  remedies  that  would  act  directly  on  the  diseased  part. 
Hence  he  would  treat  the  disease  and  not  the  mere  symptoms, 
and  as  the  one  subsided,  the  other  would  disappear.  The  allo- 
path would  suppress  the  diarrhoea  by  opium  and  astringents, 
while  the  inflammation,  the  real  disease,  would  either  go  on 
undisturbed  or  be  greatly  aggravated,  and  then,  according  to 
their  learned  diagnosis,  "  congestion  has  taken  place,"  and  if  the 
patient  lives  he  makes  a  narrow  escape. 

But  enough  of  this  writer's  nonsense  and  malignity.  We 
assume  that,  if  medicines  cure  disease  at  all,  they  must  act 
in  accordance  with  some  law.  That  there  must  and  does 
exist  some  law  to  guide  the  physician  in  the  selection  of  the 
appropriate  remedy.  That  if  the  physician  who  prescribes  does 
not  do  so  in  accordance  with  some  fixed  law  or  principle,  he 
prescribes  empirically,  and  no  matter  what  his  pretentions,  he 
is  simply  a  quack ;  learned  or  unlearned,  as  the  case  may  be. 

This  law  or  principle  we  express  in  the  phrase,  "  like  cures 
like/'  i.  e.,  a  medicine  that  will  cause  certain  symptoms  in  the 
healthy,  will  cure  those  same  symptoms  when  they  exist  as  dis- 
ease and  arise  from  morbific  causes. 

Dose,  either  large  or  small,  is  not  homoeopathy ;  but  he  who 
prescribes  in  accordance  with  the  homoeopathic  law  will  of 
necessity  be  compelled  to  use  small  quantities  of  medicines,  and 
if  an  honest  physician,  will  use  such  doses  as  he  finds  most 
efficient  in  curing  disease. 

We  thus  have  a  "  known  process"  of  cure,  and  pretend,  and 
do,  cure  disease,  in  accordance  therewith ;  and  for  this  profes- 
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that  they  have  "  no  known  process  of  curing  disease,"  denounce 
us,  and  many  of  them  and  their  patrons  are  ready  to  vilify  us 
personally  as  well  as  professionally.  We  submit  to  the  judg- 
ment of  a  candid  community. 

The  writer's  fling  at  woman,  when  he  says  that  "  credulous 
females  are  our  most  ardent  advocates  and  patrons,"  and  "tri- 
umphantly flourish  our  statistics  in  defence  of  their  [the 
homoeopaths']  faith,"  indicates  the  origin  of  his  article.  He, 
perhaps,  does  not  know  that  woman  has  always  been  in  the 
advance  column  of  all  reforms,  and  works  calculated  to  miti- 
gate human  suffering.  She  often  arrives  at  more  correct  con- 
clusions by  intuition  than  man  does  by  his  reason.  Besides, 
many  of  these  "  credulous  females  "  have  seen  children  tortured 
by  blisters  and  nauseous  doses  of  poisonous  drugs ;  have  seen 
children  with  diphtheria  have  their  throats  "burnt"  with 
caustic  repeatedly,  till  nature  succumbed  under  the  barbarous 
treatment.  These  same  "  credulous  females  "  have  seen  their 
and  their  neighbors'  children  get  well  from  the  same  and  as 
severe  attacks  of  disease,  without  any  such  physical  torture, 
and  this  repeatedly  and  for  years,  and  hence  have  come  to  have 
faith  in  that  which  they  have  seen  and  do  know;  and  having 
no  partisan  feelings  or  bigotry  to  bias  their  judgments,  become 
the  ardent  advocates  and  patrons  of  that  which  cures  without 
torture,  of  that  which  saves  without  destroying.  To  show 
among  what  classes  of  people  homoeopathy  flourishes,  we  must 
again  resort  to  "  statistics,"  of  which  our  revilers  have  such  a 
holy  horror.  Massachusetts,  with  her  education  and  general 
intelligence,  has  two  hundred  and  fifty  homoeopathic  physicians ; 
Maryland,  thirty-four ;  Arkansas  about  thirty-six ; — Ohio,  352  ; 
while  Kentucky  has  only  forty-four.  Michigan  has  230 ; — Miss- 
issippi, 16 ;  Wisconsin,  200 ; — Missouri,  68.  No  one  can  mis- 
take the  import  of  these  "  statistics."  They  show  that  homoeop- 
athy thrives  in  proportion  to  the  general  intelligence  of  com- 
munities, and  is  a  sufficient  answer  to  the  oft-repeated  assertion 
of  our  opponents  that  its  doctrines  are  abrfurd  and  its  practi- 
tioners fools  or  knaves.*    Should  any   "  credulous  females " 


•MadtealOautte. 

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15 If.  MISCELLANEA. 

•'flourish  these  statistics/'  that  act  is 'not  expected  to  prove 
fatal  to  the  self-conceit  and  bigotry  which  must,  about  so  often, 
relieve  itself  in  calling  hard  names  and  giving  contemptuous 
looks,  for  this  would  take  from  our  opponents  the  weapons  they 
most  delight  to  wield ;  and  in  the  spirit  of  true  benevolence 
we  do  not  wish  to  deprive  them  of  that  which  does  them  so 
much  good  and  us  so  little  harm,  E.  H.  D. 


Prize  for  Monograph  on  Nasal  Catarrh. — At  the  last 
meeting  of  the  Western  Institute  of  Homoeopathy,  Dr.  Eggert 
offered  a  prize  of  $100  for  the  best  practical  essay  on  Nasal 
Catarrh.  We  regret  to  learn  that  there  is  not  likely  to  be 
much  competition  for  this  prize.  Will  not  some  of  our  writers 
give  the  subject  attention  and  present  their  papers  to  the  com- 
mittee ?  The  monographs  should  be  elaborate  and  exhaustive 
as  far  as  practicable. 


Prizes  for  Provings  op  Bromide  of  Ammonia  and  Dios- 
OOREA  villosa  or  Dioscorein, — The  Massachusetts  Homoeo- 
pathic Medical  Society  offer  $75  for  the  best  and  $25  for  the 
second  best  proving,  to  be  sent  in  before  March  25,  1868. 
Address  Charles  Cullis,  M.  D.,  Boston;  H.  L.  Chase,  M.  D., 
Cambridge,  Mass.;  C.  Wesselhoeft,  M.  D.,  Harrison  Square,  P. 
O.,  Mass.;  Committee.   ; 


On  Dit. — Rumor  has  it  that  Profs.  R.  Ludlam  and  E.  C. 
Franklin  both  go  to  New  York  to  strengthen  the  Faculty  of 
the  Homoeopathic  College  there. 


Present  residence  of  the  following  Physicians  wanted  at 
this  office :  Drs.  C.  G.  Barnes,  A.  A.  Bailey,  and  J.  C.  Corey. 


HOMCKOPATHIO   LlFE   INSURANCE   COMPANY   IN    KEW   YORK 

City. — Subscription  books  were  opened  Jan,  27.     The  Lieu- 
tenant Governor  leading  off  with  a  subscription  of  #5,000. 


Mortality  of  Cincinnati,   Ohio,  1867. — Total,   3635;  of 
these  the  deaths  from  lung  diseases  were  836. 


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Ingham,  Shiawassee,  Clinton  and  Eaton  Counties 
Homoeopathic  Medical  Society. — This  was  organized  at 
Lansing,  Michigan,  on  Jan.  18,  1868.  Officers  elected  for  the 
ensuing  year :— Joseph  Hooper,  M.  D.,  of  Corunna,  President ; 
B.  F.  Bailey,  M.  D.,  of  Lansing,  Vice-President ;  J.  J.  Tyler, 
M.  D.,  of  Mason,  Secretary  ;  A.  A.  Bancroft,  M.  D.,  of  Dewitt, 
Treasurer. 

Drs.  B.  F.  Bailey,  A.  A.  Bancroft  and  R.  W.  Nelson,  were 
appointed  a  Committee  on  Constitution  and  By-Laws.  Dr. 
R.  W.  Nelson  was  appointed  to  deliver  the  next  annual  address. 
Drs.  Bailey  and  Nelson  reported  some  interesting  cases  of  disease. 

Adjourned  to  meet  at  Lansing,  Jan.  10,  1869.  The  homoeo- 
pathic physicians  of  the  above  counties  are  respectfully  requested 
to  unite  with  the  above  organization.        J.  J.  Tyler,  Sec'y. 


The  Homoeopathic  Hospital  and  Dispensary  of  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.,  is  in  a  flourishing  condition  and  rapidly  growing 
in  public  favor.  The  in  patients  of  this  institution  average 
about  twenty-five,  while  the  prescriptions  issued  from  the  Dis- 
pensary department  to  out  patients  number  about  two  thousand. 


Free  Homoeopathic  Dispensary  at  Dayton,  Ohio. — 
This  Institute  was  organized  Jan.  25,  1868.  The  physicians 
(all  graduates)  will  attend  each  day  in  rotation  for  one  hour. 


The  Woman's  College  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  closed  its 
winter  session  with  a  pleasing  entertainment.  Several  excellent 
speeches  were  delivered,  and  thanks  tendered  for  the  143  lectures 
delivered  gratuitously  by  the  faculty. 


Summer  Sessions  in  Our  Homceopathic  Colleges. — Med- 
ical students  are  enquiring  which  College  will  hold  a  Summer 
Session  during  the  year.  Will  the  Deans  of  the  Colleges 
please  reply  through  the  Observer. 


Homoeopathic  Medical  Society  of  the  State  of  Pennsvlva- 
hia  meets  at  Harrisburgh  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  May,  (12th) 
at  10  a.  m.  Bushrod  W.  James,  M.  D.,  Rec.  Sec'y. 

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156  COLLEGES  AND  SOCIETIES. 

Homoeopathic  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

We  have  just  received  the  following  communication  : 

"  Philadelphia,  Feb.  4,  1868.— Dr.  E.  A.  Lodge,  Detroit, 
Mich.  Dear  Sir: — There  is  evidently  a  strong  desire  on  the 
part  of  most  of  our  colleagues  that  there  should  be  formed  an 
association  of  the  homoeopathic  pharmaceutists  in  this  country, 
— a  kind  of  Apothecaries'  Hall.  I  have  conversed  since  last  Fall 
on  this  topic,  with  most  of  our  pharmaceutists,  and  have  hoped 
and  waited  for  some  one  to  take  the  initiatory  step ;  as  this, 
however,  has  not  been  taken,  so  far,  I  thought  I  would  give 
form  to  this  matter  and  issue  a  call : 

"  To  meet  in  St.  Louis,  four  days  before  the  meeting  of  the 
American  Institute,  to  form  a  preparatory  meeting,  exchange 
views  and  devise  plans,  and  if  possible  form  an  association  or 
institute  of  this  kind. 

"  To  come  with  some  kind  of  understanding  together,  and  to 
be  prepared  to  act  in  a  certain  measure,  I  would  propose : 

"  That  you  give  this  matter  your  early  attention,  and  reply 
whether  it  meets  your  approbation  or  not,  and  to  give  any  sug- 
gestion you  wish  to  make,  in  writing,  during  the  next  sixty  days. 
All  the  replies  I  shall  have  copied  and  sent  to  each  one  on  the 
first  of  May,  and  from  the  nature  of  such  replies  every  one  can 
see  how  far  a  proposition  of  this  kind  will  be  favored  by  our 
craft. 

"  As  the  most  pressing  objects  for  the  action  of  such  an 
institute,  I  would  suggest  a  unity  of  signature,  of  preparation, 
and  of  weights  and  measures,  and  I  am  certain  that  the  whole 
homoeopathic  profession  will  heartily  endorse  our  proceedings. 

"  A  letter  of  like  contents  I  have  sent  to  the  following : 
Otis  Clapp,  Boston  ;  John  T.  Smith  &  Sons,  Wm.  Radde,  C. 
T.  Hurlburt,  New  York;  A.  J.  Tafel,  Philadelphia;  J.  G. 
Backofen  &  Son,  Pittsburg  ;  Dr.  E.  A.  Lodge,  Detroit ;  C.  S. 
Halsey,  Gk  Von  Schlieben,  Chicago  ;  H.  C.  G.  Luyties,  St. 
Louis  ;  Smith  &  Worthington,  Cincinnati ;  Beckwith  &  Co., 
Cleveland.  Please  let  me  have  an  early  reply,  and  believe  me 
to  be,  Yours  cordially,  F,  E.  Bcebioke." 

We  heartily  approve  of  the  proposed  organization,  but  object 
to  the  time  named.  The  meetings  of  the  Western  Institute, 
Michigan  Institute,  and  some  other  societies  take  place  imme- 
diately preceding  that  of  the  American  Institute.  If  the  phar- 
maceutists meet  after  the  adjournment  of  the  American  Insti- 
tute a  much  larger  attendance  would  be  secured. 

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NBC&OLOGIOAIi. 

Federal  Van  Der  Burgh,  M.  D.,  died  January  23d,  1868, 
at  "  Linwood  Hills,"  in  the  Town  of  Rhinebeck,  Dutchess  Co., 
N.  Y.,  aged  79  years,  8  months,  and  22  days. 

Federal  Van  Der  Burgh,  the  seventeenth  of  a  family  of 
nineteen  children,  (his  father  having  been  married  twice,)  was 
born  in  the  Town  of  Beekman,  County  of  Dutchess,  and  State 
of  New  York,  on  the  11th  day  of  May,  1788.  As  the  orthog- 
raphy of  the  name  would  imply,  he  came  of  Low  Dutch  stock, 
by  people  of  which  nationality,  indeed,  a  large  portion  of  this 
County  was  originally  settled.  His  early  education  was  received 
in  the  common  schools  of  that  day,  in  which  were  taught  only 
the  simplest  elementary  branches.  By  dint  of  self-tuition, 
aided  by  strict  application,  he  acquired  a  sufficient  knowledge 
of  the  Latin  language  to  enable  him  in  after  years  to  prosecute 
his  medical  studies  with  facility.  At  the  age  of  17  he  entered 
himself  as  a  student  of  medicine  with  Dr.  Wright,  a  celebrated  « 
physician  of  New  Milford,  Connecticut.  Having  remained 
here  for  a  short  time,  he  removed  to  the  City  of  New  York,  the 
better  to  enjoy  the  advantages  afforded  by  hospitals,  the  lectures 
of  professors  in  medical  colleges,  &c.  In  the  City  he  entered 
the  office  of  the  late  Stephen  (?)  Smith,  M.  D.,  a  leading  phy- 
sician of  that  day.  Going  through  the  usual  curriculum  of 
studies,  he  graduated  before  he  was  21,  His  manly  appear- 
ance, (his  height  over  six  feet,  with  the  fact  that  he  was  well 
proportioned,)  never  suggested  a  doubt  to  the  professors  as  to 
his  age.  During  his  pupilage  he  was  subject  to  attacks  of  pul- 
monary haemorrhage  that  threatened  his  life.  They  were 
believed  to  be  dependent  upon  cardiac  obstruction  by  some,  and 
by  others  to  be  purely  of  a  tubercular  origin.  Be  the  case  as 
it  might,  he  never  suffered  it  to  cast  down  his  spirits  for  a  single 
moment.  That  indomitable  will  which  characterized  the  man 
buoyed  him  up.  Marrying  an  estimable  lady,  Miss  Boardman 
of  New  Milford,  Ct.,  he  soon  removed  to  Geneva,  in  this  State, 
then  constituting  a  part  of  the  ik  Great  West."  This  was  in 
1812  or  1813.  The  climate  of  that  place  was  believed  to  be 
conducive  to  health  in  those  having  a  proclivity  to  pulmonary 
disease, — much  as  we  now  send  patients  to  Minnesota  and  the 
Lake  Superior  regions,  for  their  recovery.  Whatever  the  influ- 
ences that  operated,  the  Doctor  became  robust,  and  until  he 
was  72  or  75  was  a  model  of  muscular  and  osseous  develop- 
ment, maintaining  an  upright  posture  that  struck  all  as 
"  remarkable  for  one  of  his  age."  Having  remained  there  for  a 
period  oi  something  like  twenty  years,  he  returned  to  New  York 

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158  NECROLOGICAL. 

City  about  the  year  1830.  Here  and  at  this  time  for  the  first 
he  saw  Gram,  that  expounder  of  the  new  faith  that  he  brought 
fresh  from  the  Hahnemannian  fount.  Ever  ready  to  investigate, 
he  is  soon  found  subjecting  the  claims  of  the  new  system  to  the 
test  of  experiment.  As  early  as  1834  we  find,  him  with  his 
name  at  the  head  of  the  list,  associated  with  Drs.  Gray  and 
Hull,  as  editors,  and  eight  laymen,  engaged  in  the  publication 
of  "The  American  Journal  of  Homoeopafchia."  Of  this,  how- 
ever, only  four  numbers  seem  to  have  been  published.  Dr. 
Hull  says  that  it  was  too  early, — too  much  in  advance  of  pub- 
lic opinion. 

Dr.  Van  Der  Burgh  remained  in  the  City,  where  he  estab- 
lished a  lucrative  business,  his  patrons  embracing  the  wealth 
and  intelligence  of  the  City.  Not  only  was  his  business  among 
residents  of  the  City  ;  they  rushed  in  Summer  to  their  coun- 
try villas  to  enjoy  the  cool  and  quiet  of  rural  life,  and  here,  by 
telegram  he  was  often  summoned  to  attend  upon  the  sick. 
Thus  the  fame  of  homoeopathy  spread.  In  1840  he  purchased 
Linwood  Hills,  the  name  given  to  the  residence  that  he  made 
his  home  up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  His  introduction  of 
homoeopathy  into  this  county,  and  the  facts  connected  therewith, 
have  become  history.  He  contributed  some  valuable  papers  to 
the  literature  of  homoeopathy.  His  letter  to  Judge  Co  wen,  in 
defeqce  of  Dr.  Henry  D.  Paine,  then  of  Newburgh,  N.  Y.,  sets 
forth  the  claims  of  the  new  system  upon  the  enlightened  judg- 
ment of  the  age  in  a  masterly  manner. 

Dr.  Van  Der  Burgh's  mind  was  peculiar ;  his  conclusion^ 
were  so  often  the  result  of  intuition.  This  ran  through  a  large 
portion  of  the  writings  of  his  later  years.  He  practiced  medi- 
cine from  a  love  of  his  profession.  He  became  absorbed  in  his 
cases.  In  speaking  of  patients  he  rarely  called  them  by  name. 
He  usually  designated  them  as  "the  cardiac  case  with  valvular 
disease,"  or  "  the  man  with  diabetes,"  &c.     He  was  kind  to  the 

Eoor,  as  thousands  could  testify.  His  advice  was  sought  at  his 
ome,  on  the  highway,  in  the  railroad  station,  on  the  rail-car, 
on  the  steamer,  at  his  dinner,  at  the  hotel  in  the  city,  in  bed 
and  out  of  bed.  He  never  turned  a  deaf  ear  to  "a  case. " 
The  first  few  words  of  the  description,  or  the  looks  of  the 
patient  at  once  aroused  the  spirit  of  scientific  inquiry  within 
him.  He  was  proverbial  for  punctuality  in  his  appointments, 
and  woe-betide  the  man  who  kept  him  waiting  in  the  consulta- 
tion room.     A  homily  was  the  certain  penalty. 

Dr.  Van  Der  Burgh  was  first  President  of  our  County  Society 
and  remained  so  np  to  the  time  ot  his  death. 


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About  a  year  ago  it  was  first  discovered  that  his  vital  powers 
were  beginning  to  fail.  Exposure  to  the  inclemencies  of  the 
weather  laid  him  aside.  His  attack  consisted  of  an  utter  pros- 
tration of  all  muscular  power.  Yet  it  was  not  paralytic. 
Still  he  was  as  helpless  as  an  infant.  With  this  he  had  parox- 
ysms of  dyspnoea,  with  a  sensation  of  impending  suffocation. 
The  dyspnoea,  however,  was  gradually  removed  during  the 
Spring,  so  that  during  the  Summer  all  that  was  noticable  was 
debility  and  a  wasting  away  of  the  fatty  a?id  muscular  tissues, 
until  he  became  only  bone  and  tendon,  with  only  slight  traces 
of  the  muscles  remaining.  The  vital  forces  continued  slowly 
to  give  away.  "No  disease  of  a  specific  organ  could  be  made 
out,  beyond  cardiac  hypertrophy,  which  had  been  his  life-long 
companion.  No  effusion  ensued.  He  died  without  a  struggle ; 
his  attendant  telling  me  that  he  died  as  one  going  to  sleep* 
So  peaceful  was  his  end. 

He  several  times  cheered  the  hearts  of  his  wife  and  others  of 
his  friends  by  expressing  his  faith  in  the  Redeemer,  thus  leav- 
ing on  record  faith  in  Christ  as  the  stay  and  support  of  his 
weary  spirit.  J.  F.  Merritt,  M.  D. 


E.  Potter,  M.  D.,  died  suddenly,  in  his  office,  at  Springfield, 
Ills.,  on  Sunday,  Jan.  12,  1868.  Verdict  of  coroner's  inquest. 
"  Death  from  apoplexy  of  the  heart."  He  wrote  to  a  friend 
that  for  some  six  months  he  had  been  under  the  impression 
that  about  the  close  of  1867  or  the  beginning  of  1868,  he 
should  pass  from  this  natural  state  to  his  home  in  heaven.  He 
had  worked  hard  in  his  profession  for  26  years ;  15  years  of 
which  he  termed  "  the  murderous  allopathic  system"  We  learn 
also  from  a  friend  at  Laporte,  Ind.,  Dr.  P.'s  former  field  of 
labor,  that  he  wrote  him  "  he  should  soon  pass  over  to  the 
other  side"  Dr.  P.  was  connected  with  the  Methodist  Church 
at  Springfield,  but  had  strong  Sweden  borgian  proclivities. 


Schmidt. — We  regret  to  hear  of  the  demise  of  John  G. 
Schmidt,  M.  D.,  at  Stockholm,  Sweden,  on  the  27th  Novem- 
ber last,  of  phthisis  pulmonalis.  The  Doctor  practiced  in 
Detroit,  and  also  in  Monroe,  Michigan,  for  a  short  time,  in 
1866,  and  returned  to  Sweden,  where,  notwithstanding  much 
opposition,  he  was  introducing  the  new  practice  with  consid- 
erable success.  A  short  time  tfefore  his  death  he  obtained 
governmental  consent  for  the  practice  of  homoeopathy  in 
Sweden. 


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Adams. —Br.  J.  Adams,  of  Toronto,  Canada,  was  recently  elected  a  member  of  the  Homoeo- 
pathic Medical  Board,  in  place  of  Dr.  J.  J.  Lancaster,  of  London.  A  good  change.  Dr.  A  is  a 
gentleman  of  intelligence  and  refinement  and  will  do  honor  to  the  position. 

Douglas.— The  present  number  of  the  Observer  is  enriched  by  a  valuable  contribution  from 
the  pen  of  Prot  J.  S.  Douglas,  of  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin.  "We  are  pleased  to  be  able  to  stats 
that  other  papers  from  him  will  appear  from  time  to  time. 

Sanders. —The  "  Little  Wanderer's  Advocate,"  published  in  Boston,  Mass.,  thus  spsaks  of 
one  of  the  best  homoeopathic  physicians  of  Boston :  "  For  nearly  three  years  Dr.  Sanders  has 
visited  the  Home  daily,  furnishing  medicine,  giving  advice,  and  faithfully  and  kindly  attending 
to  all  cases  of  sickness  among  the  1700  children  we  have  received  during  that  time.  His  success 
has  been  signal,  both  in  preventing  disease  by  wise  counsel,  and  in  raising  those  who  were 
stricken,  but  the  fact  of  which  we  would  make  special  mention  is,  that  all  has  been  done  gratis* 
Not  a  cent  has  been  charged  for  medicine,  counsel,  or  attendance,  and  yet  we  have  reason  to 
believe  that  the  sacrifice  to  him  has  been  quite  equal  to  f  1,600  a  year.  In  view  of  the  above 
our  Board,  at  its  January  meeting,  passed  the  following  richly-deserved  resolution  of  thanks, 
vis :— Resolved,  That  the  sincere  and  hearty  thanks  of  this  Board,  in  behalf  of  the  Home  for 
Little  Wanderers,  are  dne  and  are  hereby  tendered  Dr.  O.  S.  Sanders  for  his  unremitting,  kind 
and  efficient  medical  services  to  the  children  of  the  Home  during  the  past  year." 


REMOVALS. 


Tipple.— R,  D.  Tipple,  M.  D.,  from  Lock  Haven,  Pa.,  to  Bellefbnte,  Centre  Co.,  Pa. 
Potter.— E.  M.  Potter,  M.  D.,  from  Springfield,  Ilia,  to  Decatur,  Dls. 
Nelson.— B.  W.  Kelson,  M.  D.,  from  Lansing,  Mich.,  to  Walterville,  Mich. 
Fairbanlc.— C.  D.  Fairbank,  M.  D.,  from  Bvanston,  Ills.,  to  Ottawa,  Ills. 
Wheeler.— Dr.  Byron  A.  "Wheeler,  from  Byron,  "Wise.,  to  Montana,  Iowa. 
Whippy.— Dr.  Wm.  A.  Whippy,  from  Millport,  N.  Y.,  to  Winona,  Minn. 
Shepherd.— Dr.  A.  Shepherd,  from  Springdale,  O.,  to  Olendale,  Ohio. 
Johnson.— Dr>  D.  A  Johnson,  from  Chelsea,  Mass.,  to  Boston,  Mass. 
AhlDorn.— Dr.  H.  Ahlborn,  from  Lynn,  Mass,  .o  Boston,  Mass. 
Thompson.— Dr.  C.  H.  Thompson,  from  Muscatine,  Iowa,  to  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa. 
Wheeler.— Dr.  B.  A  Wheeler,  from  Fond  du  Lac,  "Wisconsin,  to  Montana,  Iowa. 


CANADIAN    LICENTIATES. 

At  the  reoent  semi-annual  meeting  of  the  Homoeopathic  Medical  Board  of  Canada  the  follow- 
ing gentlemen  passed  the  examination  satisfactorily  and  received  their  licences :  Hkkby  M. 
BsoniBzcK,  M.  D.,  of  Ingersoll,  [Dr.  B.  will  practice  at  Uxbridge,  Ontario,  Canada,]  and  Edwasd 
T.  Adams,  M.  D.,  of  Gait,  "Waterloo. 


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Deferred  Articles. — Although  we  print  56  pages  this 
month,  a  large  number  of  valuable  articles  are  unavoidably 
laid  over  until  April.  The  present  number  does  not  contain 
the  usual  variety  of  reading,  but  this  will  bid  more  than  com- 
pensated for  in  the  next  issue.  L. 


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Pbof.  THOMAS  NICHOL,  Editor. 


[For  the  American  HomcBopathio  Observer.} 
THE    VALUE    OF    THE    PESSABY. 

BY  K.  M.  HALE,  M.  D. 


'•  The  practice  of  applying  pessaries  or  uterine  supporters  of  any  kind  is  one  which  belongs  to 
the  principles  of  Allopathy,  and  is  rapidly  becoming  obsolete."— Guernsey's  Obstetrics. 

A  dislocation  of  the  uterus  should  be  treated  on  the  same 
general  principles  of  surgery  as  any  other  dislocation  occurring 
in  the  body. 

Two  things  must  be  done.  (1)  The  affected  organ  or  limb 
must  be  replaced  in  its  normal  position  ;  (2)  it  must  be  retained 
in  situ  by  some  mechanical  appliance,  or  by  absolute  rest. 

In  fracture  of  the  tibia  or  dislocation  of  the  knee,  the  surgeon 
brings  about  apposition  ;  but  if  he  stops  here,  he  is  a  very  bad 
surgeon.  He  must  keep  the  parts  in  normal  position.  This 
can  only  be  done  by  rest  The  limb  or  joint  must  be  made 
immovable  for  a  time,  or  until  the  injury  is  repaired.  If  this 
is  not  done,  anchylosis,  false  joint,  or  some  other  deformity 
will  result,  and  the  universal  and  just  verdict  of  the  world  is, 
that  a  surgeon  neglecting  his  duty  in  this  respect  is  censurable 
and  should  be  punished  for  mal-practice. 

The  same  rules  will  apply  to  displacements  of  the  uterus* 
If  dislocated,  or  suffering  in  any  manner  a  change  from  its  nor- 
mal position  or  form,  it  should  be  replaced,  or  changed  to  the 
normal  position. 

In  one  mal-position,  namely,  retroversion,  the  author  above 
quoted  has  recognized*  the  truth  of  the  first  proposition.  He 
advises  the  use  of  the  "  Uterine  Elevator,"  (which,  by  the  way, 
is  a  very  sorry  substitute  for  the  uterine  sound,)  but  he 
destroys  all  the  value  of  the  operation  by  his  subsequent  treat- 
ment "  After  the  reduction  is  effected/'  he  says,  "  the  patient 
should  be  kept  in  a  recumbent  position,  for  a  longer  or  shorter 
time,  from  two  to  twelve  days,  according  to  the  more  or  less 

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recent  nature  of  the*  case,  that  the  womb  may  become  more  or 
less  accustomed  to  the  position,  such  remedies  being  adminis- 
tered in  the  meantime  as  may  be  indicated/' 

Let  us  imagine,  if  we  can,  an  authority  on  surgery  writing 
as  follows  :  "In  fracture  or  dislocation  of  the  femur,  after  the 
reduction  is  effected,  the  parts  should  be  kept  in  apposition  by 
keeping  the  body  and  limbs  of  the  patient  perfectly  quiet,  for  a 
longer  or  shorter  time,"  etc.  Not  a  word  about  bandages, 
splints,  or  any  other  appliance  !  Nothing  but  the  recommen- 
dation of  Aconite,  Arnica,  etc.  !  Would  we  not  pronounce 
such  a/procedure  unscientific? 

But  where  is  the  difference  ?  In  a  case  of  retroversion  of 
recent  occurrence,  after  replacing  the  organ,  it  requires  many 
days  of  rest  in  the  recumbent  position,  on  the  side,  or  face, 
before  it  is  perfectly  safe  to  allow  the  patient  to  resume  her 
usual  avocations,  even  if  the  proper  remedies  have  been  taken. 
In  a  case  of  long  standing,  neither  twelve  or  twice  twelve  days 
of  rest  in  the  recumbent  position,  aided  by  the  most  accurately 
selected  remedy,  would  bring  the  uterus  back  to  its  original 
normal  shape  or  location.  The  cervix,  long  flexed,  or  bent 
upon  itself,  has  become  thickened  and  indurated.  The  depend- 
ing portion  of  the  fundus  has  become  hypertrophied  and  infil- 
trated. The  appendages  which  should  support  the  uterus  m 
situ,  have  become  lengthened,  relaxed  and  weakened.  It  is  an 
utter  and  inexcusable  absurdity  to  suppose  such  an  abnormal 
condition  of  things  can  be  made  normal  by  twelve  days'  rest  in 
the  recumbent  jwsition  and  the  administration  of  medicine. 

If  the  surgeon  who  neglects  to  do  all  that  science  demands 
for  the  restoration  of  his  patients  is  guilty  of  malpractice,  what 
shall  be  said  of  the  physician  or  surgeon  who  neglects  to  treat  a 
case  of  retroversion  or  prolapsus  in  a  proper  and  scientific 
manner  ? 

The  physician  who  returns  a  displaced  uterus,  and  does  not 
use  every  means  at  his  command  to  keep  that  organ  in  normal 
position,  is  certainly  reprehensible  and  guilty  of  malpractice. 

It  is  the  highest  folly  to  declaim  against  pessaries  and  other 
appliances  as  "absurd/'  "barbarous,"  "useless,"  "degrading," 
and   "disgUBting."      If  any  appliance  or  manipulation  was 

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deserving  of  the  last  epithet,  we  are  sure  it  would  be  the  "ute- 
rine elevator/' 

It  is  absurd  to  teach  that  the  uterus,  for  a  long  time  prolapsed 
or  retroverted,  will,  when  placed  in  its  normal  position,  and  the 
patient  kept  in  the  recumbent  posture  for  twelve  days,  remain 
so  without  mechanical  appliance.  It  is  equally  absurd  to  teach 
that  even  homceopathically  chosen  remedies  will  remove  the 
resulting  pathological  conditions. 

We  declare  our  sincere  conviction  that  if  this  senselessjcrusade 
against  mechanical  appliances,  and  topical  applications,  in  dis- 
eases of  the  uterus,  be  continued  by  the  extremists  of  our 
school,  it  will  result  in  its  retardation  and  degradation. 

Dr.  Guernsey  is  the  exponent  of  this  portion  of  our  school, 
and  it  is  much  to  be  regretted  that  his  otherwise  valuable  work 
is  marred  by  such  an  objectional  feature.  This  book  has  much 
in  it  that  is  commendable.  It  is  admirably  written ;  its  descrip- 
tions of  disease  are  excellent ;  the  characteristic  indications  for 
the  use  of  the  old  remedies  are  doubtless  reliable.  Farther  than 
this  we  cannot  praise. 
^-  We  have  had  sufficient  experience  in  the  treatment  of  uterine 
displacements  to  enable  us  to  speak  confidently  in  this  relation. 
We  do  not,  therefore;-  hesitate  to  lay  down  th?  following  rules, 
which  should  guide  every  physician  or  surgeon  in  the  treatment 
of  uterine  dislocations : 

I.  In  any  ..case  of  dislocation  of  the  uterus,  it  should  be 
restored  to  its  normal  position  as  soon  as  the  physician  is  aware 
of  the  displacement  and  can  obtain  the  consent  of  the  patient. 

II.  In  no  case  should  the  physician  neglect  to  keep  the  uterus 
in  normal  position  by  some  mechanical  appliance,  unless  the 
patient  refuses  to  have  such  appliance  used. 

III.  In  case  of  such  refusal,  the  patient  should  be  enjoined 
to  keep  the  recumbent  position  for  a  period  of  time  sufficient  in 
his  opinion  to  restore  (aided  by  the  proper  medicines)  the 
normal  condition  of  the  tissues  involved. 

Rule  1  is  very  generally  considered  proper  by  all  physicians 
and  surgeons  of  respectable,  attainments.  We  will  admit  that  a 
few  cases  of  prolapsus,  if  recent,  may  be  reduced  by  rest  in  the 
recumbent  position  alone.  Many  cases  will  get  well  with  rest 
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of  cases  which  have  existed  a  few  weeks  or  more,  will  not 
recover  without  the  use  of  some  mechanical  support. 

In  cases  of  retrovernonwe  do  not  believe  one  instance  in  fifty 
can  be  reduced  by  the  recumbent  position  alone.  If  such  posi- 
tion is  to  do  good,  it  must  be  on  the  side,  or  on  the  face,  and 
such  a  position  cannot  be  retained  for  sufficient  length  of  time 
to  result  in  permanent  reduction.  We  reject  those  reported  cases 
wherein  it  is  alleged  that  the  administration  of  Sepia  8  °th  effected 
the  reduction  of  a  retroverted  uterus.  Such  reports  have  their 
origin  in  an  ignorance  of  the  processes  which  nature  sometimes 
adopts  to  restore  a  dislocated  organ.  I  have  known  several 
instances  in  which  women  subject  to  retroversion  have  habitua- 
ted themselves  to  effect  its  reduction  by  placing  themselves 
upon  the  hands  and  knees  until  they  feel  the  organ  go  back  to 
its  proper  place. 

In  some  women  a  largely-distended  bladder,  or  a  collection 
of  impacted  fasces  in  the  rectum  will  cause  a  retroversion,  which 
disappears  as  soon  as  the  cause  is  removed.  It  was  probably 
some  such  case  in  which  the  30th  of  Sepia  was  supposed  to 
effect  reduction.  We  should  as  soon  expect  to  effect  reduction,,, 
of  a  dislocated  shoulder  by  the  internal  administration  of  Arnica 
or  Mhu*  *°th\ 

Rule  II  is  recognized  as  important  and  necessary  by  all 
scientific  and  unprejudiced  physicians.  In  the  allopathic  school 
such  practice  is  sanctioned  by  Hodge,  Meigs,  Simpson,  Tyler 
Smith  and  others.  In  the  homoeopathic  school,  Ludlam,  Hel- 
muth,  Small,  Franklin,  Marcy,  and  others,  who  have  written 
on  this  subject,  sanction  the  same  practice,  not  to  the  extent 
advised  by  the  allopathic  authors,  because  of  the  power  which 
our  remedies  have  to  aid  the  curative  process. 

If  a  prolapsed  or  retroverted  uterus  is  replaced  soon  after  the 
accident,  and  a  suitable  pessary  introduced,  the  patient  need 
not  keep  the  recumbent  position  but  a  day,  and  it  is  not  ab$o- 
Ivxely  necessary  to  the  cure  that  such  position  should  be  assumed 
at  all.  The  supporting  ligaments,  and  the  vaginal  walls,  soon 
recover  from  the  sudden  relaxation,  4he  presence  of  the  pessary 
preventing  a  recurrence  of  the  displacement,  and  in  a  few  days 
the  instrument  may  be  removed  or  give  place  to  a  simple  abdom- 


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inal  bandage.  Without  the  pessary  the  woman  would  be  con- 
fined to  the  bed  many  days,  with  a  loss  of  time  and  a  loss  of 
strength,  for,  except  in  convalescence  from  fever,  and  certain 
acute  inflammations,  confinement  to  the  bed,  or  room,  always 
results  in  more  or  less  debility  and  muscular  atony.  Again,  the 
administration  of  the  proper  remedies  can  be  called  in  aid,  and 
act  as  certainly,  when  the  pessary  is  used  as  under  any  other 
circumstances. 

In  the  early  part  of  my  homoeopathic  practice  I  rigidly 
adhered  to  the  teachings  of  Jahr,  Hering,  and  our  repertory- 
makers.  I  rejected  all  mechanical  appliances,  and  placed  a 
sublime  confidence  in  the  power  of  medicine  for  the  restoration 
of  uterine,  displacements  and  ulcerations.  This  faith  I  adhered 
to  until  sad  experience,  bringing  with  it  hosts  of  mortifying 
failures,  taught  me  the  futility  of  trusting  to  dynamic  agencies 
alone  in  such  conditions.  I  would  not  be  understood  as  under- 
valuing the  powers  and  usefulness  of  our  remedies.  On  the 
contrary,  I  claim  for  them  a  value  utterly  unknown  in  allopathic 
therapeutics.  If  the  allopaths  can  cure  a  case  of  prolapsus  or 
retroversion,  with  the  pessary  and  "general  tonics,"  in  four  or 
eight  weeks,  we  can,  with  specific  remedies,  chosen  by  their 
characteristic  indications,  aided  by  the  use  of  an  appropriate 
pessary,  cure  the  same  displacements  in  half  the  time. 

I  will  here  say,  that  for  nearly  every  form  of  displacement, 
the  pessary  I  prefer,  and  have  been  most  successful  with,  is  the 
watch-spring,  covered  with  hard  or  soft  rubber,  and  in  the  form 
of  a  ring.  It  has  many  advantages  over  all  other  pessaries  (a) 
in  being  lighter,  not  weighing  over  150  grs.,  (6)  it  will  not  cor- 
rode by  contact  with  the  vaginal  or  uterine  secretions,  or  fluids 
used  as  injections,  (c)  it  is  elastic,  yielding  to  the  motions  of 
the  body,  as  in  sitting,  walking  etc.,  (d)  it  admits  of  the  use  of 
vaginal  enemas,the  application  of  topical  remedies  to  the  uterus, 
and  offers  no  obstacle  to  the  use  of  the  speculum,  or  even  coitus. 
Balls  and  discs,  whether  of  glass,  wood  or  hard  rubber,  are 
utterly  unworthy  any  attention,  as  are  all  the  numerous  brood 
of  instruments  of  various  shapes  lately  introduced  to  the  pro- 
fession. In  this  as  in  all  departments  of  surgery  the  simplest 
instrument  is  the  best. 

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Occasionally  a  case  of  retroversion  like  the  one  detailed  below 
will  occur, where  the  double-lever  or  curved  pessary  will  be  found 
most  useful ;  and  cases  of  ante- version,  a  very  rare  displacement, 
will  come  under  treatment,  when  the  soft  rubber  inflated  disc 
will  have  to  be  resorted  to.  With  these  exceptions,  the  watch- 
spring  pessary  is  the  instrument  par  excellence.  Experience 
has  taught  me  that  they  are  generally  used  too  large.  It  is 
seldom  that  one  of  the  diameter  of  three  or  three  and  one-half 
inches  is  required,  while  the  sizes  most  generally  useful  are  two 
and  two  and  one-half  inches.  Care  must  be  taken  to  select 
those  which  will  not  soften  and  become  sticky  from  the  applica- 
tion of  heat  Such  are  unfit  for  use  ;  no  ordinary  heat  should 
detract  from  the  hardness  and  smoothness  of  the  surface.  If 
made  of  the  proper  material,  the  heat  of  a  warm  hand,  or  warm 
water,  will  enable  them  to  be  bent  into  any  shape  without 
cracking.  I  have  found  those  of  a  light  brown,  and  those  of  a 
"  drah  "  color,  the  most  reliable.  Glycerine  soap  is  the  best 
article  with  which  to  lubricate  them  previous  to  their  introduc- 
tion. 

It  is  not  in  displacements  alone  that  this  form  of  pessary  is 
servicable.  In  that  condition  known  as  flexion  of  the  uterus  ; 
in  diseases  of  the  os  and  cervix,  such  as  inflammation,  ulcera- 
tion, etc.  In  these  last-mentioned  conditions  the  morbid  con- 
dition is  often  kept  up  by  mechanical  irritation  of  the  diseased 
portion,  by  the  floor 'of  the  vagina  upon  which  it  rests.  In  this 
position  it  is  irritated  by  every  movement  of  the  body.  The 
pessary  lifts  the  uterus  up,  it  is  no  longer  irritated,  and  a  cure 
rapidly  results,  although  it  had  previously  resisted  the  best 
aimed  attempts  of  the  physician,  in  the  way  of  internal  and 
topical  remedies. 

Rule  III  cannot  be  objected  to.  But  the  physician  should 
plainly  and  candidly  state  to  the  patient  his  convictions  of  the 
necessity  for  the  use  of  mechanical  supports.  He  should  try 
and  explain  the  anatomical  relations  of  the  parts, — the  ends  to 
be  attained  by  the  use  of  the  instrument,  the  advantages  to  be 
gained  by  its  use,  and  the  impossibility  of  doing  any  injury,  if 
properly  applied.  If,  after  such  explanation,  the  woman 
decline  to  permit  its  use,  the  physician  has  nothing  to  do  but 
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the  long  continuance  in  bed,  or  confinement  to  the  recumbent 
posture,  the  persistent  use  of  internal  medicines,  and  even  if 
this  is  done,  the  probable  failure  to  cause  a  complete  recovery. 

In  cases  of  recent  prolapsus,  or  retroversion,  a  complete 
recovery  may  follow,  if  the  patient's  muscular  system  is  in  good 
condition.  But  in  cases  of  longer  standing,  a  perfect  recovery, 
without  the  pessary,  is  next  to  impossible.  A  complete  prolapsus 
will  result  in  a  partial,  and  a  retroversion  changed  to  a  retro- 
flezion. 

Those  who  flatter  themselves  that,  because  under  the  use  of 
rest  and  medicine,  the  pain  and  discomfort  of  a  woman  have 
disappeared,  that  she  is  cured  of  a  displacement,  are  wofully 
deceived.  The  nerves  of  sensation  may  become  blunted,  or 
manifest  their  irritation  by  reflex  actions  upon  remote  organs. 
Upon  examination,  the  womb  is  found  abnormal  in  position  or 
shape.  This  is  only  an  apparent  cure,  surely  not  such  a  cure 
as  the  present  advanced  condition  of  medical  art  demands. 

The  treatment  of  a  curved  or  flexed  uterus  should  be  con- 
ducted on  the  same  principle  as  a  curvature  of  the  spine,  namely, 
a  forcible  retention  in  its  normal  condition.  A  curved  spine  is 
kept  straight  by  braces  and  splints,  and  a  flexed  uterus  should 
be  kept  straight  by  a  suitable  pessary.  In  either  case  appro- 
priate medicines  will  be  of  great  aid  in  effecting  a  permanent 
cure.  I  do  not  consider  the  objections  urged  against  the  pessary 
to  be  of  sufficient  importance  to  require  a  formal  answer.  That 
the  great  majority  of  these  appliances  are  worse  than  useless, 
and  generally  injurious,  I  will  frankly  admit.  But  that  the 
watch-spring,  the  soft  rubber  disc,  and  some  varieties  of  the 
double-lever  pessary,  are  injurious  or  useless,  when  used  by 
competent  physicians,  I  utterly  deny.  Because  an  imperfect  or 
ill-adjusted  instrument  causes  irritation,  or  fails  to  be  of  benefit, 
it  does  not  follow  that  an  instrument  made  in  accordance  with 
proper  principles,  and  correctly  adjusted,  should  be  denounced. 

It  is  next  to  impossible  for  any  irritation  to  arise  from  the 
use  of  the  above-mentioned  varieties  of  pessary.  At  the  same 
time  I  can  imagine  that  if  adjusted  by  a  person  ignorant  of  the 
anatomy  of  the  pelvis,  and  equally  ignorant  of  the  nature 
of  the  various  uterine  displacements,  the  best  pessary  might  be 

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so  improperly  placed  as  to  cause  discomfort  and  prevent  a  cure. 
The  same,  however,  may  be  said  of  the  use  of  all  surgical 
instruments,  and  of  all  medicinal  agents. 

We  do  not  propose  a  further  discussion  of  this  matter. 
Theory  is  best  substantiated  by  actual  practice.  Experience 
will  upset  the  most  plausible,  or  it  will  prove  that  true  which 
has  been  denounced  as  unreliable. 

To  illustrate  the  value  of  the  pessary,  I  shall  present  a  few 
cases  which  have  occurred  in  my  practice,  in  which  this  instru- 
ment proved  a  valuable  curative  agent.  In  order  that  there 
can  be  no  doubt  of  the  reliability  of  the  curative  influence,  I 
have  selected  cases  which  had  resisted  the  internal  use  of  appa- 
rently indicated  medicines.  Each  case,  too,  is  but  an  example 
of  several  of  the  same  nature, 

COMPLETE  PROLAPSUS. 

Mrs.  P ,  the  mother  of  five  children,  the  youngest  two 

years  old.  She  did  not  get  up  well  from  her  last  confinement, 
was  imprudent  in  sitting  up  and  going  down  stairs  too  soon. 
Was  troubled  with  leucorrhcea  and  bearing-down  pains  while 
nursing.  Was  treated  by  an  allopathic  specialist  tor  six  months, 
used  an  abdominal  supporter,  took  tonics,  etc.,  with  but  tempo- 
rary benefit.  Under  the  advice  of  one  of  our  best  physicians, 
she  had  taken  Sepia,  Nux  vomica  and  Podophyllum  ;  used 
cool  water  vaginal  enemas,  and  kept  her  bed  for  weeks  ;  but 
without  benefit.  On  examination,  I  found  the  os  uteri  nearly 
protruding  from  the  vulva  ;  no  ulceration,  but  a  swollen,  sensi- 
tive condition  of  the  cervix.  She  had  not  walked  a  block  from 
her  residence  in  several  months ;  was  always  uncomfortable, 
.  except  when  lying  down.  A  watch-spring  pessary  of  3J  inches 
was  adjusted,  after  replacing  the  organ,  and  the  recumbent 
position  ordered  for  one  day.  No  medicine  was  prescribed. 
After  a  day  on  the  bed,  she  got  up,  walked  about  the  house  all 
day,  without  har  usual  feelings  of  pelvic  discomfort.  The  next 
day  she  walked  several  blocks,  to  the  house  of  a  neighbor.  It 
is  now  six  months  ;  the  pessary  was  removed  two  months  ago. 
She  reports  no  prolapsus,  no  pain,  and  is  in  excellent  health. 
In  this  case  the  abdominal  supporter,  without  which  she  imag- 
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ring  was  adjusted.  She  did  not  feel  the  pressure  of  the  instru- 
ment at  any  time,  and  it  was  only  removed  at  my  suggestion. 
I  do  not  believe  any  remedy,  aided  by  months  of  the  recumbent 
position,  could  have  been  of  the  slightest  benefit  to  this  patient. 

RETROVERSION. 

A  lady  aged  forty  came  to  me  from  Iowa,  to  be  treated  for  a 
uterine  difficulty  which  had  troubled  her  for  four  years.  She 
had  been  treated  by  some  of  the  most  noted  allopathic 
and  one  homoeopathic  physician,  all  of  whom  diagnosed  her 
affection  as  one  of  those  obscure  maladies  which  attend  the 
change  of  life.  Only  one  physician  had  made  an  examination, 
and  he  did  not  inform  her  of  the  presence  of  any  important 
morbid  condition  of  the  uterus.  No  local  treatment  had  been 
used,  with  the  exception  of  cool  vaginal  injections  for  the  leu- 
corrhcea. 

Her  symptoms  were  profuse  leucorrhoea,  sometimes  streaked 
with  blood,  constant  pain  in  the  back,  dysuria,  constipation, 
menses  retarded  every  time  a  few  days.  When  they  appeared, 
it  was  with  an  aggravation  of  all  the  above  symptoms. 
But  the  one  symptom  which  most  annoyed  her  was  the  follow- 
ing :  A  bloated  condition  of  the  lower  abdomen,  commencing 
about  ten  days  after  the  menses  ceased  to  flow,  and  continuing 
to  increase  until  the  appearance  of  the  next  menses.  After  a 
few  days  of  the  flow,  the  bloating  would  decrease,  and  disappear 
the  last  days  of  the  menses.  This  bloating  was  not  ascites,  it 
lacked  the  physical  characteristics,  and  the  urine  was  normal  in 
amount.  Percussion  did  not  give  the  tympanitic  sound,but  this 
may  have  been  due  to  the  large  accumulation  of  fat  in  the 
abdominal  parietee.  I  could  not  learn,  however,  that  any 
abnormal  quantity  of  gas  escaped  per  anum. 

For  the  above  symptoms  she  was  given  Cocculus,  Sepia,  Nux 
moschata,  and*  other  apparently  indicated  remedies,  without 
perceptible  effect. 

An  examination  with  speculum  revealed  abrasion  of  the  lower 
lip  of  the  os  uteri,  with  some  congestion  of  the  cervix.  The 
touch  showed  the  os  high  up  under  the  pubic  arch,  while  the 
fundus  was  found  lying  against  the  rectum,  causing  a  consider- 
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The  abrasion  of  the  os  was  healed  by  the  application  of  the 
solid  nitrate  of  silver,  applied  at  intervals  of  four  days.  But 
this  did  not  cause  any  change  in  the  symptoms  except  to  cure 
the  leucorrhoeal  discharge. 

Being  satisfied  that  the  remaining  symptoms  were  caused  by 
the  displacement  of  the  uterus,  I  introduced  a  double-lever 
pessary,  three  and  one- half  inches  in  length  by  one  and  one-half 
in  width.  Quiet,  in  the  recumbent  position,  was  enjoined  for 
twenty-four  hours.  She  then  got  up,  with  a  decided  change 
for  the  better.  The  pain  in  the  back  had  disappeared,  and  the 
constipation  was  much  relieved.  The  usual  bloating  did  not 
occur  during  the  ante-menstrual  period,  nor  at  the  time  of  the 
menses,  which  appeared  in  four  weeks,  with  but  slight  pain. 

She  returned  to  her  home  in  Iowa,  and  four  months  later 
wrote  me  for  advice  as  to  the  removal  of  the  pessary,  saying 
she  was  quite  well  and  thought  she  did  not  need  the  suppprt. 
I  advised  its  removal.  A  few  weeks  since  she  wrote  me  that 
since  its  removal  none  of  the  old  symptoms  re-appeared,  and 
she  considered  herself  as  well  as  at  any  time  in  her  life. 

I  mention  this  case  on  account  of  its  peculiarity.  Of  simple 
cases  of  retroversion  I  could  adduce  a  score  or  two  cured  by  the 
ring  pessary  alone. 

ANTEVEBSION. 

The  patient  was  a  married  woman,  the  mother  of  several 
children,  the  youngest  about  two  years  old.  After  her  last 
confinement,  she  got  about  too  soon,  she  thinks,  and  alleges  she 
was  not  properly  bandaged.  She  has  been  troubled  since  that 
confinement  with  frequent  urging  to  urinate,  especially  when 
standing  or  sitting,  less  when  lying  down.  There  seems  to  be 
a  pressure  on  the  bladder,  except  when  lying  down.  Urine 
normal  in  quantity  and  quality  ;  occasionally  some  strangury. 
Menses  anticipating  a  few  days ;  some  leucoqjjicea  after  the 
menses.  Alternate  constipation  and  diarrhoea ;  a  sensation  of 
pressure  on  the  rectum,  with  ineffectual  desire  for  stool,  is  quite 
frequent. 

Examination  by  the  touch  revealed  a  decided  anteversion  of 
the  uterus,  the  fundus  resting  on  the  bladder,  while  the  o%  tincce 
was  found  high  up  against  the  sacrum. 

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She  had  been  treated  by  several  physicians,  some  of  whom 
had  considered  it  a  case  of  irritable  bladder ;  others  as  internal 
haemorrhoids. 

As  she  disliked  to  have  any  mechanical  appliance  used,  I 
prescribed  Nux  vomica,  Belladonna,  Murex,  and  several  other 
medicines,  but  with  slight  benefit.  An  abdominal  bandage  was 
advised,  which  gave  considerable  relief  to  the  irritation  of  the 
bladder,  but  not  to  the  other  symptoms. 

She  finally  consented  to  the  introduction  of  the  inflated 
rubber  pessary,  made  in  the  shape  of  a  disc,  resembling  nearly 
the  disc  invented  by  Dr.  Dewees.  This  was  introduced  in  such 
a  manner  that  the  cervix  uteri  passed  through  the  orifice  in  the 
instrument,  and  was  thus  brought  forward  nearly  an  inch  or  an 
inch  and  a  half,  drawing  the  fundus  backward,  probably  about 
the  same  distance.  It  gave  relief  to  all  the  symptoms  and 
caused  no  irritation.  Three  months  have  now  elapsed,  no 
return  of  anteversion,  menses  regular,  pessary  removed  a 
month  ago. 

RETROFLEXION  CAUSING    SEVERE   DYSMENORRHCEA. 

Mrs.  H ,  mother  of  one  child,  applied  to  me  to  be  treated 

for  a  dysmenorrhea  which  had  troubled  her  for  several  years. 
The  menses  came  on  every  twenty-five  days,  with  excessive, 
spasmodic,  labor-like  pains  during  the  first  twenty-four  hours, 
during  which  time  the  blood  was  clotted  and  shreddy.  During 
the  intensity  of  the  pain,  she  resorted  to  morphine  or  chloro- 
form to  allay  the  suffering.  The  flow  usually  lasted  seven  or 
eight  days,  but  after  the  first  day  was  not  profuse.  For  these 
symptoms  I  prescribed  Calcarea,  Senecio,  Caulophyllum, 
Sabina,  Gelseminum  and  Cocculus,  from  which  she  got  no  deci- 
ded benefit. 

Believing  some  structural  lesion  was  the  cause  of  the  dys- 
menorrhea, an  examination  was  made.  An  abrasion  of  the 
os,  with  slight  retroflexion,  was  all  that  was  discovered.  A 
few  touches  of  the  solid  nitrate  cured  the  abrasion,  but  the  next 
menstrual  period  was  as  painful  as  ever. 

I  learned  that  she  had  been  treated  by  a  noted  uterine  spe- 
cialist for  stricture  of  the  cervix,  and  that  the  canal  had  been  sub- 
jected to  a  process  of  dilatation  by  bougies  and  other  instru- 


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ments.  During  the  efforts  at  dilatation,  she  says  the  pain 
during  menstruation  was  much  less. 

At  this  point  I  allowed  her  to  pass  through  two  periods  with- 
out medicine  of  any  kind,  but  the  pain  was  so  intense  the  last 
time  that  she  again  resorted  to  chloroform. 

More  as  an  experiment  than  with  the  idea  of  curing  my 
patient,  I  introduced  a  2J  inch  elastic  ring  pessary,  a  week 
before  the  expected  menses.  The  period  delayed  until  the 
28th  day,  and  came  on  without  the  slightest  pain  during  the  six 
days  of  the  flow  !  Two  painless  periods  have  since  occurred ; 
the  pessary  remains,  causing  not  the  slightest  irritation.  It 
cured,  evidently,  by  removing  the  stricture  resulting  from  the 
flexed  condition  of  the  cervix. 


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DISPLACEMENTS    OF    THE     WOMB. 

BY  C  A.  WILLIAMS,  M.  DM  NORTH    ADAMS,  MICH. 

It  is  a  lamentable  fact  that  in  this,  the  nineteenth  century, 
a  time  wherein  civilization  has  reached  the  highest  acme  of 
perfection  ever  attained  by  any  age  or  people,  that  through  a 
false  idea  of  beauty  and  mistaken  sense  of  propriety,  and  from 
tight  lacing  and  abortion,  one-half  of  all  the  women  who  have 
reached  the  age  of  thirty  years,  are  suffering  in  a  greater  or  less 
degree  from  this  bane  of  the  female  sex. 

It  is  not  my  object  in  this  article  to  give  a  long  dissertation 
on  the  various  causes,  conditions  or  results  of  displacements  of 
the  womb  ;  for  that  I  would  refer  the  reader  to  the  admirable 
works  of  Guernsey,  Hale,  Meigs  and  others,  but  confine  myself 
to  the  report  of  a  few  cases  from  practice,  wherein  some  of  the 
severer  forms  of  this  malady  were  met  and  a  happy  result 
attained. 

Case  lsU — Mrs.   T ,  »t.  35  ;  lymphatic   temperament ; 

small  in  stature  ;  eight  years  a  widow.  From  undue  labor  and 
exposure  was  attacked  with  bearing-down  pains  and  sense  of 
weight  and  heaviness  in  hypogastric  region,  accompanied  with 
gome  febrile  symptoms.     This  condition  gradually  increased, 

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despite  the  various  remedial  measures  taken  for  its  relief,  and 
August  12th  I  found  the  following  conditions :  Body  much 
emaciated,  skin  pale  and  cadaverous,  mind  anxious  and  at  times 
irritable ;  debility,  unable  to  sit  up  more  than  an  hour  at  a 
time ;  gastric  irritation,  burning  and  fullness  of  stomach ; 
bowels  costive,  at  times  diarrhoea ;  headache  in  morning  and 
after  each  meal ;  urine  variable  in  hue,  sometimes  very  light, 
at  others  dark,  and  depositing  a  flocculent  and  brick-dust  sedi- 
ment ;  occasionally  some  pain  during  micturition ;  dragging 
Sensation  in  uterine  region  ;  heat  and  pain  in  small  of  back  ; 
numbness  of  lower  extremities  ;  feet  cold  and  feel  like  sticks  ; 
aggravating  cough,  with  catarrhal  expectoration  ;  menses  every 
three  weeks ;  scanty  and  painful,  followed  by  a  severe,  exhaust- 
ing leucorrhoea. 

The  exploratory  taxis  revealed  the  womb  somewhat  enlarged 
and  lying  directly  across,  from  the  point  of  sacrum  to  the  meatus 
urinarius,  the  fundus  resting  against  the  rectum,  the  os  tincae 
hard  and  pressing  on  the  neck  of  bladder.  By  pressure  on  the 
fundus  succeeded  in  throwing  it  up  or  nearly  up  into  its  natural 
position,  but  the  extreme  relaxation  and  debility  of  vaginal 
walls  allowed  it  to  fall  back  immediately,  on  rising,  to  its  former 
position.  I  then  suggested  the  use  of  a  pessary,  and  after  over- 
coming some  misgivings  on  the  part  of  patient,  succeeded  in 
adjusting  one  with  gratifying  results,  the  patient  exclaiming 
that  the  load  was  gone  which  for  months  had  been  dragging  her 
down  to  her  bed. 

As  the  lady  lived  some  distance,  making  it  impossible  to  see 
her  often,  I  improvised  a  new  mode  of  introducing  the  pessary, 
and  one  which  in  most  cases  has  met  with  remarkable  success, 
whereby  the  patient,  with  but  little  assistance  from  the  nurse, 
can  introduce  and  remove  the  pessary  at  pleasure.  Let  me  add 
here  that  the  form  of  pessary  which  has  given  the  most  satis- 
faction in  my  experience  is  the  common  ring  or  watch-spring 
pessary.  Its  superiority  resting  in  the  fact  that  it  dilates  the 
vaginal  walls,  thereby  supporting  the  womb  without  coming 
directly  in  contact  with  the  os  uteri,  thus  giving  no  chance  for 
irritation,  inflammation  or  ulceration  of  that  organ  to  follow, 
I  caused  my  patient  to  lie  on  her  face,  her  hips  raked,  by  resting 

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on  her  knees  sufficiently  to  bring  the  body  at  an  angle  of  thirty 
or  forty  degrees,  so  to  remain  until  the  vaginal  walls  were  dilated 
and  unobstructed,  then  the  pessary  was  to  be  introduced  verti- 
cally, and  when  well  in,  turned  and  pressed  up  as  far  as  possible. 
Should  the  retroversion  be  so  great  that  the  fundus  does  not 
readily  assume  its  proper  place,  an  enema  of  tepid  or  warm 
water  should  be  given,  and  as  the  walls  of  the  rectum  dilate, 
the  pressure  will  in  most  instances  throw  the  womb  forward, 
and  it  is  only  in  extreme  cases,  with  considerable  enlargement, 
that  it  is  necessary  to  introduce  the  finger  into  the  rectum  and 
press  the  fundus  up.  By  the  means  above  stated,  any  female 
may  introduce  and  remove  the  pessary  at  will,  giving  them  an 
opportunity  to  preserve  proper  cleanliness,  and  in  cases  of  soft- 
ening or  other  destruction  of  pessary,  remove  and  replace  before 
any  irritation  or  other  bad  results  occur;  to  guard  against 
which  and  to  preserve  a  proper  degree  of  cleanliness,  a  pessary 
should  be  removed  and  the  vagina  cleansed  with  tepid  water  as 
often  as  every  four  or  five  days. 

Then,  again,  when  this  malady  occurs  in  young  unmarried 
women,  to  whom  the  horrors  of  an  examination  are  indescribable, 
the  manner  of  replacing  the  womb  is  an  admirable  one,  and  I 
may  truly  say  has  saved  me  many  times  from  much  embarrass- 
ment and  trouble. 

The  pessary  in  the  above  case  was  worn  about  three  months, 
accompanied  by  the  following  treatment :  Aconite  and  Nux  vom. 
alternate  every  four  hours  during  day.  Injections  of  the  follow- 
ing, per  vaginum,  just  before  retiring  : 

ft  Tinct.  Sanguinaria  and  Arnica,  each,  3ss. 
Chlorate  potash,  grs.  v. 
Aqua  pura,  ?viii. 
Misce. 

Immediately  on  rising  in  morning,  cool  water  was  applied  to 
abdomen  and  spinal  column,  with  sponge,  followed  by  brisk 
rubbing  with  coarse  towel  until  the  parts  were  red. 

Sept.  1st.  Saw  patient  again,  with  the  following  improve- 
ment :  leucorrhoeal  discharge  lessened,  bowels  regular,  urine 
natural ;  bearing  down  and  pressure  in  uterine  region  much 
better ;  appetite  good,  with  no  flatulence  or  other  difficulty  of 

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stomach.  She  sits  up  most  of  the  time,  and  walks  some  dis- 
tance. The  cough  has  nearly  ceased,  and  she  is  hopeful  of  a 
complete  recovery. 

Gave  Pulsatilla  at  night,  on  retiring.  Nux  vomica  three 
times  per  diem.     Other  treatment  as  before. 

Oct.  12th.  Beceived  a  visit  from  my  patient.  She  is  looking 
finely  and  thinks  herself  almost  well.  Can  walk  halt  a  mile 
with  ease.  Cough  and  leucorrhoea  entirely  gone ;  menstrual 
flow  regular  ;  no  dragging  sensation  in  uterine  region.  Caulo- 
phyllin  2,  a  small  powder  every  night.  Pulsatilla  every  morning 
was  given.     Injection  one-half  the  previous  strength. 

November  8th.  Patient  writes  as  follows  :  "  I  am  well.  Re- 
moved pessary  a  few  days  ago,  and  have  experienced  no  unpleas- 
ant sensation.  Have  had  no  medicine  in  ten  days,  and  think  I 
don't  need  any.     With  many  thanks,  I  am,  &c." 

Saw  patient  two  years  after,  enjoying  good  health,  with  no 
return  of  her  trouble. 

Case  &d. — Mrs.  B ,   mother  of   five  children ;    aet.   33. 

Aborted  at  sixth  month,  with  excessive  haemorrhage ;  was  very 
much  reduced,  but  improved  rapidly,  and  three  weeks  thereafter 
rode  out.  The  fourth  week  rode  a  long  distance,  and  was  taken 
with  severe  flooding,  which  lasted  some  time,  followed  by  severe 
bearing-down  and  pressure  in  uterine  region.  Unable  to  sit  up. 
Lower  extremities  numb,  and  any  effort  to  walk  brought  the  os 
uteri  into  the  world,  with  severe  pain  and  faintness.  After 
cessation  of  flow,  discharged  a  yellow  purulent  mucus,  which 
excoriated  the  parts,  causing  excessive  itching  and  burning. 
External  labia  inflamed  and  swollen. 

On  examination,  found  the  cervix  very  much  enlarged  and 
pressing  directly  on  the  perineum  ;  os  uteri  dilated,  measuring 
about  one  inch  in  diameter ;  the  inner  margin  or  surface  of  lips 
was  covered  with  little  lumps,  ranging  in  size  from  a  mustard 
seed  to  a  small  pea  ;  these  were  bright  red  in  color,  and  very 
sensitive  to  touch,  presenting  that  rare  disease  known  as  patu- 
lous os  uteri. 

From  the  openings  between  these  little  bodies  exuded  a  tena- 
cious substance,  resembling  the  white  of  an  egg  ;  the  walls  of 
the  vagina  were  inflamed  and  showed  here  and  there  a  bright 


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red  spot,  indicative  of  follicular  inflammation.  Bowels  consti- 
pated, skin  and  eyes  jaundiced  in  appearance  ;  urine  dark  and 
scanty,  and  voided  at  times  with  much  effort.  Alternate  rigors 
and  flashes  of  heat ;  heavy  white  coating  on  tongue. 

Treatment :  Aconite  and  Bryonia,  in  alternation,  every  two 
hours  ;  Platina  8,  a  small  powder  at  night ;  vaginal  injection 
of  tincture  of  Sanguinaria  and  Arnica,  each  one  dram  ;  rain 
water  one  half  pint,  morning  and  evening  ;  complete  rest  and 
supine  position  ;  saline  bath  every  alternate  morning. 

This  treatment  was  continued  about  ten  days,  with  marked 
improvement.  She  can  sit  up  in  bed  without  difficulty.  Tor- 
pid condition  of  the  bowels  and  liver  removed.  Skin  looks 
natural.  The  excoriating  discharge  has  ceased  ;  cervix  about 
one-half  the  previous  size;  currant-like  excrescences  mostly 
removed,  only  a  few  of  the  largest  remaining;  these  much 
lessened  in  size.  Repeated  » Platina  8,  as  before.  Nux  vom. 
every  morning,  and  as  there  were  some  wandering  pains  of  a 
neuralgic  character,  Cauhphyllum  L,  8,  at  12  M.,  wets  added. 
Uterine  wash  as  before,  using  the  Sanguinaria  alone. 

Continued  about  two  weeks.  Patient  passed  through  men- 
strual period  with  some  aggravation  of  symptoms,  but  as  the 
appearance  and  duration  of  same  was  quite  natural,  improve- 
ment commenced  readily  after  cessation,  and  my  patient  tells 
me  that  she  can  walk  about  the  house  with  ease.  The  os  and 
cervix  are  of  the  natural  size  ;  patulous  condition  entirely 
removed.  The  displacement  is  bad  yet,  but  no  complete  proci- 
dentia. In  order  to  give  the  ligaments  which  support  the 
womb  chance  to  assume  their  natural  condition,  I  introduced  a 
pessary,  which  she  wore  about  four  weeks,  using  the  vaginal 
injection  every  third  day ;  Nux  vom.  morning  and  night. 

After  the  above  time,  there  being  no  trouble,  treatment  was 
discontinued,  One  year  after,  patient  has  had  no  return  of 
displacement  and  enjoys  good  health. 

I  beg  leave  to  add  a  few  remarks  here  on  the  use  of 
Sanguinaria  can.  as  a  vaginal  injection.  In  catarrhal  or  leucor- 
rhoeal  discharges,  either  purulent  or  excoriating,  in  ulceration 
of  os  uteri  or  vagina,  in  follicular  inflammation  or  vaginal 
inflammation  it  has  no  equal ;  and  particularly  in  those  leucor- 

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rhoea8  which  arise  from  excessive  coitus,  vicarious  menstrua* 
tion,  etc.,  etc.;  an  external  application  in  pruritis  or  papular 
eruption  of  the  vulva,  it  works  admirably.  I  was  led  to  its  use 
from  the  well-known  effects  in  the  cure  of  catarrhal  difficulties, 
apthse  and  other  ulcerations  of  mouth  and  fauces,  in  domestic 
practice.  As  a  topical  remedy  in  the  above  diseases  I  consider 
it  almost  capable  of  superseding  cauterization.  When  there  is 
swelling  and  inflammatory  engorgement  of  the  parts,  I  usually 
combine  it  with  Arnica,  and  if  the  discharges  are  purulent, 
emitting  an  offensive  effluvia,  a  little  chloride  of  potassa  may 
be  added.  The  provings  of  this  drug  are  very  meagre,  the  best 
we  have  may  be  found  in  Hale's  New  Eemedies.  However,  I 
have  no  doubt  but  it  has  a  direct  action  on  the  mucous  mem- 
brane of  the  vagina  and  mouth  of  uterus,  and  if  carried  far 
enough  would  be  capable  of  producing  the  derangements  above 
mentioned,  to  which  I  think  it  acts  homceopathically. 


f  For  the  American  Homeaopattrio  Observer.] 
THE    IMPROVED    TJTERO-ABDOMINAI,    SUPPORTER. 

The  cut  imperfectly  represents  the 
recent  great  improvements  of  Hockert's 
original  Uterine  Supporter.  That  ori- 
ginal was  undoubtedly  the  best  instru- 
ment, up  to  that  time,  invented  for  the 
purpose  intended,  viz:  the  immediate 
complete  relief  and  ultimate  cure  of 
that  troublesome  and  disabling  diffi- 
culty, prolapsus  uteri. 
The  following  improvements  remove  all  the  objections  to 
the  original  instrument :  1st,  The  front  pad,  instead  of  being 
immovably  fixed  by  the  attachment  of  the  steel  wire  that 
passes  round  the  body  as  represented  in  the  cut,  is  now  attached 
by  a  movable  point,  which  admits  of  free  movement  to  accom- 
modate itself  to  every  motion  and  posture  of  the  body.  2d, 
The  back  pads,  which  were  before  fixed,  have  now  the  same 
accommodating  movement.  3d,  The  back  pads,  instead  of 
being  connected  by  a  bar,  admitting  no  change  of  size,  are 
now  connected  by  a  leather  strap,  which  buttons  upon  the  pads, 
and  by  which  the  same  instrument  can  be  lengthened  or  short- 
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ened  by  several  inches.  These  changes  render  the  instrument 
so  nearly  self-adjusting  that  any  woman  can  apply  it  to  herself 
without  assistance,  no  small  consideration  with  a  modest 
woman. 

The  instrument,  as  now  perfected,  fulfils  every  indication 
required  in  a  ntero-abdominal  supporter.  It  is  light,  durable, 
perfectly  comfortable,  as  easily  put  on  and  laid  off  as  any  other 
garment,  and  holds  the  uterus  with  unfailing  security  in  its 
normal  position,  and  at  just  such  an  elevation  as  the  wearer 
chooses. 

If  certificates  were  not  cheap  commodities  in  public  estima- 
tion, we  could  furnish  the  strongest  ones  from  more  than  fifty 
relieved  sufferers  to  whom  we  have  furnished  the  instrument 
within  a  short  period,  and  from  a  large  number  of  most  respect- 
able physicians  of  all  schools.  But  any  physician  who  will 
make  trial  of  it,  will  require  no  recommendation. 

There  has  existed  hitherto,  in  the  minds  of  physicians,  a 
well-founded  objection  to  the  use  of  pessaries  or  internal  sup- 
porters, which  we  have  largely  shared.  The  one  sufficient 
ground  of  objection  has  been,  that  the  pessary,  «s,  heretofore 
used,  in  order  to  sustain  the  prolapsed  uterus,  required  such-  a 
size  and  such  consequent  pressure  upon  the  walls  of  the  vagina, 
as  to  produce  great  distension  and  consequent  weakness,  thus 
predisposing  to  the  very  difficulty  which  the  instrument  was 
employed  to  relieve.  Irritation  of  the  vagina,  consequent 
upon  strong  pressure,  further  complicated  the  case.  Leucor- 
rhoea  was  often  super-added  as  a  result  of  this  irritation. 

Influenced  by  these  considerations,  many  physicians  have 
foresworn  the  use  of  internal  supporters  altogether.  Others 
continue  to  employ  them  as  a  necessary  but  acknowledged  evil. 

The  present  supporter  is  entirely  free  from  these  objections. 
The  cup  or  ring  that  supports  the  uterus  is  so  small  that  there 
is  no  distension  and  consequently  no  irritation  of  the  vagina ; 
is  easily  introduced  and  removed,  and  depends  for  its  stability 
upon  its  connexion  by  a  silver  wire  with  the  front  pad. 

Many  physicians  who  have  long  had  insuperable  objections 
to  any  internal  uterine  supporter,  have  at  once  had  their  objec- 
tions removed  on  examining  this,  and  after  a  few  trials,  have 
become  enthusiastic  advocates  of  it  It  has  been,  in  our  hands, 
a  most  beneficent  agent  and  has  afforded  us  unbounded  gratifi- 
cation on  account  of  the  comfort  and  happiness  conferred  upon 
the  afflicted. 

We  have  no  wish  to  forestall  the  judgment  of  the  profession, 
but  we  do  desire  strongly  to  commend  the  utero-abdominal 
supporter  to  their  attention,  examination  and  trial.  mm 


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BUSHROD  W.  JAMES,  M.  D.,  Editoi. 


The  General  Practitioner's  Use  of  the  Ophthalmoscope. 


Medical  men,  engaged  in  the  active  pursuit  of  their  profes- 
sion are  not  disposed,  as  a  general  thing,  to  take  much  trouble 
in  learning  how  to  use  new  instruments  or  new  surgical  appli- 
ances, if  care  and  patience  are  a  requisite  thereto.  They  are 
little  aware  how  much  they  lose  in  the  way  of  practical  infor- 
mation, nor  how  far  they  are  depriving  themselves  of  not  only 
profitable  knowledge,  but  real  pleasure  thereby,  for,  I  think  no 
one  will  question  the  assertion  that  the  mind  is  so  constituted 
that  the  revelation  or  discovery  of  anything  new  and  useful  to 
it  affords  a  pleasurable  emotion  to  the  individual.  This  is  par- 
ticularly so  in  the  use  of  the  microscope,  as  the  new  observer 
looks  down  through  it  into  the  world  of  animalcule  life,  after 
he  has  mastered  the  use  of  the  instrument,  and  I  think  it  is 
equally  as  delightful  to  the  physician  who  has  to  treat  ophthal- 
mic and  cerebral  diseases,  to  master  the  use  of  this  simple 
yet  valuable  contrivance,  the  ophthalmoscope,  and  view  the 
developments  of  disease  as  exhibited  upon  the  retina  and  other 
structures  of  the  internal  part  of  the  orbit  of  the  eye. 

I  was  so  much  pleased  with  some  hints  of  J.  Vose  Solomon, 
Esq.,  in  this  direction,  that  I  will  quote  them  from  the  Jan. 
No.  of  Braiihwaiti  %  Retrospect : — 

"  Since  the  fact  has  become  generally  known  to  physicians 
that  certain  cerebral  diseases  afford  pathological  signs  in  the 
optic  nerve,  which  are  demonstrable  by  the  ophthalmoscope, 
and  by  no  other  means,  an  increased  desire  has  arisen  on  the 
part  of  the  medical  profession  to  be  able  to  focus  the  fundus 
oculi  with  sufficient  facility  and  clearness  to  obtain  a  perfect 
view  of  its  condition. 

• 


180  USE   OF    THE    OPHTHALMOSCOPE. 

l€  Hitherto,  the  elementary  difficulties  have  been  such  as  to 
deter  many  physicians  and  some  oculists  from  giving  that 
amount  of  persevering  labor  to  the  method  as  would  be  crowned 
by  success.  It  is  evidently,  therefore,  the  duty  of  the  profes- 
sion who  have  acquired  familiarity  in  the  use  of  the  ophthal- 
moscope to  aid,  by  bridging  over  difficulties,  in  its  more  gen- 
eral application  to  the  discovery  of  morbid  phenomena. 

"  Many  students  get  so  far  with  the  instrument  as  to  be  able 
to  reflect  and  maintain  the  light  of  the  lamp  upon  the  eye  of 
the  patient,  to  apply  their  own  organ  of  vision  to  the  aperture 
of  the  mirror,  and  to  bring  the  convex  lens  to  a  proper  distance 
in  front  of  the  observed  eye,  yet  without  obtaining  a  definite 
outline  of  the  optic  nerve  entrance  and  its  vessel.  At  this 
point,  so  often  do  they  stick,  that  at  last,  after  repeated  trials, 
the  instrument  is  put  aside,  an  instance  of  the  non  posmmus. 
"  The  bar  to  further  progress  in  such  cases  has  its  origin  in 
an  inability  on  the  part  of  the  physician  to  relax  the  accom- 
modation of  his  own  eye  to  the  precise  degree  that  will  permit 
of  a  distinct  serial  image  of  the  parts  named  being  seen  by 
him. 

"  I  find  all  impediment  to  focussing  the  fundus  to  be  at  once 
overcome  if  the  student  suspends  the  power  of  accommodation 
of  his  right  eye  by  the  application  of  a  four-grain  solution  of 
Atropia  (British  Pharmacopoeia)  half  an  hour  before  making 
his  ophthalmoscopic  examination. 

"This  being  done,  and  the  iris  of  the  patient  fully  dilated, 
he  has  only,  after  having  observed  the  usual  rules  laid  down 
in  ophthalmic  works,  to  gently  move  his  head  a  little  backward 
or  forward,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  a  complete  picture  of  the 
optic  nerve  and  its  surroundings  starts  into  view. 

"  The  physician  will  do  well  to  select  a  case  of  extreme 
short  sight,  atrophy  of  the  optic  nerve,  or  a  light  blue  normal 
eye,  for  his  first  experiment,  and  continue  his  observations 
every  day.  By  the  time  the  action  of  the  atropia  has  subsided 
he  will,  if  endowed  with  good  vision  and  some  manual  tact, 
find  himself  master  of  a  step  in  ophthalmic  investigation  which 
had  hitherto  been  considered  by  him  as  insurmountable." 

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ILLUMINATION   OF   THE   AUDITORY   MEATUS.  181 

This  application  of  the  Atropia  must  not  be  understood  to 
be  applied  to  the  observer's  eye  every  time  an  ophthalmascopic 
examination  is  to  be  made,  but  only  once  or  twice,  until  he 
learns  well  how  to  use  the  instrument.  By  a  little  practice  he 
will  soon  hold  the  instrument  with  firmness  and  accuracy. 

An  intense  light  is  not  absolutely  necessary  or  even  advisa- 
ble, for  a  flame  covered  with  a  glass  chimney  which  is  slightly 
tinged  blue  is  found  to  be  much  more  suitable  for  producing  a 
finer  vision  of  the  parts  to  be  examined  as  well  as  being  less 
annoying  to  the  patient.  The  flame,  however,  should  be  broad 
and  steady  and  free  from  flickering. 


ILLUMINATION    OF    THE    AUDITORY      MEATUS. 

In  examining  the  external  auditory  meatus  of  the  adult, 
much  difficulty  is  experienced  in  obtaining  a  proper  bright 
illumination  of  the  sides  of  the  canal,  as  well  as  the  membrana 
tympani,  owing  to  the  bony  construction  of  the  cavity,  there 
being  a  convexity  of  the  floor  of  the  osseous  meatus  about  its 
middle  and  a  corresponding  concavity  of  its  roof,  while  the 
membrana  tympani,  instead  of  being  drawn  straight  across  it, 
in  a  perpendicular  direction,  hangs  in  an  oblique  manner  from 
above  inward  and  downwards,  hence  the  difficulty  of  a  good 
view  of  the  parts  and  the  necessity  of  some  kind  of  speculum 
to  assist  in  making  a  thorough  examination.  Many  kinds  of 
instruments  for  this  purpose  have  been  made,  from  the  simple 
conical  and  funnel-shaped  silver  speculum  up  to  a  contrivance 
so  complicated  that  a  surgical  instrument  maker  himself  can 
hardly  replace  the  pieces  when  once  taken  apart.  I  noticed 
one  such  while  in  Paris.  In  one  of  the  surgical  cutlery  estab- 
lishments of  that  city  a  salesman  was  detailed  to  show  me  the 
new  improvements  and  recent  inventions  in  that  line  of  busi- 
ness. All  went  on  well  until  he  came  to  an  ear  speculum  of 
curious  construction,  but  the  mode  of  using  it  he  failed  to 
demonstrate,  after  considerable  perplexity  over  it.  He  finally 
called  one  of  the  members  of  the  firm,  who  succeeded  no  bet- 
ter than  himself,  and  the  several  pieces  ot  the  mechanism  were 
thrown  promiscuously  into  the  case,  and  some  other  apparatus 
taken  up  for  demonstration  to  me. 


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X88  MYBINGOMYKOSIS. 

The  simpler  the  instrument  the  better  is  the  result  obtained, 
as  a  general  rule.  When  direct  sunlight  can  not  be  obtained, 
I  have  for  a  long  time  been  in  the  habit  of  taking  the  bi-convex 
lens  out  of  my  ophthalmascope  case  and  applying  it  near  the 
ear,  so  concentrate  the  rays  of  light  at  such  a  distance  from 
the  membrane  that  a  clear  but  not  intense  light  will  be  diffused 
over  the  surface  to  be  examined,  the  meatus  being  of  course 
straightened  in  the  usual  way  with  an  ordinary  speculum  or  by 
pulling  the  outer  ear  backwards  and  pressing  at  the  same  time 
the  targus  forward  with  another  finger  of  the  same  hand,  and 
with  this  simple  mode  of  procedure,  1  obtain  as  clear  a  light 
as  is  needed  for  all  practical  purposes.  In  children  the  specu- 
lum will  not  often  be  required  and  in  infants  probably  never, 
from  the  fact  that  in  the  former  the  osseous  meatus  is  but  par- 
tially formed,  while  in  the  latter  it  is  absent,  the  cartilaginous 
and  membranous  canal  only  being  found. 

In  exploring  the  meatus,  therefore,  two  points  will  be  borne 
in  mind ;  in  the  first  place  to  straighten  the  canal  and  dilate 
the  membranous  portion,  and  secondly,  to  throw  as  much  clear 
light  as  possible  into  the  cavity,  an  object  which  I  think  the 
double  convex  lens  will  be  found  to  greatly  assist  in  bringing 
about,  as  well  in  other  hands  as  it  has  in  mine. 


MTBINOOMYKOSIS. 


I  am  not  at  all  partial  to  long  names  in  either  surgery  or 
medicine,  but  such  is  the  title  under  which  Dr.  R.  Wreden,  of 
St.  Petersburg  calls  attention  to  some  vegetable  parasites, 
sometimes  found  in  the  external  meatus  of  the  ear. 

The  half-yearly  compend  says: — "Three  cases  have  previ- 
ously been  reported  of  mushroom  growth  in  the  ear :  In  1844, 
by  Mayer ;  in  1851,  by  Pacini ;  and  in  1865,  by  Schwartze. 
These  were  of  the  aspergillus  species,  as  determined  by  bota- 
nists. The  six  observed  by  the  author  were  also  parasites  of 
the  aspergillus  glaucus  variety.  The  affection  simulates  inflam- 
mation of  the  external  auditory  canal,  and  the  appearance 
somewhat  resembles  depositions  of  cholesterine.  The  micro- 
scope, however,  exhibits  no  cholesterine,  but  on  the  contrary, 
numerous  long  mushroom  tubes,  with  roundish  spores. 


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REMOVAL  OF  FOREIGN  BODIES  FROM  THE  TRACHEA.       188 

The  auditory  canals  were  about  half  filled  with  a  white  larda- 
ceous  mass.  This  was  removed  with  forceps  after  syringing  had 
failed.  The  epithelium  of  the  membrana  tympani  and  canal 
was  then  found  to  be  removed ;  the  cutis  was  dark  red  and 
swollen ;  malleolus  and  light  spot  on  the  membrana  tympani 
were  not  visible.  There  was,  of  course,  loss  of  hearing  and 
tinnitus  auriura,  dependent  on  the  closure  of  the  canal  and 
pressure  on  the  drum." 

It  seems  that  either  a  solution  of  carbonate  of  soda,  an 
alcoholic  solution  of  tannin,  or  lead-water  alone,  applied  locally 
for  a  few  days,  destroys  the  parasitic  membrane,  after  which 
the  inflammation  that  remains  after  this  is  removed  will  require 
treatment  as  any  other  inflammatory  process,  according  to  the 
symptoms  then  found.  It  is  but  rarely  met  with,  however, 
still  it  is  not  unlikely  that  other  forms  may  be  found. 


REMOVAL  OF  FOREIGN  BODIES  FROX  THE   TRACHEA. 


One  of  the  most  perplexing  cases  that  the  general  practi- 
tioner is  called  to,  is  where  his  patient  has  by  some  untoward 
accident  got  into  the  trachea  a  foreign  body  that  will  not  be- 
come dislodged  by  all  the  efforts  he  is  able  to  make,  while  the 
coughing,  struggling  and  strangling  sufterer,  is  imploring  him 
for  instant  relief.  If  the  case  had  been  one  of  strangulated 
hernia  or  one  needing  amputation,  how  plain  and  simple  would 
have  been  the  remedy,  for  in  such  cases  ample  rules  for  opera- 
ting are  laid  down  for  him,  but  in  this  instance  all  is  haste  and 
he  fears  tracheotomy  will  not  help  him,  or  he  may  not  have  the 
requisite  surgical  instruments  at  hand.  The  case  is  extremely 
urgent,  and  he  must  do  something  at  once  to  relieve  it  A 
method  well  worth  remembering,  that  is  claimed  will  relieve 
speedily,  is  noticed  in  the  Philadelphia  Halt- Yearly  Compend 
of  Medical  Science,  and  proposed  by  Dr.  J.  McDowell.  That 
of  "  relaxing  the  vocal  cords  and  widening  the  chink  of  the 
glottis."  This  mode  of  procedure  is  somewhat  as  follows :  The 
body  being  inverted,  and  the  head  thrown  back,  in  order  to 
increase  the  anterior  convexity  of  the  neck,  and  thereby  form 
a  support  for  the  cricoid  cartilage,  the  patient  is  directed  to 

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lSj,  NASAL     KMLYFI. 

take  a  deep  inspiration.  The  projecting  angle  of  the  thyroid 
cartilage  is  then  firmly  pressed  backward,  by  which  simple 
manoeuvre  the  space  through  which  the  body  has  to  pass  is 
widened,  and  at  the  same  time  the  chest  is  suddenly  and  forci- 
bly compressed  by  means  of  a  broad  bandage."  It  is  a  very 
practicable  procedure,  and  should  at  least  be  given  a  good  fair 
trial  before  resorting  to  the  knife. 


[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Obserrer.} 
NASAI,    POLYPI. 

BT  JOHN  B.  JAMBS,  M.  D.,  PHILADELPHIA.,  PA. 


This  subject  is  an  old  and  often  treated  one,  yet  it  is  not,  we 
trust,  without  the  pale  of  interest  or  improvement.  The  fre- 
quency of  obstructions  in  the  nasal  passages  make  it  often  a 
difficult  task  to  diagnose  whether  they  result  from  a  polyp,  from 
a  thickened  condition  of  the  mucous  membrane  covering  the 
lower  turbinated  bone,  caused  by  a  foreign  body  or  chronic 
ulcer,  or  from  a  deformed  nasal  septum. 

Each  of  the  above-mentioned  conditions  may  be  and  have 
been  mistaken,  the  one  for  the  other,  owing,  at  certain  stages, 
to  the  similarity  of  the  symptoms  and  the  appearance  of  the 
various  obstructions.  There  are  two  varieties  of  nasal  polyps, 
as  generally  met  with,  viz  :  the  fibroid  and  gelatinoid.  The 
former  occurs  at  any  period  in  life,  is  usually  found  in  but  one 
nostril  at  a  time,  and  presents  a  dark  red  or  purple  appearance. 
The  gelatinoid  is  by  far  the  most  common.  It  occurs  mostly 
about  the  age  of  forty,  though  it  may  appear  at  any  period  of 
life.  It  has  a  light,  shiny  look,  very  much  like  that  of  an  oys- 
ter. It  expands  or  increases  in  foggy  or  wet  weather,  and 
shrinks  in  size  in  dry.  Both  forms  are  more  frequently  met 
with  in  males  than  females.  The  symptoms  similar  to  those 
produced  by  other  kinds  of  nasal  stoppages  are,  sense  of  weight 
or  fullness  in  one  or  both  nostrils,  the  nose  feels  as  though  some 
fleshy  substance  were  in  it,  interrupting  the  transmission  of  air. 
He  uses  his  handkerchief  very  often,  endeavoring  to  blow  it 
out.  The  voice  becomes  more  or  less  affected  and  changed  to 
an  indistinct  or  nasal  sound ;  sleeps  with  head  thrown  back, 

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NASAL     POLYPI.  185 

with  loud  snoring,  as  in  enlarged  tonsils  ;  blowing  of  the  nose  is 
difficult,  and  during  such  efforts  the  contents  are  forcibly  thrown 
into  the  fauces  ;  the  sense  of  smell  is  slightly  impaired  at  first, 
and  as  the  disease  increases,  it  is  frequently  entirely  destroyed. 
The  discharge  attending  it  is  at  first  slight  and  of  a  mucous 
character.  If  the  tumor  is  very  large  it  may  produce  lachry- 
mation  by  pressure  upon  the  nasal  duct,  or  partial  deafness  by 
encroachment  upon  the  eustachian  tube.  The  only  true  char- 
acteristic sign  for  a  diagnosis  is  seeing  of  feeling  it,  when  its 
true  character  can  also  be  determined. 

The  treatment  most  generally  employed,  is  forcible  removal  by 
means  of  the  forceps  or  the  noose.  This  mode,  beside  exciting 
the  horror  which  so  many  people  have,  to  the  use  of  any  kind 
of  surgical  instrument,  has  also  the  objection  of  affording,  as 
a  rule,  but  temporary  relief,  the  tumor  returning  several  times 
during  a  life-time,  or  it  may  be  every  few  weeks.  The  want  of 
success  that  has  attended  the  local  application  of  remedial 
agents  or  drugs,  as  hitherto  reported,  I  think  is  owing  to  the 
Burgeon  or  physician  failing  to  apply  it  himself,  and  instead 
thereof,  trusting  to  the  patient  snuffing  it  up,  which  in  a  major- 
ity of  cases  does  not  reach  the  place  intended,  or  the  patient  may 
but  imperfectly  snuff  it  in,  on  account  of  the  irritant  proper- 
ties of  the  drug  that  may  have  to  be  used  ;  hence  only  partial 
relief  is  obtained. 

The  patient  should  be  seated,  with  his  head  thrown  back, 
when  a  quill  or  other  cylindrical  tube,  in  one  end  of  which 
is  contained  some  of  the  drug  in  a  finely-pulverized  state, 
is  inserted  into  the  affected  cavity,  with  the  end  containing  the 
powder  as  near  the  growth  as  possible  without  coming  in  contact 
with  it  or  the  surrounding  parts  ;  then,  while  the  patient  is 
holding  his  breath,  the  surgeon  guides  and  steadies  with  his 
hand  the  tube  and  blows  through  it,  and  thus  scatters  the  pow- 
der over  the  whole  polypus.  This  repeated  thrice,  at  intervals 
of  from  three  to  seven  days,  as  the  case  may  require,  is  sufficient 
to  effect  a  radical  cure. 

Freshly-powdered  Sanguinaria  canadensis  root  has,  in  my 
hands,  proved  to  be  one  of  the  best  remedies,  if  not  the  best, 
that  can  be  applied  in  this  way.     It  is  an  old  remedy,  and  has 

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186        REDUCTION  OP  DISLOCATED  INFERIOR    MAXILLARY 

been  used  with  varied  success  for  many  years.  But  whenever 
care  has  been  taken  to  get  the  root  fresh,  as  well  as  to  the  mode 
of  application,  it  has  never  failed  to  give  the  utmost  satisfac- 
tion. 

I  will  here  cite  one  example  from  practice.  A  young  lady, 
A.  H ,  came  under  my  care  in  October,  1866,  with  obstruc- 
tion of  the  left  nostril,  which  was  increasing  in  size.  In  damp 
weather  it  swelled  the  nose  externally,  as  well  as  the  left  cheek. 
Upon  examination  I  found  a  gelatinoid  tumor  of  considerable 
size,  but  easy  of  access.  I  proposed  immediate  removal  of  it 
with  the  forceps,  to  which  she  strongly  objected.  I  then 
applied  the  powdered  Sanguinaria  as  above  and  in  ten  days  she 
reported  herself  entirely  cured.  A  few  days  ago  I  saw  her  and 
there  was  not  the  slightest  indication  of  its  return.  When  the 
growth  is  very  large  it  is  sometimes  necessary  to  forcibly  remove 
it,  and  then,  if  this  local  application,  as  stated,  be  used  twice 
thereafter,  a  temporary  relief  is  converted  into  a  certain  cure. 

Dr.  Thos.  Bryant,  of  Guy's  Hospital,  London,  reports,  after 
an  experience  of  three  or  four  years,  very  favorably  of  Tannin, 
used  in  the  same  way,  or  as  a  snuff.  I  have  a  case  of  long 
standing  growth  in  which  I  am  now  using  the  Tannin  with 
great  promise  of  success. 

The  tincture  of  the  Chloride  of  Iron,  the  Bichromate  of 
Potash  pulverized,  and  many  other  articles,  have  been  recom- 
mended, but  experience  fails  to  bear  them  up.  I  believe  that 
with  a  little  more  care  on  the  part  of  my  professional  brethren 
the  practice  of  forcible  extraction  will  become  almost  unneces- 
sary, and,  what  is  always  to  be  desired,  an  easier  and  more  cer- 
tain cure  be  effected  of  this  quite  prevalent  disease. 


Keduction  op  Dislocated  Inferior  Maxillary. — The  eas- 
iest mode  of  reducing  a  luxation  ot  the  lower  jaw  is  to  take 
two  properly-shaped  pieces  of  wood,  or  two  bone-handled  forks, 
and  place  the  handles  in  the  mouth,  one  on  each  side  of  the 
jaw,  upon  the  molar  teeth.  Grasp  the  sticks  or  forks  in  such 
a  way  thai  some  degree  of  pressure  can  be  made  with  them, 
while  the  thumbs  catcb  the  angles  of  the  jaw.  Then  direct 
the  patient  to  open  his  mouth  as  wide  as  possible,  during  which 
effort  downward  pressure  is  to  be  made  upon  the  molars  with 
the  handles,  thus  depressing  the  whole  bone  at  once,  while  the 
thumbs  make  slight  traction  at  the  angles.  Then,  as  the 
mouth  is  closed,  the  pressure  and  traction  are  removed  and  the 
condylos  will  be  found  to  have  slipped  back  into  the  glenoid 
cavity,  and  the  dislocation  is  at  an  end. 


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Case  5. — John  C,  a  brother  of  the  last-mentioned  patient,  a  dis- 
charged soldier,  was  attacked  with  quotidian  ague  about  ten  days 
afterwards.  There  were  not  any  marked  characteristic  symptoms,  as 
far  as  I  was  able  to  discover.  The  case  was  like  hundreds  of  others. 
The  chill,  fever  and  sweating  all  well  marked,  and  altogether  occu- 
pying five  hours  each  day.  The  chill  rather  predominated  ;  thirst 
during  the  chill  and  fever.  Feels  pretty  well  during  the  interval ; 
looks  pale  and  anaemic.  Has  diarrhoea  ;  the  evacuations  are  yellow- 
ish and  watery.  I  tried  the  Polyporus  faithfully  in  this  case  in  the 
1st  dec,  and  in  the  crude  form ;  gave  them  four  days  in  from  two  to 
four  grain  doses.  I  was  convinced  that  the  Polyporus  would  do  him 
no  good,  having  had  no  apparent  effect  upon  the  paroxysms.  I  then 
prescribed  Arsenicum,  4th  dec,  and  Podophyllum  2d  dec,  alternately 
every  two  hours.  Continued  this  treatment  four  days  without  any 
effect,  except  to  change  the  diarrhoea.  I  then  prescribed  Arsenicum 
2d  dec,  every  two  hours,  till  it  produced  nausea  and  distress  in  the 
stomach.  All  this  did  not  interrupt  the  paroxysms  in  the  least.  I 
now  was  compelled  to  resort  to  Quinine  or  not  prescribe  for  my 
patient  again.  Gave  two  grs.  three  times  a  day,  which  suppressed 
the  paroxysms  the  second  day,  and  occasional  small  doses  of  the 
Quinine  prevented  the  return  of  the  disease,  and  he  recovered  favor- 
ably every  way.  I  once  learned  of  a  family,  in  which,  (as  their 
learned  physician  informed  them,)  there  was  an  "  idiosyncrasy 
against  potatoes,"  perhaps  in  this  family  there  was  an  idiosyncrasy 
against  the  Polyporus  off.  I  know  not  how  otherwise  to  account  for 
its  failure  in  these  cases,  the  only  ones  of  a  similar  character  in 
which  it  has  failed  in  my  hands. 

Case  6. — Mr.  Johnson,  of  medium  height,  dark  complexion ;  rather 
slender,  and  I  suspect  predisposed  to  consumption.  For  several 
weeks  he  has  had  a  fever,  coming  on  sometimes  every  day  and  some- 
times every  other  day,  generally  in  the  morning  and  lasting  nearly  all 
day.  The  fever  is  not  high,  just  enough  to  say  fever;  has  little  or  no 
chill ;  not  much  thirst ;  no  sweat.  Sometimes  in  the  course  of  the 
fever  the  skin  would  become  moist  and  clammy  ;  tongue  coated 
white  ;  bowels  regular.  Has  headache  most  of  the  time  in  the  occip- 
ital region,  running  down  the  back  of  the  neck  ;  is  dull  and  spirit- 
less ;  not  obliged  to  go  to  bed  in  the  daytime ;  is  listless  about  tho 
house ;  not  disposed  to  any  exertion  or  conversation.  Polyporus,  1st 
dec,  two  grs.  every  three  hours,   removed  the  fever,  headache  and 


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other  symptoms  effectually  and  permanently  in  two  days.  I  should 
have  mentioned  that  the  case  had  been  previously  domestically 
treated  with  Aconite,  Bryonia,  and  some  other  remedies,  without 
benefit. 

Case  7.— Mrs.  C,  an  old  lady,  set  76,  highly  nervous  and  excitable, 
but  enjoys  tolerable  good  health  usually  for  one  of  her  age.  After 
some  days  of  general  feeling  of  illness,  accompanied  by  what 
seemed  to  have  been  neuralgic  pains  in  the  head,  chest  and  bowels, 
she  had  a  severe  chill  at  night  in  bed,  soon  followed  by  high  fever, 
with  determination  of  blood  to  the  head  ;  excessive  pain  in  the  head 
with  delirium.  This  continued  until  6  a.  m.,  when  the  fever  and 
pain  passed  off,  with  slight  moisture  of  the  skin.  With  the  exception 
of  feeling  weak,  she  was  comfortable  all  the  following  day,  and 
thought  she  was  going  to  get  well.  Forty-eight  hours,  however, 
brought  back  the  chill  aud  fever  with  increased  severity,  when  I 
was  called  to  her  side,  Oct.  9.  The  chill  had  lasted  about  an  hour 
and  now  the  fever  was  raging  at  a  fearful  rate;  pulse  full,  bounding 
132  to  the  minute ;  carotids  visibly  pulsating  ;  face  flushed ;  skin 
very  dry  and  hot,  violent  delirium  and  jactitation  I  prescribed 
Grelseminum  tine,  one  drop  in  water  every  twenty  minutes  during 
the  fever,  and  Polyporus  1st  dec,  two  grs.  every  three  hours  during 
the  apyrexia.  The  fever  continued  about  two  hours  after  first  giving 
the  medicine,  and  seemed  to  increase  even  till  about  that  time,  when 
all  at  once  the  skin  became  moist,  and  in  a  few  minutes  she  was 
bathed  in  a  profuse  perspiration,  and  the  fever  rapidly  subsided.  The 
Polyporus  now  was  given  according  to  the  directions  for  forty-eight 
hours,  when  the  chill  and  fever  again  returned ;  although  with  less 
violence,  and  occupying  less  time  than  the  first  one  ;  continued  same 
treatment.  The  next  paroxysm  was  lighter  still  ;  same  treatment. 
The  third  and  last  paroxysm  after  treatment  was  commenced  was 
Still  lighter,  and  occurred  on  the  third  day  from  the  last,  having  been 
deferred  one  day  longer  than  usual.  The  Polyporus  was  continued 
four  days  longer,  first  two  days  every  three  hours,  last  two  every 
four  hours.     No  further  chill  or  fever  appeared.     Convalescence  was 

frompt  and  rapid.  I  consider  this  one  of  the  most  satisfactory  cures 
ever  made.  The  effect  of  the  medicine  was  very  apparent.  I 
should  have  mentioned  that  the  bowels  remained  very  regular  during 
treatment. 

Case  8. — Oct.  10.  Mrs.  P.  came  for  prescription  for  a  child,  and 
incidentally  inquired  if  I  had  anything  that  would  cure  the  ague. 
She  had  a  young  lady  friend  who  has  had  the  ague  daily  for  six 
weeks,  and  nothing  could  break  it.  She  could  not  give  any  particulars 
about  the  case.  I  gave  the  fifteen  powders  of  the  1st  of  the  Poly- 
porus off.,  one  to  be  taken  every  two  hours.  The  case  was  cured 
most  promptly  by  this  one  prescription. 

Case  9. — Willie  S.,  a  large  child,  three  years  old.  Has  fever  and 
sweat  every  day.  Fever  not  high  ;  no  chills.  Is  languid  and  inac- 
tive. Tongue  coated  white  ;  bowels  costive.  Sometimes  the  fever 
skips  one  or  two  days,  but  he  is  not  well  at  any  time  ;  is  very  thirsty. 
Tried  Nux.  Ars.  Santonine,  Mercurius,  with  no  benefit.     I  then  gave 


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the  Polyporus  1st,  two  grs.  every  three  hours.  This  improved  the 
little  fellow 's  condition  greatly  in  one  week,  when  he  became  sud- 
denly worse.     Gave  Quinine,  which  cured  hira. 

Case  10. — Mr.  B.  says  his  wife  has  the  ague  every  other  day,  bad. 
Don't  know  anything  about  the  fever  and  sweat  ;  knows  she  has  chills. 
"  If  there  is  anything  that  will  knock  it  he  wants  it."  Gave  him 
Polyporus,  1st  two  grs.  every  three  hours  for  three  days.  Saw  him  a 
fortnight  afterwards  ;  he  says,  "  Those  powders  did  the  business ; 
she's  all  right." 

Case  11. — Mr.  N.'s  little  daughter,  set  7,  has  tertian  ague;  has 
cbills  and  fever  ;  no  sweat.  I  did  not  see  her.  Gave  Polyporus,  1st 
dec,  one  grain  every  third  hour  for  three  days.  Cured  the  case 
promptly. 

Case  12. — Mr.  B's  little  girl,  set  11.  Has  had  some  form  of  inter- 
mittent fever  every  fall  for  three  years.  Has  generally  been  sick 
several  weeks,  and  sometimes  her  life  has  been  despaired  of.  They 
hoped  she  would  escape  this  fall,  but  now,  November  1st,  the  same 
symptoms  which  preceded  her  other  attacks  begin  to  appear,  viz  : 
slight  chills  and  flashes  of  fever,  for  two  days  with  headache  and 
flushed  cheeks  ;  loss  of  appetite;  tongue  furred;  bowels  costive. 
Gave  Polyporus  three  days,  when  the  child  was  perfectly  well,  and 
her  mother  says  it  saved  her  a  serious  illness. 

I  have  prescribed  the  Polyporus  off.  empirically  in  a  few  other  cases 
only,  and  generally  with  satisfactory  results.  The  cases  given  above 
afford  a  very  fair  representation  of  its  operation  in  my  hands.  There 
is  no  doubt  of  its  efficacy  in  modifying  and  curing  certain  forms  of 
bilious  miasmatic  diseases,  but  what  the  characteristic  indications  for 
it  are  I  have  not  iu  my  limited  experience  been  able  to  determine. 

CASES  TREATED  BY  DR.  L.  HUBBELL,  OP  ANARGA,  ILL. 

W.  H.  Burt,  M.  D. — Dear  Doctor  :  Professional  press  of  business 
this  fall  has  prevented  me  from  keeping  a  daily  record  of  cases 
treated  with  the  Polyporus  off.  I  will  relate  a  few  cases  from 
memory,  besides  giving  you  a  general  review  of  the  effect  of  the 
remedy  in  my  hands. 

For  many  weeks  I  prescribed  the  Polyporus  off.,  first  and  foremost 
in  the  majority  of  cases  treated  by  me,  until  my  supply  was  exhausted. 
I  can  say  this,  that  very  few  cases  returned  for  a  renewal  of  prescrip- 
tion. I  prescribed  the  Polyporus  from  twenty  to  thirty  times  a  day, 
while  it  lasted,  and  I  do  not  remember  of  a  failure  to  arrest  an  ague 
in  one  case  in  ten. 

Case  13. — Mr.  P.,  aet  45.  Plethoric  and  robust  habit ;  sanguine 
temperament.  Was  attacked  with  very  severe  bilious  intermittent 
fever.  Chills  long,  lasting  nearly  two  hours  ;  fever  very  high.  An- 
ticipating type.  In  three  days  had  four  very  hard  chills.  Had  taken 
some  homoeopathic  remedies  from  his  case.  I  was  called  to  see  him 
the  fourth  day  of  his  attack,  when  he  was  suffering  from  a  severe 
chill  that  had  lasted  thirteen  hours  ;  symptoms  at  present  were  an 
icy  coldness  from  the  hips  to  the  feet  ;  superior  part  of  the 
body  generally  congested,  followed  by  very  high  fever  and  ex- 
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and  coated  brownish.  Gave  Aconite,  1st  dec,  20  drops  in  a  gill  of 
water ;  dose  every  fifteen  minutes.  In  five  hours  the  fever  had  dis- 
appeared. I  then  gave  Polyporus,  1st  dec,  3  grs.  every  three  hours. 
No  return  of  any  chills  for  twenty-one  days,  when  they  returned, 
but  were  very  mild.  My  experience  is  that  in  congestive  chills 
homoeopathic  remedies  are  all  sufficient  in  curing  without  resorting 
to  large  doses  of  sulphate  of  Quinine.  My  main  reliance  has  been 
Aconite,  Bell.,  Ars.,  and  Camphor,  according  as  the  case  presents.  I 
have  had  no  failure  in  seventeen  cases.  While  in  St.  Louis,  two 
years  ago,  many  of  my  brethren  stated  they  feared  to  trust  to  any- 
thing but  large  doses  of  Quinine.  My  observation  is  that  in  conges- 
tive ohilts  there  is  much  less  liability  to  a  succession  of  chills  than  in 
ordinary  intermittents.  My  experience  with  the  Polyporus  in  other 
fevers  than  intermittents  has  been  very  limited,  too  little  to  report, 
but  in  bilious  intermittents  it  is  a  remedy  of  the  first  class.  My 
memory  recalls  one  case  where  I  prescribed  the  Polyporus,  with  a 
very  marked  aggravation  of  the  symptoms,  so  much  so  that  I  had  to 
withhold  the  medicine  for  a  while. 

Dr.  E.  Cooly,  of  St.  Cloud,  Minn.,  in  a  letter  to  me,  May  10th, 
1865,  gave  the  following  clinical  case.  Since  then  I  have  not  heard 
from  him.  He  then  promised  to  make  a  good  proving  of  the  Poly- 
porus, which  I  hope  he  will  not  forget. 

Case  14. — A  returned  soldier,  set  32,  has  had  the  ague  for  the  last 
three  months  ;  chill  and  shake  every  morning  at  from  9  to  1 1  a.  m., 
followed  by  a  high  fever  all  day  and  profuse  perspiration  at  night, 
with  severe  pains  in  the  head,  back  and  limbs  ;  yawning  and  stretch- 
ing almost  constantly ;  tongue  coated  yellow ;  bitter  taste  in  the 
mouth.  Nothing  tastes  good,  but  wants  to  eat  all  the  time ;  very 
thirsty  ;  watery  stools  every  half  hour  and  hour.  Face  and  eyes 
very  much  jaundiced  ;  dry  cough  during  the  chills.  Gave  Polyporus 
off.  3d  trit.,  one  grain*  every  three  hours.  The  next  day  the  chill  and 
fever  was  much  less.  Continued  same  remedy.  Second  day,  no  chill, 
but  slight  fever.  Continued  same  treatment.  Third  day,  no  chill  or 
fever.  Gave  same  remedy  every  six  hours  for  two  days.  The  pa- 
tient's bowels  moved  once  a  day  perfectly  natural ;  jaundice  had 
nearly  all  gone  ;  appetite  natural,  and  he  felt  well.  In  this  case  the 
remedial  powers  of  the  Polyporus  off.  are  so  clearly  marked  that  the 
greatest  sceptic  could  not  doubt  them.  The  letter  was  written  three 
weeks  after  the  cure  and  the  patient  still  enjoyed  the  best  of  health. 

My  friend  Prof  E.  C.  Franklin,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  has  furnished  me 
the  following  excellent  report : 

REPORT  OF  CASES  TREATED  IN  CAVALRY  BUREAU  HOSPITAL,  8T.  LOUIS, 
MO.,  BY  E.  C.  FRANKLIN,  M.D.,  SURGEON  IN  CHARGE. 

Case  15. — Ferdinand  Nestel,  ®t  33,  admitted  into  hospital  April 
15,  with  the  following  symptoms  :  Has  a  chill  every  second  day, 
followed  with  slight  fever ;  pain  in  the  head  and  bowels.  Patient 
had  an  attack  of  intermittent  fever  last  fall,  but  was  not  treated  in 
hospital ;  pulse  96,  full  and  bounding ;  bowels  constipated.  Ordered 
Podophyllum  1st,  five  grs.,  to  be  followed  in  six  hours  with  Polyporus 
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April  17. — Patient  escaped  his  chill  to-day  pulse  soft  and  regular, 
76.     Continued  medicine. 

April  19. — Patient  is  well  and  returned  to  duty  cured. 

Case  16. — Nicholas  Gunn,  aged  45  years  ;  admitted  into  hospital 
April  11,  with  the  following  symptoms:  Had  a  severe  chill,  followed 
with  high  fever  ;  pain  in  the  head ;  pulse  112  ;  skin  hot  and  dry  ; 
tongue  furred  ;  secretions  diminished.  Had  an  Attack  of  intermit- 
tent fever,  which  continued  eight  months,  with  relapses  every  two  or 
three  weeks,  while  at  work  in  the  city.  Ordered  Gelseminum  tine, 
25  drop  in  a  tumbler  two-thirds  full  of  water,  tablespoon ful  every  half 
hour  during  invasion  of  the  fever,  then  to  bo  followed  by  Polyporus 
1st,  trit.,  three  grs.  every  three  hours. 

April  12. — Patient  experienced  a  paroxysm  of  intermittent  fever, 
lasting  a  halt  hour,  followed  by  a  smart  fever. — C.  T. 

April  13. — Another  paroxysm  to-day,  but  much  less  than  the  one 
yesterday.     Continued  same  medicine  as  before. 

April  14. — Another  paroxysm  to-day,  but  very  mild  and  much 
later.     Ordered  Polyporus,  3d  trit.     Discontinued  the  Gelseminum. 

April  15. — The  chill  and  fever  much  diminished  in  force,  and 
occurring  later  in  the  day. — 0.  T. 

April  16. — Chill  so  slight  as  hardly  to  be  perceptible. — C.  T. 

April  17. — Patient  escaped  the  chill  entirely  to-day. — C.  T. 

April  18.— No  chill.— C.  T. 

April  20. — Patieut  convalescent.     Medicine  discontinued. 

April  22. — Patient  reports  himself  well  ;  discharged  from  hospital. 
Cured. 

A  large  number  of  patients,  at  least  thirty  cases,  similar  to  the 
above,  were  treated  with  the  Polyporus  off.,  and  occasionally  other 
remedies,  as  demanded  by  the  circumstance,  with  the  same  good  re- 
sults as  mentioned  in  the  record  of  the  preceding.  I  do  not  know  of 
a  single  case  where  a  relapse  occurred  ;  at  least  none  presented 
themselves  to  the  hospital  for  treatment. 

The  same  uniform  success  was  witnessed  in  my  private  practice 
during  the  year  1864  and  '65,  with  even  more  rapid  cures  than  those 
recorded;  but  strange  to  say,  the  succeeding  year,  1866,  furnished 
me  little  or  no  evidence  of  the  efficacy  of  Polyporus,  although  I  admin- 
istered the  remedy  in  its  various  attenuations.  To  such  an  extent 
did  the  remedy  fail  me  that  I  abandoned  its  use  altogether,  and  sub- 
stituted other  remedies.  Whether  the  failure  depended  upon  some 
climatio  peculiarity,  or  inertness  of  the  remedy  from  exposure  to 
light  and  air,  it  is  impossible  for  me  to  say.  I  made  use  of  the 
remedy  in  trituration,  and  employed  the  ordinary  precautions  for  its 
preservation.  The  remedy  used  in  1866  was  one  and  a-half  years 
old,  and  was  the  first  consignment  forwarded  me  for  trial. 

William  H.  Holcombe,  M.  D.,  of  New  Orleans,  Louisiana.,  has 
furnished  me  with  the  following  evidence  for  and  against  the  use  of 
the  Polyporus  off.  in  intermittent  fever  : 

"  I  have  used  the  Polyporus  in  a  good  many  cases  of  intermittent 
fever  and  of  chronic  dysentery  and  diarrhoea,  and  make  the  follow- 
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In  fresh  uncomplicated  cases  of  intermittents  I  found  it  valueless. 
I  gave  the  1st  dec.  trituration. 

I  have  given  it  in  half  a  dozen  cases  of  obstinate  intermittents 
with  visceral  derangements,  anaemia,  sallow  skin,  etc.,  with  decided 
benefit.  Still  I  have  succeeded  in  each  cases  equally  as  well  with 
Cimex,  Cedron,  and  Oanchilagua  low,  and  with  Natrum,  Murex, 
Arsenicum,  Ipecac,  Nux  vom.,  high.  We  have  no  specific  indication 
for  the  use  of  any  of  these  remedies  in  those  miserable  cases.  It  is 
all  at  present  sheer  empiricism.  In  a  subsequent  letter  he  says  :  "I 
have  used  the  Polyporus  lately  in  two  obstinate  chronic  eases  of  in- 
termittents. One  was  an  old  lady  that  had  been  suffering  with  the 
ague  many  days.  The  Polyporus  suspended  the  disease  for  sixteen 
days.  Another  chill  then  occurred,  since  which  time  she  is  taking  the 
Polyporus  with  good  effect. 

The  other  case  was  daily  hectic  chills  and  fever,  occurring  for 
months  past  in  a  confirmed  consumptive.  Nothing  has  ever  done  him 
auy  good.  The  Polyporus  in  a  week  has  greatly  relieved  the  cough 
and  severity  of  the  paroxysm. 

Dr.  A.  Shepherd,  of  Springdale,  Ohio,  gives  me  the  following  as  his 
experience  with  the  Polyporus  off.:  When  I  first  received  the  remedy 
every  case  was  cured  that  I  gave  the  Polyporus  to ;  four  or  five  doses 
would  generally  intercept  the  paroxysm.  The  cures  could  not  have 
been  more  satisfactory.  These  were  sporadic  cases  ;  after  the  disease 
became  epidemic  it  failed  to  give  satisfaction,  notwithstanding  I  used 
it  the  same  as  I  did  the  first  few  months.  I  believe  it  better  adapted 
to  the  treatment  of  chronic  cases,  and  especially  those  cases  that 
have  beela  thoroughly  medicated  with  crude  remedies.  I  have  suc- 
ceeded in  curing  a  large  number  of  such  cases  in  a  short  time  with 
the  1st  dec.  trit.,  in  from  one  to  five  grains  at  a  dose  every  two  and 
four  hours,  commencing  from  six  to  eight  hours  before  the  chill  was 
expected. 

Dr.  J.  A.  Wakeman,  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  contributes  the 
following  interesting  items  regarding  the  use  of  the  Polyporus  in 
fevers : — My  first  acquaintance  with  it,  or  rather  Polyporus 
pinacola,  was  some  twenty  five  years  since,  when  I  was  prac- 
ticing allopathy  in  the  north  part  of  the  State  of  Ohio,  where  it  was 
extensively  used  in  the  preparation  of  various  kinds  of  bitters,  and 
universally  used  as  a  prophylactic  in  agues  and  fevers.  It  was  prin- 
cipally obtained  in  the  pine  forests,  on  Lake  Huron,  near  Thunder 
Bay  and  Saginaw  Bay.  My  first  acquaintance  with  the  Polyporus 
off.  was  last  spring,  when  I  procured  and  used  it  in  intermittents  in 
1st  dec.  trit.,  with  the  most  gratifying  results,  and  felt  to  thank  God 
and  take  courage;  but  as  the  warm  weather  came  on,  and  the  cases 
became  more  violent  and  obstinate,  it  failed  to  give  such  good  satis- 
faction. I  had  previously  used  it  in  two  grain  doses,  but  thinking 
that  I  might  succeed  better  with  a  higher  trituration  I  carried  it 
up  to  the*  3d,  but  with  no  better  results.  Recently  I  have  again 
given  it  in  several  cases,  with  the  most  satisfactory  results. 

It  has  done  admirably  in  some  cases  of  facial  neuralgias  of  a  peri- 
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Dr.  F«  Rice,  of  Washington,  Iowa,  in  a  letter  to  me  dated  Decem- 
ber 28,  says :  ••  Since  writing  you  I  have  received  a  report  from  a 
trial  of  the  Polyporus  off.,  which  I  sent  into  Keokuk  County  some 
time  ago,  for  the  cure  of  a  case  of  fever  and  ague.  Yesterday  the 
father  of  the  patient  called  and  told  me  the  medicine  cured  the  boy 
that  had  been  having  the  ague  a  long  time.  He  had  only  one  slight 
paroxysm  after  taking  the  first  dose.  His  wife  took  some  of  the 
medicine  sent  for  the  ague  and  was  also  cured.  They  wanted  an* 
other  bottle  of  the  ague  cure.  I  gave  the  2d  dec.  trit.  I  shall 
make  further  trial  of  the  medicine. 

Wm.  A.  Scott,  M.D.,  of  Covington,  Kentucky,  gives  a  case  of  ob- 
stinate intermittent  fever  cured  by  the  Polyporus  off.,  in  the  Ameri- 
can Homceopathist,  (vol.  II.,  p.  29.): 

"  July  22, 1866,  called  to  Mrs.  A.,  age  24.  Found  her  suffering 
with  the  usual  symptoms  of  '  intermittent '  in  rather  an  aggravated 
form.  This  patient  has  been  harassed  with  this  '  fever/  Quinine, 
Calomel,  Opium,  and  old-school  physicians,  for  about  three  years ; 
chills,  fever  and  sweat  every  other  day  ;  severe  thirst  in  all  the 
stages ;  a  thirst  between  the  paroxysms  ;  nothing  would  remain  on 
the  stomach  ;  the  smallest  quantity  of  water  would  make  her  sick ; 
no  appetite ;  extremely  nervous  ;  soreness  in  the  lower  part  of  the 
chest,  which,  when  pressed  upon  ever  so  little  would  greatly  increase 
the  pain  in  her  head  ;  pain  in  the  back,  and  "  aching  of  the  bones ;" 
pulse  110 ;  restless,  and  slightly  delirious.  Gave  her  Polyporus,  1st 
dec.  trit.,  one  grain  every  two  hours. 

July  23. — Still  thirsty  ;  double  the  dose.  July  24.— A  little  bad 
feeling,  but  no  chill ;  great  diminution  of  thirst ;  could  drink  cold 
water  freely ;  appetite  very  good  ;  increased  the  dose  to  about  five 
grains.  July  26. — Called  to  see  Mrs.  A.  again  ;  she  came  running 
in,  exclaiming,  "  I'm  well,  Doctor  I'm  well  now  ;  feel  better  than 
ever  I  felt  before,  after  getting  over  the  chills."  I  will  just  add  that 
this  is  the  first  time  I  have  used  Polyporus,  and  it  produced  no  un* 
pleasant  symptoms  in  the  case,  but  everything  about  it  seemed  to  be 
curative  in  a  most  righteous  and  happy  manner.  Other  triturations 
or  tinctures  might  have  done  as  well,  but  they  could  not  have  done 
much  better.  N.  B. — Although  this  substance  is  very  bitter,  Mrs. 
A.'s  very  irritated  stomach  never  refused  it,  and  every  atom  that  went 
down  her  throat  went  down  never  to  return. 

B.  E.  W.  Adams,  M.  D.,  of  Springfield,  Illinois,  writes  me 
that  last  fall  he  procured  some  of  the  tincture  and  also  some  of  the 
trituration  of  the  Polyporus  off.  He  says  :  "  I  tried  it  faithfully  in 
the  different  preparations,  in  almost  every  variety  of  intermittent, 
and  it  failed  to  cure  any  of  the  oases,  or  to  modify  them  in  the 
least. 

Dr.  W.  0.  Blaisdell,  of  Macomb,  111.,  wrote  me  last  fall  that  he 
had  tried  the  Polyporus  off.  in  two  oases  unsuccessfully.  He  gives 
no  symptoms. 

Dr.  Garnsey,  of  Batavia,  111.,  gave  the  Polyporus  off.  in  12  oases 
of  intermittent  fever,  and  only  oured  two  of  them.    He  says :    "  The 
trial  has  not  been  very  satisfactory,  and  does  not  leave  me  with  a 
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very  exalted  opinion  of  the  drug."  It  is  rather  singular  that  the 
Doctor  should  have  such  poor  success  with  the  remedy,  while  Dr. 
Lord,  only  a  few  miles  from  him,  cured  every  case  but  two  where  he 
used  it 

I  have  now  faithfully  given  all  the  testimony  for  and  against  the 
use  of  the  Polyporus  officinalis  in  intermittent  fever  that  1  have  re* 
oeived.  I  regret  it  is  so  small.  I  furnished  medicine  to  a  large 
number  of  physicians,  who  had  promised  not  only  to  give  olinical 
cases  but  to  prove  the  drug  also.  They  have  failed  to  report  so  far. 
I  hope  they  will  send  their  reports  to  the  American  Homoeopathic 
Observer,  so  that  we  can  learn  all  the  facts  possibly  about  the  remedy. 

I  will  now  give  my  own  clinical  experience. 

The  first  six  months  I  commenced  using  the  polyporus  I  had  uni- 
versal success  with  it.  Gave  the  remedy  in  more  than  100  cases 
with  but  five  failures.  The  cases  where  it  failed  were  four  of  them 
tertian  type,  one  quotidian,  a  desperate  case,  that  tried  me  three 
months.  Could  only  suppress  it  for  one  or  two  weeks  at  best,  when 
it  would  return  again.  Last  fall,  when  intermittent  fever  became  an 
epidemic,  and  raged  mostly  everywhere,  my  polyporus  commenced 
failing  me.  I  could  not  cure  more  than  one  case  out  of  five.  I 
finally  abandoned  its  use  altogether  for  three  months,  then  I  com- 
menced using  it  again  with  the  same  universal  success  that  I  had  at 
first.     I  am  using  the  remedy  now,  with  the  best  results. 

The  cases  that  the  polyporus  will  give  us  the  best  satisfaction  in 
are  those  of  long  standing  that  have  been  thoroughly  saturated  with 
Quinine,  and  all  kinds  of  remedies  ;  where  there  is  more  or  less  or- 
ganic lesions  of  the  liver  and  abdominal  viscera,  with  anaemia ;  sal- 
low, jaundiced  appearance  of  the  skin ;  the  bowels  loose  or  torpid  ; 
but  does  better  if  the  bowels  are  costive.  Type  quotidian,  or  tertian  ; 
acts  better  in  quotidians.  During  the  apyrexia  the  patient  is  far 
from  being  well ;  has  headache  ;  bitter  taste  in  the  mouth  ;  tongue 
coated  white  or  yellow,  or  may  be  anaemic  ;  loss  of  appetite ;  more 
or  less  pains  in  the  abdominal  viscera,  and  especially  the  liver.  Is 
very  languid ;  may  or  may  not  perspire  after  the  paroxysm  ;  if  he 
perspires  very  profusely  it  is  rather  against  the  remedy.  Also  I  have 
noticed  in  those  cases  where  the  patient  perspires  a  good  deal  during 
the  fever  the  polyporus  will  have  but  little  if  any  effect  upon  the  dis- 
ease. If  the  food  passes  the  patient  undigested  the  polyporus  is 
strongly  called  for,  and  will  cure  the  lientery  like  magic.  Those  cases 
where  the  patient  seems  to  have  almost  continued  fever  ;  the  inter- 
missions are  very  short,  can  hardly  be  noticed,  the  fever  is  not  very 
high,  the  remedy  in  my  hands  has  acted  like  a  charm.  In  acute 
cases :  I  have  had  the  best  results  with  the  remedy  in  quotidians, 
where  the  fever  lasted  a  long  time,  might  almost  be  called  a  remitt- 
ent fever ;  during  the  apyrexia  the  patient  feels  very  ill,  with 
loss  of  appetite  or  canine  hunger;  has  more  or  less  gastric 
symptoms,  with  dull  headache  and  great  languor.  During  the  par- 
oxysm has  more  or  less  gastric  symptoms  ;  may  or  may  not  vomit ; 
has  severe  headache,  with  pains  in  the- back  and  limbs.  The  chill  is 
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perspiration,  but  not  profusely  ;  may  or  may  not  want  water  during 
the  chill  and  fever;  but  not  during  the  sweat ;  never  craves  water  in- 
tensely during  the  paroxysm,  like  they  do  in  fevers  that  call  for  Ar- 
senicum. If  the  patient  has  a  hard  chill,  strong  fever,  and  profuse 
perspiration,  has  no  gastric  symptoms,  and  gets  up  as  soon  as  the 
sweat  is  over,  feeling  well,  the  polyporus  will  not  cure  him  ;  at  least 
that  is  my  experience.  In  sporadic  cases  the  type  may  be  quotidian 
or  tertian,  but  better  in  quotidians,  the  remedy  will  be  found  to  be 
one  of  the  best  now  known  to  the  profession,  ranking  equally  with 
quinine,  but  when  intermittent  fever  becomes  epidemic  and  rages 
over  large  sections  of  the  country  the  polyporus  cannot  be  depended 
upon.  If  the  patient  is  more  or  less  jaundiced  it  is  a  good  indication 
for  the  polyporus.  Also  I  have  noticed  that  in  consumptive  patients 
the  remedy  will  cure  most  every  form  of  intermittent  fever  that 
they  may  have.  If  the  patient  has  a  bilious  temperament  it  is  a 
strong  indication  for  its  use.  I  have  given  it  with  excellent 
success  in  double  quotidians.  I  think  that  the  remedy  will  act  better 
if  the  paroxysm  comes  on  in  the  forepart  of  the  day  ;  if  it  comes  on 
in  the  evening  or  at  night  I  have  not  had  such  good  results  from  its 
use  ;  acts  best  in  the  spring,  summer  and  winter ;  acts  poorly 
during  the  fall. 

I  have  now  given  some  of  the  indications  that  call  for  the  use  of 
the  polyporus  in  that  perplexing  and  dreaded  disease,  intermittent 
fever.  I  will  now  note  down  our  real  anti-miasmatic  remedies,  com- 
mencing with  the  most  valuable,  and  ending  with  those  the  least. 
The  remedies  that  possess  real  anti-miasmatic  properties,  so  far  as 
known  yet,  are  but  few.  Quinine,  Polypori,  Arsenicum,  Ipecacuanha, 
Nux  vomica,  Gelseminum,  Apis  mellifica,  Eupatorium  perfoliatum, 
Cedron,  the  web  of  the  Black  Spider,  Salicine,  Oornine,  Caffeine, 
Ostrya  virginioa  and  Ptelia  trifoliata.  With  the  two  last-named  my 
experience  has  not  been  large  enough  to  enable  me  to  give 
them  their  right  place,  but  both  remedies  have  undoubted  anti-mias- 
matic powers,  especially  the  active  principle  of  the  Ostrya  virginica 
(Ostryine).  Water  undoubtedly  possesses  anti-periodic  properties. 
See  M.  Braohet's  case  in  Wood's  Practice,  and  witness  the  many 
beautiful  cures  of  intermittent  fever  made  almost  daily  by  water.  To 
those  must  be  added  a  few  antipsorics,  such  as  Sulphur, Natrum  muri- 
aticum,  Carbo  vegetabilis,  Pulsatilla,  and  Ferrum.  The  above-men- 
tioned remedies  are  about  all  that  contain  real  anti-miasmatic  quali- 
ties. Bow  shall  they  be  given  ?  My  experience  has  taught  me  that 
the  more  acute  the  case  the  stronger  must  be  the  remedy.  Also, 
during  great  epidemics  of  intermittent  fever  the  low  dilutions  are 
our  only  standards.  In  ohronic  cases  the  medium  and  higher  dilu- 
tions will  be  found  far  superior  to  the  lower.  I  would  here  say  a 
word  against  the  barbarous  method  of  giving  the  sulphate  of  quinine 
in  twenty  grain  doses  in  intermittents.  It  is  never  necessary,  even 
in  the  most  malignant  cases,  to  give  such  large  doses.  Three  or  four 
grains,  every  three  or  four  hours  is  the  most  that  ever  should  be 
given,  and  generally  the  case  can  be  cured  with  the  triturations.  In 
congestive  intermittents  the  Quinine  should  be  given  by  subcutaneous 
injection,  instead  of  large  doses  by  the  stomach. 


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Case  17.— Intermittent  fever;  type  quotidian.  Mrs.  C,  set  20; 
nervo-bilious  temperament ;  nursing  a  babe  ;  Jan.  5,  ten  days  since, 
commenced  to  have  the  ague  ;  every  day  would  have  a  ehill  at  2  p.m., 
lasting  from  one  to  two  hours,  followed  by  fever  all  the  afternoon,  and 
slight  perspiration  at  night.  Four  days  ago  it  left  her  for  two  days. 
Yesterday  had  a  slight  ehill  in  the  morning,  followed  by  fever  until 
2  p.  m.,  when  she  had  a  severe  ohill  lasting  until  6  p.  m.,  followed  by 
high  fever  until  to-day  2. p.  m.,  when  another  ohill  came  on.  Has  se- 
vere frontal  headache  ;  great  pain  across  and  in  the  elbows  and  knees. 
The  pain  in  the  hips  is  very  severe ;  eyes  feeling  as  if  they  had  scalding 
water  in  them;  tongue  4 coated  white,  and  feeling  like  leather,  but 
is  moist ;  no  appetite ;  bowels  regular  ;  the  stools  are  dark-colored ; 
urine  thick  and  high-colored  ;  craves  cold  water,  but  cannot  drink  it, 
it  distresses  her  stomach  so  much  ;  eyes,  face  and  body  very  much 
jaundiced  ;  pulse  130,  full  and  bounding.  Gave  polyporus  off.  2  grs. 
of  the  1st  trit.,  every  two  hours.  In  each  powder  I  put  two  drops  of 
Verat.  viride,  to  control  the  fever.  6. — Feeling  better  ;  slept  most  of 
the  night ;  perspired  a  good  deal ;  fever  all  gone.  Continued  same 
treatment,  leaving  out  the  Verat.  v.  4  p.m.,  had  a  slight  ohill,  for  half 
an  hour,  followed  by  fever  for  three  hours,  then  slight  perspiration. 
7. — Good  deal  better ;  continued  same  treatment ;  no  fever  to-day, 
but  sweat  profusely  at  night,  feeling  very  weak ;  has  been  compelled 
to  keep  her  bed  for  the  last  three  days  ;  beginning  to  have  an  appe- 
tite ;  feels  very  irritable;  does  not  speak  a  pleasant  word  ;  has  a  slight 
dry  cough  to-day  ;  says  she  feels   sore  all  over,    as  if  she  had  been 

Jounded  ;  bowels  very  costive  ;  have  not  moved  for  three  days.  Gave 
Bryonia.  8. — Much  better  ;  cough  not  near  as  frequent  ;  but  she  is 
in  a  great  stew  about  her  bowels ;  knows  inflammation  of  the  bowels 
will  set  in  if  she  does  not  have  a  passage.  I  ordered  an  injeotion  of 
water  to  be  taken.  No,  she  would  rather  die  than  use  a  syringe.  I 
found  I  would  lose  my  patient  if  I  would  not  let  her  take  a  cathartic, 
so  I  ordered  oil,  which  gave  her  great  satisfaction.  Gave  Nux  and 
Merc.  sol.  In  four  days  found  her  still  improving,  but  her  bowels 
were  still  costive.  Gave  Nux  and  Podophyllum  for  a  week,  which 
completed  the  cure.  1  believe  the  Polyporus  produced  the  obstinate 
constipation  in  this  case ;  her  bowels  were  regular  when  she  com* 
menced  its  use,  and  she  was  not  troubled  with  torpid  bowels  bofore. 
Case  18. — Intermittent  fever  ;  type,  tertian.  Mrs.  B.,  set  20;  ner- 
vous temperament.  Dec.  18. — For  the  last  three  weeks  has  not  been 
feeling  well  ;  no  appetite ;  bowels  costive,  with  a  feeling  of  great 
debility ;  for  the  last  week,  every  other  day,  about  noon,  her  back, 
but  especially  her  legs,  would  pain  her  so  severely  that  she  could 
not  refrain  from  crying ;  had  no  real  marked  chill,  but  had  slight 
fever  all  the  afternoon,  with  perspiration  at  night,  but  her  greatest 
*  trouble  was  the  great  pain  in  her  legs  ;  the  whole  of  her  legs  ached, 
but  more  especially  the  knees  and  ankles ;  the  pain  seemed  to  be 
deep  in  the  bones.  Gave  Polyporus  off.  Had  but  one  paroxysm  af* 
ter  commencing  the  remedy.  The  ague  returned  in  two  weeks,  but 
was  checked  after  the  first  paroxysm,  with  the  same  remedy,  and  did 
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Case  19. — Intermittent  fever  ;  type,  quotidian  ;  Mrs.  L.,  set  35'; 
bilious  temperament.  For  the  last  two  months  has  not  felt  well ; 
two  weeks  since  commenced  to  have  the  ague ;  has  continued  everj 
day  since  ;  comes  on  every  day  at  3  p.  if.  At  first  the  chill  would 
last  for  two  hours,  but  now  she  can  just  notice  it ;  has  a  constant 
headache,  very  much  worse  during  the  paroxysm  ;  great  pain  in  the 
small  of  the  back  and  all  the  long  bones  ;  tongue  coated  yellow, with 
red,  dry  tip  ;  constant  bitter  taste  in  the  mouth  ;  perfect  loss  of  ap- 
petite ;  nausea  and  severe  vomiting  during  each  chill ;  sometimes 
vomits  blood  ;  has  a  great  deal  of  colicky  pain  in  the  hypogastric  re* 
gion  ;  enlargement  of  the  spleen,  with  constant  pain  in  it ;  bowels 
costive  ;  stools  black  color.  Hat)  a  high  fever  until  midnight,  and 
then  perspires  profusely ;  the  sweat  turns  her  clothes  yellow  ;  her 
face,  eyes  and  body  are  very  much  jaundiced ;  very  weak  ;  keeps  her 
bed  most  of  the  time  ;  is  nursing  a  babe.  Gave  Polyporus  2nd,  two 
grs.  every  two  hours.  26. — Is  much  better  ;  had  a  slight  paroxysm 
just  at  dark,  but  did  not  vomit.  Had  a  chill  early  in  the  morning  ; 
lasted  most  of  the  day ;  chilly  whenever  she  would  move  ;  vomited 
a  number  of  times.  Gave  Polyporus  1st  dec.  28. — Feeling  better ; 
head  does  not  ache;  some  appetite,  but  is  chilly  whenever  she  moves  ; 
vomited  several  times  throughout  the  day  ;  had  no  fever.  Gave  Ipecac. 
29 — Better ;  sweat  a  good  deal  at  night ;  is  not  chilly  to-day. 
Gave  Ipecac  and  Arsenicum,  which  completed  the  cure.  This  was  a 
very  hard  case,  and  the  polyporus  acted  as  well  as  could  be  desired  in 
it.  The  gastrio  symptoms  in  cases  like  this  must  be  contested  by 
Ipecac. 

Case  20. — Intermittent  fever ;  type,  quotidian.  Mrs.  K.,  sat  45 ; 
bilious  temperament.  Nov.  2. — For  the  last  four  days  has  had  fever 
every  afternoon,  but  has  had  no  chill  or  sweat  until  yesterday  ;  had  a 
chill  that  lasted  two  hours  ;  drinks  a  good  deal  of  water  during  the 
fever  ;  dizzy  when  walking;  nausea  every  day  ;  vomited  yesterday 
at  night ;  has  a  constant  burning  distress  in  the  upper  sternal  region ; 
hard  headache ;  bowels  costive.  Ordered  an  injection  of  water,  to 
move  the  bowels.  Gave  30  drops  of  the  3d  dilution  of  polyporus  in 
half  a  glass  of  water,  dessert  spoonful  every  two  hours.  She  steadily 
improved  under  this  treatment,  having  but  two  paroxysms  afterwards. 

Case  21. — Intermittent  fever;  type,  quotidian.  Mr.  A.,  ast  37  ; 
has  been  in  the  army  three  years,  and  had  the  ague  a  number  of 
times  ;  took  Quinine  in  large  quantities  to  break  it ;  had  diarrhoea  for 
the  last  six  months,  with  the  ague  every  few  weeks ;  was  finally  dis- 
charged from  the  army,  not  being  able  to  do  duty.  Has  had  the  ague 
now  the  last  six  weeks,  with  the  diarrhoea  ;  has  no  chill,  but  every 
morning  his  back  and  limbs  aohe  badly  ;  it  is  followed  by  a  slight 
fever  all  day,  and  perspires  slightly  at  night;  is  very  pale  and* 
anaemic  ;  tongue  furred  white  ;  has  from  two  to  four  stools  a  day  of 
a  yellow  color,  and  about  the  consistence  of  cream  ;  no  pain.  Is  very 
weak  ;  keeps  his  bed  most  of  the  day  ;  is  completely  discouraged  ;  has 
had  a  homoeopathic  physician  treating  him  the  last  two  weeks.  Gave 
polyporus  1st,  dec,  every  two  hours  for  two  days,  when  I  called  and 
found  him  very  much  improved.     His  bowels  moved  twice  yesterday 

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and  not  at  all  since  ;  no  fever  to-day.  Continued  same  remedy 
every  three  hoars  for  two  days,  and  then  every  four  hoars  for  two 
days,  when  the  cure  was  complete,  he  having  had  but  one  paroxysm 
after  commencing  the  polyporas.  It  not  only  cured  the  fever  bat  the 
diarrhoea  also.     I  never  made  a  more  satisfactory  cure. 

Case  22. — Intermittent  fever ;  type  quotidian.  Nellie  — ;  tem- 
perament nervous.  For  the  last  five  days  every  morning  would  com- 
plain  of  pain  in  the  stomach,  which  soon  would  be  followed  by  fever 
that  would  last  all  day.  The  last  three  days  the  paroxysms  have 
oome  on  at  2  and  3  p.  m.;  wants  to  drink  a  good  deal  during  the 
fever  ;  loss  of  appetite ;  very  pale  and  weak ;  keeps  the  bed  all  the 
day,  and  says  her  head  and  stomach  pains  all  the  time.  Gave  poly- 
posis 2d,  two  grs.  every  two  hours.  Had  but  one  paroxysm  after 
commencing  the  remedy.     Convalescence  was  very  rapid. 

Case  23. — Intermittent    fever  ;    type,   quotidian.     Mrs.   B ; 

temperament  nervous.  For  the  last  three  weeks  has  had  a  fever  every 
afternoon  and  evening ;  feels  chilly  whenever  she  moves ;  motion 
produces  nausea ;  tongue  coated  white  ;  loss  of  appetite ;  bowels 
loose  ;  very  restless  at  night ;  cannot  sleep  any  ;  does  not  perspire. 
Gave  the  polyporus.  Had  but  one  paroxysm  afterwards.  Recov- 
ered rapidly. 

Case  24. — Intermittent  fever ;  type,  quotidian.  Mr.  S.,  set  26 ; 
bilious  temperament.  For  two  weeks  past  has  had  the  ague  every 
day  ;  ohill  comes  on  at  10  a.  m.,  and  lasts  one  hour,  followed  by  fever 
three  hours,  and  profuse  perspiration  at  night.  The  sweat  turns  his 
linen  yellow ;  has  a  constant  headache,  worse  during  the  fever  ; 
tongue  coated  yellow ;  flat  bitter  taste  ;  loss  of  appetite ;  bowels 
costive  ;  stools  light  color  ;  face  and  body  very  much  jaundiced  ;  has 
had  to  give  up  work  for  the  last  week.  Gave  polyporus  1st,  dee. 
two  grs.  every  two  hours  for  three  days.  Had  no  more  fever  after 
commencing  the  medicine,  but  sweat  for  two  nights.  Went  to  work 
in  four  days,  feeling  well.  The  jaundice  was  completely  gone  in  a 
week.  It  was  pleasing  to  see  how  rapidly  the  jaundiced  hue  of  the 
skin  disappeared. 

Case  25. — Intermittent  fever;  quotidian  type.  Mr.  B.,  set  26;  tem- 
perament sanguine  nervous.  Jan.  2. — For  the  last  five  months  has 
not  been  free  from  the  ague  two  weeks ;  has  had  it  broken  five  times, 
three  times  with  Quinine,  and  twice  with  something  he  does  not  know 
what :  cannot  work ;  is  extremely  weak  and  languid  ;  skin  is  much 
jaundiced  ;  has  canine  hunger  :  bowels  have  been  quite  loose  most  of 
the  time,  but  now  are  normal ;  has  but  few  gastric  symptoms  ;  has 
nausea  during  the  fever ;  tongue  coated  yellow  ;  every  day  at  11  a. 
m.  has  a  hard  chill,  but  does  not  shake  ;  lasts  two  hours  ;  has  a  ter- 
rible headache,  with  hard  pain  in  his  arms,  back  and  legs.  Gave 
polyporus,  two  grs.  every  two  hours  for  two  days,  and  then  every  four 
hours  for  three  days.  Had  no  more  ague  after  the  second  day,  but 
rapidly  convalesced,  notwithstanding  he  lived  on  an  island  in  the 
Mississippi,  constantly  exposed  to  miasm. 

Case  26. — Intermittent  fever ;  type,  tertian.  A  little  boy,  »t  9  ; 
bilious  temperament.    For  a  week  has  had  the  ague  every  other  day. 


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Has  a  slight  chill  about  2  p.m.,  followed  by  fever  until  6  p.m.,  and  then 
perspires,  but  not  profusely ;  vomits  during  the  fever ;  tongue  coated 
white  ;  no  appetite  ;  bowels  are  torpid ;  is  very  pale ;  plays  about 
the  house  the  well  day.  Gave  polyporus  1st,  one  grain  every  two 
hours  ;  had  three  paroxysms  after  commencing  the  remedy,  each  one 
being  lighter;  remained  away  two  weeks,  when  it  returned  again. 
Same  remedy  broke  it  again  after  he  had  two  paroxysms. 

I  might  go  on  and  give  a  great  many  more  cases  where  the  poly- 
porus has  made  just  as  good  cures  as  it  did  in  the  cases  noted  above, 
out  I  have  given  enough  to  answer  my  present  purpose,  and  will  not 
take  up  any  more  space  with  clinical  cases.  See  volume  II.  Medi- 
cal Investigator,  page  62  and  73,  for  a  detailed  account  of  14  cases 
treated  by  me  with  the  polyporus  off.  (Boletus.) 

It  might  not  be  out  of  place  here  to  give  my  views  as  to  the  origin 
of  intermittent  fever.  The  cause  of  intermittent  fever  is  a  peculiar 
miasm,  which  arises  during  the  progress  of  vegetable  decomposition 
in  marshy,  wet  places,  during  hot  summer  weather,  when  the  ponds 
and  marshes  are  being  rapidly  dried  up.  In  the  bottoms  of  rivers 
and  ponds,  where  to  the  natural  eye  there  does  not  appear  to  be  any 
vegetation  whatever,  seems  to  be  the  place  where  the  most  of  this 
paludal  malaria  is  developed.  Very  dry  seasons,  when  the  rivers  be- 
come almost  or  quite  dried  up,  intermittent,  remittent  and  bilious 
fever 8  are  very  abundant  all  the  fall  and  winter.  This  is  evidence 
to  my  mind  that  this  miasm  consists  of  minute  cryptogamic  fungi. 
Their  growth  is  rapid,  and  they  are  of  a  very  poisonous  character. 
These  fungi  enter  the  system  chiefly  through  the  ^lir-cells  of  the 
lungs  into  the  circulation,  and  also  through  the  skin.  The  poisonous 
properties,  or  forces,  of  these  fungi  have  a  specific  relation  to  the 
ganglionic  nervous  centres,  the  same  as  the  poisonous  properties  or 
forces  of  Belladonna  to  the  brain,  Nux  vomica  to  the  spinal  cord,  or 
Secale  cornutum  to  the  motor  nerves  of  the  uterus.  Now  we  know 
that  it  is  a  fixed  law  in  nature  that  whenever  we  administer  any  one 
of  these  remedies  its  effects  are  invariably  spent  on  the  same  organs 
to  which  it  is  en  rapport.  So  it  is  with  these  cryptogamic  fungi, 
whenever  they  enter  the  system  the  nervous  centres  which  preside 
over  the  chylopoietic  organs  are  the  main  organs  effected.  The  effects 
of  these  fungi  will  not  be  developed  as  readily  in  all  patients,  be- 
cause the  conditions  of  their  reception  vary  infinitely.  Some  patients, 
like  certain  earths,  will  not  receive  certain  germs.  The  wind  may 
spread  the  same  seed  widely  over  a  country,  and  yet  the  grain  will 
not  spring  up  everywhere  alike ;  here  the  soil  may  be  too  wet,  there 
too  dry  ;  here  other  germs  have  grown  up  and  stifled  the  new  seed. 
Just  so  it  is  with  these  cryptogamic  fungi ;  they  require  conditions 
favorable  to  their  development.  In  some  patients  it  will  produce  in- 
termittent, remittent  or  bilious  fevers ;  in  others  it  will  produce 
diarrhoea,  dysentery,  colic,  various  hepatic  and  gastric  derangements. 
If  these  fungi  enter  the  system  when  it  is  in  an  exhausted  condition 
their  effects  are  immediately  shown,  but  if  the  system  is  in  a  healthy 
condition  their  effects  are  very  slow  in  being  developed  ;  it  may  be 
months  before  the  system  gives  way  to  the  great  destroyer %  of  gang* 
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I  will  give  one  fact  to  prove  that  this  paludal  malaria  is  composed 
of  oryptogamic  fuogi.  It  is  a  well  known  fact  to  all  medical  men 
that  a  person  may  sleep  in  perfect  safety  in  a  house  kept  well  heated 
by  fire  through  the  night,  even  if  it  is  situated  in  the  center  of  the 
Pontine  Marshes,  where  this  malaria  is  produced  in  its  most  malig- 
nant form.  This  fact  also  explains  why  we  do  not  have  intermittent 
fever  in  large  cities.  The  many  and  constant  fires  kept  burning  de- 
stroy this  cryptogamic  fungi  that  floats  in  the  air. 

REMITTENT     AND     BILIOUS     FEVERS — REPORT     OF     CASES     TREATED     IN 

CAVALRY  BUREAU  HOSPITAL,  ST.  LOUIS,  MO.,  BY  E.  C.  FRANKLIN,  M.  D., 

SURGEON   IN  CHARGE. 

Case  1. — Peter  Sharp,  aged  28  years,  was  admitted  into  hospital 
J>ec.  11,  with  the  following  symptoms:  Violent  headache  ;  pain  in  the 
bones  ;  dull  aching  in  the  back ;  loss  of  appetite  ;  great  lassitude ;  disin- 
clination for  bodily  exertion  ;  sick  at  the  stomach  ;  hot  and  dry 
skin  ;  pulse  120  ;  dry  and  furred  tongue  ;  thirst ;  urine  scanty  and 
high  colored.  For  the  preceding  eight  days  felt  chilly  sensations  al- 
ternating with  fever,  with  nausea  and  constipation.  Treatment ; 
Polyporus  1st,  trit.,  three  grains  every  two  hours.  Five  hours  after- 
wards the  patient  complained  of  severe  pain  in  the  stomach  and  bow* 
els,  after  which  the  remedy  was  given  every  three  hours.  Dec.  12. — 
Patient  feels  better  ;  pulse  reduced  ;  skin  assuming  a  moistened  con- 
dition; tongue  less  furred  and  secretions  more  abundant.  13. — 
Much  better  ;  gave  the  remedy  every  four  hours.  14. — Patient 
convalescent,  all  symptoms  of  the  fever  having  subsided,  and  on 
the  15th  he  was  discharged  from  the  hospital  cured. 

Case  2. — George  Shields,  aged  13  years,  was  admitted  into  hospi- 
tal March  14,  1865,  with  the  following  symptoms  :  Chills  alternating 
with  fever,  occurring  several  times  during  the  day,  with  marked  ex- 
acerbations at  night ;  hot  skin ;  violent  pain  in  the  head  and  loins, 
and  aching  of  the  bones ;  nausea ;  furred  tongue,  with  diminished 
secretions ;  pulse  110  ;  eyes  suffused  and  of  a  yellow  color.  Treat- 
ment :  Polyporns  1st,  three  grains  every  three  hours,  head  bathed 
with  a  lotion  of  Aconite,  one  drachm  to  a  pint  of  water.  15. — Pa- 
tient better,  and  all  symptoms  of  the  disease  subsiding ;  pulse  94 ; 
skin  moist. — 0.  T.  16. — Patient  improving;  bowels  remain  consti- 
pated ;  pulse  85.  Ordered  Nux  vom.  2d,  in  alternation  with  the 
Polyporus,  every  two  hours.  i7. — Pakent  still  convalescing,  the 
bowels  having  moved  during  the  night. — C.  T.  18. — Patient  well, 
and  asks  to  be  returned  to  duty.     19. — Patient  discharged  cured. 

Case  3. — William  Bekle,  aged  30  years,  admitted  into  hospital 
March  20,  1865,  with  the  following  symptoms  :  Chilliness,  followed 
by  fever  for  the  last  three  days  ;  pain  in  head  and  back ;  general 
lassitude ;  hot  and  dry  skin  ;  thirst ;  furred  tongue  ;  dull  pain  in  the 
right  hypochondriac  region ;  pulse  100 ;  bowels  regular  ;  urine  scanty 
and  high  colored.  Treatment :  Polyporus  1st  trit.,  three  grs.  every 
three  hours.  March  31. — Patient  improving ;  pulse  90 ;  feeling 
much  better. — C.  T.  April  1. — Patient  convalescing ;  pulse  84.— 
C.  T.,  as  before.  April  2.—  Patient  continuing  to  improve  ;  pulse  82. 
— C.  T.     April  4. — Patient  returned  to  duty  cured. 


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Que  4. — John  Soburtz,  aged  54  years ;  admitted  into  hospital 
81,  with  the  following  symptoms  :  pain  in  head  ;  aching  in  the  bones : 
sickness  of  stomach ;  ohillfl  alternating  with  fever,  occurring  several 
times  m  day,  with  exacerbations  at  night ;  pain  in  the  stomach  and 
bowels  ;  pulse  105 ;  tongue  coated  with  a  brownish  fur ;  secretions 
diminished ;  urgent  thirst ;  countenance  haggard  ;  great  physical 
prostration  ;  skin  hot  and  dry  ;  feeling  of  soreness  in  the  body  ;  loss 
of  appetite,  etc.  Treatment :  polyporus  1st  trit.,  three  grains  every 
three  hours,  with  cool  sponge  bathing  of  the  whole  body  ;  light  diet. 
April  1. — Patient  better,  but  pain  in  the  head  continues  ;  pulse  86 ; 
C.  T.,  with  Bryonia  for  headache.  April  2. — Pain  in  the  head  better ; 
fever  slightly  increased ;  pulse  96,  full  and  hard.  Ordered  Gels.,  10 
drops  in  tumbler  half  full  of  water,  in  alternation  with  the  poly* 
porus,  every  two  hours.  April  4  —patient  decidedly  improved ;  bowels 
moved  during  the  day ;  pulse  83  ;  skin  moist  and  all  the  symptoms 
better;  C.  T.  April  5. — Medicine  discontinued  and  patient  dis- 
charged from  the  hospital  cured. 

Case  5. — John  Dwyre,  aged  30  years,  admitted  into  hospital  Deo. 
29,  with  the  following  symptoms  :  Had  a  severe  chill,  followed  by 
fever,  pain  in  head  and  aching  in  the  bones.  Had  several  relapses 
of  intermittent  fever  during  the  summer ;  pulse  115  ;  hot,  pungent 
skin  ;  furred  tongue ;  diminished  secretions ;  sickness  of  stomach  ; 
thirst ;  great  bodily  prostration  ;  urine  red  and  scanty.  Treatment : 
polyporus  1st,  trit.  every  three  hours.  Dec.  30 — patient  feels  better  ; 
pulse  reduced;  skin  moist,  and  symptoms  generally  improving  ;  C.T. 
Dec.  31— patient  much  better;  C.  T.  Jan.  1 — patient  convalescent ; 
bowels  regular  ;  gave  the  polyporus  every  four  hours.  Jan.  3 — pa- 
tient returned  to  duty  cured. 

I  have  used  the  polyporus  off,  in  several  cases  of  bilious  fever  with 
excellent  effect,  but  have  lost  my  notes  of  the  cases  treated. 

CONTINUED  FEVER CASE  BY  DR.  P.  A.  LORD. 

Mr.  S.,  set  60.  After  more  than  a  week  of  indisposition  was  taken 
down  with  continued  fever  ;  the  pain  in  the  back  and  head  was  very 
severe ;  urine  scanty  and  high  colored,  but  passed  frequently  ;  bowels 
constipated  ;  tenderness,  with  gurgling  over  right  iliac  region  ;  cannot 
bear  the  least  pressure ;  tongue  coated  thickly,  of  a  yellowish  white, 
with  fiery  tip  and  edges ;  pulse  sluggish ;  mind  wandering  ;  muttering 
during  sleep  ;  he  thinks  he  shall  never  recover,  and  insists  upon 
making  his  will  ;  no  chill  preceded  the  fever,  but  after  the  second 
day  had  frequent  chilly  sensations.  The  fever  continued  several 
days,  much  to  the  alarm  of  the  friends,  in  spite  of  Aconite,  Bryonia, 
Baptisia,  and  Gelseminum.  I  then  gave  polyporus  2d,  dec,  for  forty- 
eight  hours.  When  the  fever  had  about  left  him  he  said,  "  I  am  bet- 
ter, I  am  going  to  get  well,1'  and  for  the  first  time  during  his  sickness 
called  for  food ;  tongue  moist  and  less  coated,  but  still  red  at  the 
tip ;  the  discharge  of  urine  much  increased ;  sat  up  about  one  hour 
during  the  day.  Continued  the  same  treatment.  Convalescence  was 
rapid.  I  scarcely  know  whether  the  result  in  this  case  was  from  good 
luck  or  good  management.  At  all  events  I  am  getting  a  good  deal 
of  credit  for  the  cure,  and  I  think  I  am  largely  indebted  to  the  poly- 
porus for  it. 

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I  hare  given  the  polyporus  in  one  mild  case  of  continued  fever ;  the 
patient  did  well ;  fever  lasted  twenty-one  days  ;  but  this  case  would, 
nave  recovered  with  most  any  treatment,  and  I  cannot  tell  if  the 
remedy  did  good  or  not.  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  it  cannot«be  de* 
pended  upon  in  typhoid  fever,  but  it  remains  to  be  proven  yet.  I  have 
given  it  to  a  number  of  patients  convalescing  from  fever,  I  thought 
with  benefit.  The  polyporus  will  often  be  found  useful  in  fevers  in 
conjunction  with  other  remedies. 

Mind.— 47.  Feeling  weak  and  depressed  and  indisposed  to  any  ex- 
ertion, physical  or  mental. — L. 

48.  Low-spirited. — L. 

49.  Depression  of  spirits  for  five  days,  with  great  irritability. — L. 

50.  Dream  much  at  night.— W, 

51.  Very  gloomy  and  desponding. — B. 

52.  Irritated  at  the  least  trifle. — B. 

53.  Absence  of  mind. — B. 

54.  Loss  of  memory. — B. 

These  symptoms,  in  connection  with  fevers,  and  diseases  to  which 
it  is  in  rapport,  are  very  important  to  be  noted. 
Head. — 55.  Dull   frontal  headache. — S. 

56.  Dull  pains  through  the  temples. — S. 

57.  Sharp  pains  in  the  temples. — S. 

58.  Tight  feeling  of  skin  of  forehead  with  dull  frontal  headache.-B. 

59.  Dull  frontal  headache. — B. 

60.  Head  feeling  very  light  and  hollow,  with  deep  frontal  head- 
ache and  faintness. — B. 

61.  Deep  drawing  pains  in  the  forehead. — B. 

62.  Neuralgic  pains  in  the  temples. — B. 

63.  Dull  frontal  headache  all  day,  with  high  fever.—  B. 

CLINICAL  REMARKS. 

When  we  have  headache  in  intermittent,  remittent,  or  bilious 
fevers,  similar  to  that  caused  by  the  polyporus,  we  may  resort  to  the 
remedy  with  perfect  confidence  of  its  curing  the  case.  In  intermit- 
tent headaches  it  has  cured  a  number  of  oases. 

Dr.  Shepherd  writes  me :  "I  have  oured  some  very  severe  cases 
of  periodical  headache,  coming  on  at  a  regular  hour  each  day.  In 
these  oases  I  used  it  the  same  as  I  did  in  fevers." 

Dr.  J.  A.  Wakeman  writes  :  "  It  has  done  well  in  some  oases  of 
facial   neuralgia  of  a  periodical  character. 

In  sick  headache  I  predict  it  will  be  a  very  useful  remedy.  Dr. 
K.  0.  Smedley  has  found  it  a  remedy  of  great  value  in  one  case  of  a 
lady  47  years  of  age,  who  had  just  passed  the  change  of  life  ;  has 
sick  headache  every  month,  with  a  great  deal  of  chilliness  along  the 
spine  and  other  symptoms  similar  to  those  caused  by  the  polyporus. 
He  gave  it  in  drop  doses  of  the  tincture  every  hour  ;  from  two  to 
four  doses  gives  her  perfect  relief,  whon  she  goes  to  sleep,  and  sleeps 
all  night  and  wakes  up  in  the  morning  well,  something  she  never  did 
before ;  always  very  sick  for  two  days ;  her  liver  seems  to  be  the 
seat  of  her  difficulty.  I  never  have  tried  it  in  this  disease,  but  in- 
tend to  do  so  the  first  opportunity.  The  oases  I  would  expect  to  find 
it  useful  in  would  have  their  origin  from  the  liver. 


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POLYPORUS  OFFICINALES  gOS 

.  In  intermittent  neuralgia  I  have  given  it  with  excellent  results. 
Mrs.  K.,  a&t  35,  bilious  temperament,  has  been  weak  and  languid  foe* 
three  weeks ;  poor  appetite  ;  every  day  for  the  last  week,  at  12  m., 
commences  to  have  a  burning  pain  in  all  the  upper  teeth,  the  left  side 
of  the  jaw,  and  also  in  the  left  temple.  The  pain  is  very  intense, 
and  lasts  until  midnight,  when  it  gradually  passes  off;  feels  it 
slightly  through  the  forenoon,  but  can  bear  it  without  much  trouble. 
Treatment :  polyporus  1st,  every  two  hours  ;  cured  the  case  in  three 
days. 

In  three  cases  of  intermittent  neuralgia,  where  the  left  side  of  the 
head  and  temple  was  affected  the  polyporus  acted  well,  one  prescrip- 
tion curing  each  case  from  one  to  four  days. 

Eyes. — 64.  Agglutinations  of  the  eyelids  every  morning,  with  dull, 
aching  pains  on  the  eyeballs. — B. 

Mouth.— 65.  Flat  metallic  taste. — S. 

66.  Sweetish  nauseous  taste. — S. 

67.  Roughness  in  the  mouth  with  scraping  sensation  in  throat. — L. 

68.  Prickling  in  root  of  the  tongue,  which  soon  passed  away. — L. 

69.  Flat  taste  in  the  mouth. — B. 

70.  A  strong  coppery  taste  for  several  days. — B. 

71.  Loss  of  taste. — B. 

72.  All  kinds  of  food  taste  unnatural. — B. 

73.  Teeth  and  gums  very  sore  and  congested. — B. 

74.  Thick  yellow  coating  on  the  tongue. — B. 

75.  White  coating  on  the  tongue. — B. 

76.  Bitter  taste  in  the  mouth. — B. 

CLINICAL   REMARKS. 

These  symptoms  are  quite  suggestive  in  fevers. 

Gastric  Symptoms. — 77.  Loss  of  appetite. — L.  «, 

78.  Slight  nausea. — L. 

79.  Acid  risings  in  the  throat,  with  inclination  to  go  to  stool, — L. 

80.  Appetite  invigorated. — S. 

81.  Loss  of  appetite. — S. 

82.  Desire  for  acids. — S. 

82.  Nausea,  especially  in  the  throat. — S. 

83.  Nausea  at  times. — S. 

85.  Feeling  in  the  throat  as  if  I  would  vomit. — B. 

86.  Constant  nausea,  with  distress  in  the  stomach. — B. 

87.  Nausea  lasting  but  a  moment — B. 

88.  Loss  of  appetite. 

89.  Nausea  and  vomiting. — Eclectic  Dispensatory. 

CLINICAL   REMARKS. 

These  symptoms  all  point  to  the  different  kind  of  fevers  in  which 
it  has  been  found  curative. 

Stomach. — 90.  Sharp  cutting  pains  in  the  stomach  for  five  minutes, 
while  sitting.—  S. 

91.  Feeling  as  if  there  was  a  lump  in  the  stomach. 

92.  Feeling  of  coldness  in  the  stomach. — S. 

93.  Lanoinating  pains  in  the  stomach  and  liver. — S. 


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94.  Distress  in  stomach  and  abdomen,  with  frequent  nausea.—   . 

95.  Cutting  pains  in  the  stomach  all  night. — B. 

96.  Severe,  sharp,  cutting  pains  in  the  stomach  every  few  min- 
utes, with  dull  aching  distress  in  the  umbilicus  and  loud  rumbling  of 
the  bowels  all  night. — B. 

97.  Fullness  of  the  stomach,  with  acid  risings. — L. 

Liver. — 98.  Lancinating  pains  in  the  liver  and  stomach. — S. 
99    Dull  aching  distress  in  the   right  lobe  of  the  liver,  with  dull, 
frontal  headache. — B. 

100.  Sharp,  cutting  pains  near  the  gall-bladder.— -B. 

101.  Burning  distress  in  the  region  of  the  gall-bladder,  all  the  af- 
ternoon, with  sharp  pains  in  the  stomach  and  heavy  aching  distress  in 
the  whole  liver,  but  more  especially  in  the  right  lobe. — B. 

102.  Papescent  stool,  followed  by  dull,  heavy  aching  pains  in  the 
liver  and  umbilicus. — B. 

103.  Dull,  burning  distress  in  the  right  lobe  of  the  liver  and  epi- 
gastrium, with  dull  drawing  pains  in  the  right  hypochondrium  and 
whole  dorsal  region. — B. 

104.  Heavy,  dragging  pains  in  the  liver  more  in  the  right  lobe. — B. 

105.  A  full  inspiration  produces  sharp,  cutting  pains  in  the  right 
lobe  of  liver  and  whole  dorsal  region. — B. 

106.  Stools  mixed  with  bile.— B. 

107.  Poor  appetite,  with  a  bilious  feeling  for  five  days. — L. 

108.  Momentary  pains  in  both  hypochondriac  regions. — L. 

CLINICAL   REMARKS. 

The  liver  is  one  of  the  great  centres  where  the  polyporus  spends 
most  of  its  action.  I  wish  I  was  able  to  illustrate  the  pathological 
changes  that  are  produced  in  the  liver  by  the  Polyporus,  by  cases  of 
poisoning  in  animals.  Some  future  day  I  hope  to  be  able  to  do  so. 
In  my  proving,  as  well  as  in  Drs.  Lord,  Wood,  and  Smedleys,  the  ob- 
jective and  subjective  symptoms  all  point  to  its  great  effect  upon  the 
hepatic  system.  Its  effects  upon  the  liver  are  very  similar  to  those 
produced  by  the  Leptandra  virginica.  The  solid  constituents  of  the 
bile  are  increased  and  the  fluid  portion  diminished.  The  hepatic 
cella  do  not  perform  their  functions,  that  of  eliminating  the  excre- 
mentitious  substances  from  the  blood ;  consequently  we  have  jaundice 
with  all  the  various  symptoms  that  accompany  it,  with  congestion, 
either  acute  or  chronic,  and  if  it  is  pressed  far  enough  we  may  have 
inflammation  of  the  liver,  with  enlargement  and  other  organic  lesions 
of  that  organ. 

I  have  given  it  in  a  number  of  cases  of  jaundice  with  excellent 
results.  I  cannot  give  the  characteristic  symptoms  that  call  for  its 
exhibition  in  this  disease,  but  I  have  noticed  that  when  there  is  in- 
flammation of  the  duodenum  extending  along  the  oommon  duet  to  the 
liver  that  the  polyporus  does  not  do  well. 

Abdomen. — 109*  Dull  aching  pains  over  the  whole  lower  abdo- 
men. -  W. 

110.  Uneasiness  in  the  lower  abdomen  all  day,  as  if  diarrhoea 
would  come  on. — W. 

111.  Pain  in  the  whole  abdomen. — W* 


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112.  Increased  vermicular  action  of  the  bowels. — W. 

113.  Much  flafcus  in  the  bowels.— S. 

114.  Constant  borborygmus. — 8. 

115.  Feeling  as  if  diarrhoea  would  come  on,  with  loud  gargling  of 
the  bowels.— rS. 

116.  Uneasiness  in  sub-umbilical  region,  which  gradually  increased 
for  one  hour,  when  it  waa  followed  by  a  mushy  stool,  with  sharp 
pains  extending  up  on  each  side  of  the  umbilicus  towards  the  iliac 
region,  and  than  extending  to  the  floor  of  tho  pelvis  in  a  ring  around 
the  rectum  ;  lasted  some  time. — L. 

117.  Uneasiness  of  the  bowels  after  retiring. — L. 

118.  Momentary  pains  in  the  hypogastrium. — L. 

119.  Lacerating  pains  here  and  there  throughout  the  abdomen. — L. 

120.  Neuralgic  pains  in  the  lower  abdomen,  extending  to  the  right 
hypochondrium. — L. 

121.  Pain  in  the  abdomen,  with  inclination  to  go  to  stool,  for  a 
long  time. — L. 

122.  Great  distress  in  the  epigastric  and  umbilical  regions. — B. 

123.  Severe,  dull,  aohing  distress  just  below  the  stomach,  all  day, 
which  produced  great  faintness  ;  it  was  terrible  to  endure. — B. 

124.  Constant  rumbling  in  the  abdomen  before  stool. — B. 

125.  Great  distress  in  the  bowels  before  stool. — B. 

126.  Sharp,  cutting  pains  in  the  umbilical  and  hypogastric  re- 
gions  before  stool. — B. 

127.  Great  distress  and  pain  in  the  bowels  after  stool. — B. 

Stool. — 128.  Loose  stool  with  qualmishness. — W. 

129.  Papescent  stools,  with  pain  afterwards. — W. 

130.  Stools  expelled  with  great  force. — W. 

131.  Loose  stool,  with  tenesmus. — W. 

132.  Desire  for  stool,  with  much  flatus. — W. 

133.  Constipation. — S. 

134.  Emissions  of  foetid  flatus. — S. 

135.  Unpleasant  sensation  about  the  anus. — L. 

136.  Scanty  stool.— L. 

137.  Natural  stool.— L. 

138.  No  stool  for  one  day,  and  then  natural  stool. — L. 

139.  Mushy  stools  with  pain  in  the  abdomen. — L. 

140.  Mushy  stools  without  pain. — L. 

141.  Disposition  to  go  to  stool. — L. 

142.  Copious   soft  stool,  followed   by  uneasiness   in  the  umbili- 
cus.— L. 

143.  Dark,  lumpy,  dry  stools.— B.,  P. 

144.  Black,  lumpy,  dry  stools,  mixed  with  bile  and  muous. — B. 

145.  Stools  natural  consistence,  of  a  dark  color,  and  mixed  with 
bile  and  mucous. — B. 

146.  Stools  of  pure  mucus. — B. 

147.  Stools  of  bile,  mucus  and  blood. — B. 

148.  Thin,  yellow,  papescent  stools. — B. 

149.  Thin  very  dark-colored  papescent  stools. — B. 


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150.  Yellow  papescent  stools,  mixed  with  something  that  looks 
like  oil,  in  drops  the«size  of  a  cent  down  to  small  drops. — B. 

151.  Stools  preceded  and  followed  by  severe  pains  in  the  umbilical 
region. — B. 

152.  Sharp,  cutting  pains  in  the  umbilical  and  hypogastric Jregions, 
before  and  after  stool. — B. 

153.  Great  disposition  to  strain  after  stools. — B. 
154    Great  faintness  after  the  stool. — B. 

155.  Stools  of  undigested  food. — B. 

156.  Papescent  stools  without  pain. — B. 

157.  Papescent  stools  with  high  fever. — B. 

158.  Stools  that  run  from  the  bowels  with  great  force,  composed  of 
bile,  mucus,  and  black  fecal  matter,  preceded  by  great  burning  pain 
and  distress  in  the  epigastrium,  right  lobe  of  the  liver  and  umbilicus, 
and  followed  by  the  same  symptoms. — B. 

CLINICAL  REMARKS. 

In  diseases  of  the  chylopoietio  organs  the  polyporus  will  be  found 
a  remedy  of  great  utility  in  the  hands  of  the  physician. 

Dr.  Holcombe  writes  me  ;  "I  have  used  the  polyporus  in  eight  or 
ten  cases  of  chronic  dysentery  and  diarrhoea,  with  very  good  results. 
Two  of  them  had  lasted  many  weeks,  and  were  very  promptly  bene- 
fitted by  the  remedy."  In  a  subsequent  letter  he  says  :  "  The  cases 
of  obstinate  diarrhoea  and  dysentery  I  reported  to  you  as  having  been 
cured  by  the  polyporus  have  staid  cured."  i 

Dr.  Wood  writes :  ••  I  have  given  the  polyporus  in  ohronio 
diarrhoea  with  good  effect."  I  have  given  it  with  good  success  in 
diarrhoea  and  dysentery,  both  acute  and  chronic  ;  and  in  lienteric  di- 
arrhoea I  have  found  it  a  specific  in  a  large  number  of  oases.  In 
chronic  diarrhoea  in  my  hands  it  has  acted  excellently  for  one  or  two 
weeks,  and  then  its  beneficial  action  would  cease,  and  I  would  have  to 
resort  to  other  remedies.  Dr.  Wood  reports  the  same  results  with 
the  remedy  in  his  hands. 

In  one  case  of  dysentery,  with  intermittent  fever,  in  a  young  lady, 
where  she  had  passages  of  pure  blood  and  a  little  mucus  every  half 
hour,  with  severe  tenesmus  and  colicky  pains  in  the  hypogastrium, 
which  had  lasted  three  days,  the  polyporus  2d  trit.,  cured  both  tho 
dysentery  and  fever  in  two  days.   . 

Urinary  Organs. — 159.  Increased  secretion  of  urine. — S. 

160.  Frequent  desire  to  urinate. — S. 

161.  Frequent  urination. — W. 

162.  Urine  passed  in  large  quantities. — W. 

163.  The  desire  to  urinate  was  constant. — W. 

164.  Aching  in  the  small  of  the  back. — W. 

165.  Urine  light-colored  and  voided  every  hour  in  large  quanti- 
ties.— W. 

166.  The  urine  is  first  diminished,  and  then  slightly  increased. — B. 

167.  Urine  high-colored  and  scanty. — B. 

168.  Sharp,  smarting,  prickling  pains  in  the  glans-penis  (dorsal 
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Back. — 169.  Slight  pain  shot  up  the  back  from  between  the  shoul- 
der blades,  followed  by  soreness  of  the  occipital  region,  with  disposi- 
tion to  throw  the  head  back. — L. 

170.  Sharp  pains  in  the  left  side  of  the  neck. — L. 

171.  Chilliness  along  the  spine. — L. 

172.  Dull  heavy  pains  in  the  dorsal  and  lumbar  regions. — B. 

173.  Severe  dull  pain  in  the  lumbar  region,  greatly  aggravated  by 
rising  up. — B. 

174.  Severe,  dull,  aching  pains  in  the  whole  dorsal  region  that  ap- 
peared to  proceed  from  the  liver. — B. 

175.  Great  weakness  of  the  small  of  the  back. — B. 

176.  Chilliness  along  the  spine. — B. 

Arms. — 177.  While  riding  felt  a  sharp  pain  for  one  minute,  where 
the  pulse  is  felt  in  the  right  wrist,  and  seeming  to  extend  along  the 
course  of  the  artery  for  about  two  inches  above  the  joint.  The  pain 
was  severe  and  verj  sudden  in  coming  on,  about  like  a  shock  from  a 
galvanic  battery  ;  soon  after  had  similar  pains  in  the  right  shoulder 
joint,  passing  outward  to  the  deltoid  muscles  ;  similar  pain  about  the 
head  of  the  left  elbow  joint,  and  extended  to  the  biceps  muscle. — L. 

178.  Severe  aching  distress  in  the  shoulders,  elbows  and  wrists. — B. 

179.  Hands  hot  and  dry.— B. 

180.  Great  weakness  of  the  arms. 

181.  Itching  of  the  forearms. — W. 

Legs. — 182.  Sharp  pain  in  the  left  knee. — L, 

183.  Momentary,  sharp,  lacerating  pains  in  the  inner  border  of  the 
right  foot,  then  in  the  right  arm  and  then  in  the  left  side  of  the 
neck. — L. 

184.  An  aching,  burning  distress  in  the  thighs  and  bend  of  the 
knees. — S. 

185.  Severe,  aching  distress  in  the  hips,  knees  and  ankles,  during 
the  chills  and  fever, — B. 

186.  Great  weakness  of  the  legs. — B. 


Next  number  will  contain  provings  and  clinical  cases  of 
Polypori  pinicola,  to  be  followed  by  Ustilago  madis,  and  other 
interesting  papers. 


Amusing. — The  '* Pacific  Medical  and  Surgical  Journal" 
says  :  "  In  these  times  people  will  not  submit  to  castor  oil  and 
epsom  salts,  as  they  did  under  the  old  regime.  If  you  do  not 
prescribe  something  palatable,  they  will  be  likely  to  tickle  their 
fancy  with  sugar  pellets,"  &c,  and  recommends,  as  "a  genteel 
purgative"  a  compound  of  citric  acid,  magnesia,  &c,  &c. ! 


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PROF.  H.  P.  OATCHELL,  Kditob. 


FREQUENCY    OF    EATING. 

Chambers,  in  his  work  on  digestion  (which,  however,  I  have 
not  looked  into  for  more  than  ten  years,)  advises  dyspeptics  to 
eat  frequently.  I  think  this  very  bad  advice.  It  is  easy  to 
break  down  a  vigorous  stomach  by  frequently  putting  a  little 
food  into  it 

Perhaps  Chambers  has  confounded  the  condition  of  the 
stomach  and  of  the  general  system  in  convalescence  from  acute 
disease,  when  nothing  but  debility  remains  to  be  remedied, 
with  the  feeble  and  irritable  condition  of  stomach  and  of  gen- 
eral system  of  the  dyspeptic.  But  they  are  very  dissimilar ; 
nor  can  we  reason  from  the  one  to  the  other. 

I  have  found  the  tone  of  the  stomach  mont  easily  restored  in 
dyspepsia  by  long  intervals  between  the  periods  of  taking  food ; 
a  little  food  causing  irritation  and  bringing  about  a  state  of 
semi-inflammation  almost  as  readily  as  a  large  quantity,  and 
this  irritation  frequently  renders  recovery  impossible. 

I  can  only  say,  if  Dr.  Chambers'  rule  is  a  good  one  in  Great 
Britain,  then  British  stomachs  are  differently  constituted  from 
American.  That  the  climate  of  the  British  islands  is  more 
favorable  to  the  digestive  capacity  than  is  the  climate  of 
America  I  am  well  aware ;  but  that  there  is  any  essential 
difference  in  the  constitution  of  the  British  stomach  I  cannot 
but  doubt,  and  I  have  uniformly  found  it  better  to  diminish  the 
number  of  meals  of  the  dyspeptic  rather  than  to  increase  them. 

Perhaps  Dr.  Chambers  built  hi6  hypothesis  (better  a  pyramid 
on  its  apix,)  on  the  case  of  old  Parr  or  of  some  equally  excep- 
tional individual. 

Old  Parr,  who  died  at  the  great  age  of  152,  wsp  accustomed, 
at  least  in  his  old  age,  to  eat  frequently,  by  day  and  by  night. 


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PHTHISIS    PULMONALE.  909 

I  read,  several  years  ago,  an  extract  from  a  Detroit  paper,  to 
this  effect :  A  citizen  of  Detroit,  of  French  descent,  died  at  an 
age  so  great  as  to  induce  the  historical  society  to  search  into 
the  cause  ot  his  longevity,  considerably  exceeding  a  hundred 
years. 

The  only  characteristic  habit  that  they  discovered  (one  not 
peculiar  by  any  means  to  the  old  Frenchman)  was  that  of  im- 
proving every  opportunity  for  getting  drunk. 

Quite  similar  was  was  the  story  that  I  read  in  the  papers, 
some  years  ago,  of  a  Scotchman  by  the  name  of  McDowell,  (I 
think,)  who  died  in  the  almshouse  in  Boston,  at  the  age,  as 
near  as  I  can  recall,  of  112  years;  and  who  had  been  wander- 
ing about  the  country  a  short  time  before  his  death.  Like  his 
western  compeer,  he  had  never,  from  early  life,  failed  to 
improve  an  opportunity  for  getting  drunk. 

One  would,  however,  be  rather  hasty,  if  he  should  conclude 
from  these  two  cases  that  drunkenness  promotes  longevity,  and 
yet  such  efforts  at  induction  are  not  uncommon. 


PHTHISIS     PULKOKAIiIS. 

Phthisis  pulmonalis  is  now  generally  considered  as  synony- 
mous with  pulmonary  tuberculosis ;  and  concerning  the  pathol- 
ogy of  the  latter  there  have  been  not  a  few  theories. 

One  of  the  latest,  and  one  that  has,  perhaps,  influenced  the 
minds  of  physicians  as  much  as  any  other,  is  that  of  John 
Hughes  Bennet,  who,  in  point  of  learning,  capacity  and  judg- 
ment, has  few  if  any  superiors  among  those  of  the  profession 
who  write  in  English. 

Dr.  Bennet  regards  it  as  the  result  of  dyspepsia,  and  espe- 
cially of  dyspepsia  attended  by  great  acidity  of  the  alimentary 
canal,  causing  a  neutralization  of  the  salivary  and  pancreatic 
fluids,  with  imperfect  preparation  of  oleaginous  food  for  absorp- 
tion. 

Two  consequenoes  must  result  if  Dr.  Bennet  is  right  in  his 
etiology :  1.  An  excess  of  fat  should  be  found  in  the  f6ces. 
2.  From  deficiency  of  fat  in  the  lacteals,  the  formation  of  blood, 
corpuscles  should  be  partially  arrested. 

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810  PHTHISIS    PULMONALIS. 

I  do  not  think  the  first  condition  has  ever  been  observed.  I 
do  not  recollect  that  the  second  has  more  than  in  other  feeble 
subjects ;  and  I  have  no  table  which  gives  the  ratio  of  cor- 
puscles in  different  diseases,  from  which  to  learn.  Though  a 
deficiency  of  corpuscles  would  be  wholly  inconclusive  as  affirm- 
ative evidence,  its  absence  would  be  quite  conclusive  as  to  the 
negative. 

Dr.  Bennet  also  says  that  loss  of  appetite  is  the  most  constant 
and  important  symptom  of  phthisis.  I  have  no  disposition  to 
question  the  importance  of  this  symptom.  It  no  doubt  indi- 
cates a  great  depression  of  vital  energy.  But  its  constancy  is 
questionable  ;  and  is  decisively  contradicted,  so  far  as  my  own 
limited  experience  goes.  On  the  other  hand,  I  have  usually 
found  consumptives  to  have  a  good,  not  unfrequently  a  craving 
appetite,  even  when  the  disease  is  far  advanced ;  sometimes 
continuing  with  little  or  no  impairment  to  the  end.  Pulmo- 
nary consumption,  indeed,  has  seemed  to  me  quite  remarkable 
in  this  respect. 

It  is  very  strange,  too,  if  Dr.  Bennet  is  right,  that  »o  few 
cases  of  dyspepsia,  characterized  by  acidity  terminate  in  pulmo- 
nary consumption.  Every  physician  of  any  considerable  expe- 
rience is  familiar  with  numerous  cases  of  the  kind  never  mani- 
festing the  slightest  tendency  to  pulmonary  tuberculosis.  We 
are  all  acquainted,  too,  with  cases  of  phthisis  in  which  digestion 
has  appeared  to  be  quite  unimpaired  until  the  intestines  have 
been  attacked  by  tuberculosis,  and  even  then  the  digestion,  in 
some  cases,  is  surprisingly  little  affected  ;  certainly  not  more 
than  in  other  forms  of  disease  equally  marked  by  debility  ;  or 
even  less  than  in  most  such  cases,  notwithstanding  the  attend- 
ant febrile  state,  so  unfavorable  to  digestion  and  appetite. 

The  conclusion  must  needs  be  that  in  this  matter  Dr.  Bennet 
has  got  hold  of  but  a  fragment  of  the  truth,  and  that  fragment 
not  existing  in  the  extent  that  he  ascribes,  and  by  no  means 
pertaining  to  the  cause  of  phthisis.  It  is  true  that  the  distin- 
guished author  refers  to  impaired  nutrition,  but  he  regards  this 
as  secondary.  That  nutrition  is  impaired,  whatever  may  be  the 
state  of  digestion,  no  one  doubts.  And  that  this  impairment 
exists  in  cases  in  which,  to  all  appearance,  digestion  is  carried 


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on  with  considerable  vigor,  I  think  no  good  observer,  without  a 
theory  to  sustain,  will  be  disposed  to  question. 

But  while  failure  of  nutrition  is  not  secondary  to  indigestion, 
neither  does  it  seem  to  be  a  primary  cause  of  phthisis. 

It  is  well  understood  by  physiologists  that  in  order  to  nutri- 
tion, not  only  must  nutritive  materials  be  elaborated  to  circu- 
late as  a  part  of  the  great  blood-current,  but  that  these  mate- 
rials must  leave  the  vessels,  passing  through  the  walls  of  the 
capillaries,  and  saturating  all  organs  and  tissues  with  the  com- 
mon fluid  pabulum.  Further  than  this,  there  must  be  a  certain 
relation  existing  between  the  pabulum  and  the  organs  and 
tissues,  in  order  to  the  appropriation  ot  the  former  by  the  latter. 
This  relation  finds  its  analogy  not  in  the  condition  that 
results  in  chemical  combination,  but  in  that  which  results  in 
crystallization.  In  the  former  case  dissimilars  unite,  as  acids 
and  alkalies,  for  instance,  in  the  formation  of  a  neutral  salt. 
In  the  latter,  similars  unite,  as  molecules  of  water,  for  instance, 
in  the  formation  of  ice. 

In  the  particular  of  similarity,  nutrition  is  analogous  to  crys- 
tallization. Albumen  goes  to  the  muscles,  lime  to  the  bones, 
phosphorus  to  nerve-matter,  &c.  As  crystallization  depends 
on  temperature  and  various  other  (some  of  them  unknown) 
conditions,  so  also  does  nutrition.  Ascertained  as  one  of  the 
latter  is  the  state  of  a  portion  of  the  nervous  system,  the  con- 
dition of  whose  fibres  (belonging  to  the  class  of  organic  nerves) 
determines  the  condition  of  the  molecules  of  tissues,  favorably 
or  unfavorably,  in  reference  to  uniting  with  their  fellows  in  the 
pabulum  that  saturates  them.  The  requisite  affinity,  as  in  the 
case  of  water  above  32°  Far.,  may  not  exist. 

There  is  another  affinity  which  is  more  or  less  dependent  on 
nerve-influence,  that  which  affects  chemical  combinations  in  the 
system.  It  seems  to  be  well  determined,  for  instance,  that 
oxygen,  borne  with  the  pabulum  into  the  tissues,  unites  there 
with  the  carbon  of  decaying  tissue  and  with  the  carbon  of  the 
pabulum  itself,  especially  of  its  carbo-hydrates.  Now,  this 
union,  like  that  which  concerns  nutrition,  must  necessarily  be 
affected  by  the  condition  of  certain  nerve-fibres.  If  this  union 
should  fail  to  take  place  in  due  degree,  it  would  follow  that  the 

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arterial  blood  would  not  lose  its  normal  proportion  of  oxygen, 
and  the  venous  blood  would  not  acquire  its  normal  proportion 
of  carbonic  acid.  And  this  is  what  Kokitansky  asserts  ;  that 
the  venous  blood  in  phthisis  partakes  too  much  of  the  arterial 
character. 

Have  we  not,  then,  two  very  important  indications  of  the 
part  which  the  organic  nervous  system  plays  in  the  etiology  of 
phthisis  ?  And  are  we  not  justified  in  referring  to  the  organic 
nervous  system  much  more  than  to  any  state  of  the  digestive 
organs  for  our  prime  cause  ? 

Not  that  I  wish  to  be  understood  as  referring  the  etiology  of 
pulmonary  phthisis  to  the  nervous  system  alone.  I  have  a 
great,  aversion  to  one-idea  systems.  Nature,  especially  human 
nature,  is  vastly  complex,  and  I  feel  a  scruple  about  referring 
anything  to  the  nervous  system.  Such  has  been  the  mania  of 
late  to  load  down  this  system  with  hypothetical  causal  influ- 
ences, not  only  among  those  who  are  versed  in  its  physiology, 
but  also  among  those  who  know  little  or  nothing  of  it,  that 
one  feels  a  sort  of  shame  in  referring  to  it  at  all.  This  very 
thing  reached  its  climax  when  somebody,  taken  with  a  name, 
termed  ague  a  neurosis. 

«*The  force  of  folly  could  no  farther  go." 

I  do  not  suppose  when  a  child  is  born  with  a  predisposition 
to  phthisis  that  this  predisposition  exists  in  the  nervous  system 
only.  I  suppose  that  it  pertains,  more  or  less,  to  the  general 
organism.  I  have  only  sought  to  indicate  that  it  resides,  more 
especially,  in  the  organic  nervous  system  that  controls  the 
molecular  condition  of  the  tissues  in  relation  to  nutrition  and 
oxydation.  At  all  events,  those  agencies  that  have  proved 
most  efficient  in  the  way  of  cure  of,  and  still  more  of  prophy- 
laxis against,  pulmonary  phthisis,  are  in  perfect  accord  with 
the  views  above  suggested.  First  in  order  stands  exercise  in 
the  open  air.  The  fact  of  the  increased  exhalation  of  carbonic 
acid  during  active  exercise  seems  to  sustain  the  old,  and  a  priori, 
probable  doctrine,  (notwithstanding  the  doubts  that  have  been 
thrown  upon  it  of  late)  that  exercise  promotes  decay.  With 
the  increased  decay  comes  an  increased  tendency  to  nutrition, 

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perhaps  through  reflex  action  in  the  organic  nervous  system. 
With  the  increased  decay  comes  also  an  increased  tendency  to 
oxydation  and  the  re-establishment  of  the  normal  relation 
between  the  blood  of  the  arteries  and  that  of  the  veins,  a  rela- 
tion that  is  undoubtedly  essential  to  the  system  in  order  to  the 
due  performance  of  its  functions.  We  can  hardly  suppose,  for 
instance,  a  too  highly  oxydized  blood  to  enter  the  right  heart 
without  creating  disturbance.  Experience  has  shown  that  of 
all  agencies,  exercise  in  the  open  air,  especially  if  the  air  is  dry, 
the  temperature  mild,  and  the  position  elevated,  is  the  most 
efficient  means  of  benefitting  the  actual  or  prospective  subject 
of  pulmonary  phthisis. 

Not  that  the  exercise  should  be  violent.  The  phthisical  con- 
stitution lacks  endurance  and  the  exercise  may  easily  be  carried 
so  far  that  nutrition  cannot  keep  pace  with  the  decay  induced. 
Travelling  on  horseback  has  proved  particularly  beneficial.  It 
keeps  numerous  muscles  in  action  without  undue  effort,  if  not 
too  long  continued.  Few  methods  would  benefit  a  consumptive 
so  much  as  a  journey  on  horseback  over  the  plains  to  the  dry 
and  elevated  region  of  New  Mexico.  I  do  not  propose  to  raise 
the  dead  in  this  way ;  and  unfortunately  most  consumptives 
have  at  least  one  foot  in  the  grave  before  they  will  seriously 
undertake  to  recover  lost  health. 

Nor  would  I,  while  exalting  exercise  in  the  open  air,  under- 
rate the  value  of  oleaginous  food,  which  Dr.  Bennet  so  highly 
recommends.  The  influence  of  such  food  may  be  various.  It 
furnishes  essential  conditions  of  the  formation  of  blood- 
corpuscles,  so  intimately  connected  with  robust  states  of  the 
system.  Indeed,  Lehman  asserts  that  not  a  cell  or  fibre  is 
formed  in  the  system  but  in  the  presence  of  fat ;  from  which  it 
would  seem  that  it  may  exert  an  important  catalytic  influence 
in  organic  changes,  as  Bernard  has  shown  that  sugar  does.  It 
contributes  largely,  also,  by  common  consent,  towards  main- 
taining the  production  of  heat,  a  function  so  feebly  performed 
in  the  consumptive.  It  is  somewhat  singular,  however,  if  the 
system,  through  acidity,  is  unable  to  prepare  the  ordinary 
quantity  of  oleaginous  food  for  absorption,  as  Dr.  Bennet 
asserts,  that  he  should  recommend  such  quantities  of  oil  as  he 

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does.  Indeed,  the  recommendation  seems  to  be  quite  inconsis- 
tent with  his  etiological  hypothesis. 

The  one  that  I  propose  has  at  least  the  merit  of  consistency. 
As  to  the  utility  of  alcoholic  liquors  in  phthisis,  I  have  seen  it 
apparently  successful  in  one  case  out  of  the  many  in  which  I 
have  seen  them  tried.  It  would  seem  to  be  enantiopathic  in 
this  respect,  that  is  in  its  tendency  to  render  the  arterial  blood 
venous,  quite  the  opposite  state  to  that,  which,  according  to 
Rokitansky,  is  proper  to  phthisis.  I  have  in  some  cases  recom- 
mended a  milk-toddy  on  going  to  bed,  apparently  with  some 
benefit ;  indeed,  in  some  cases  with  quite  remarkable  palliation. 
I  have  also  in  some  cases  advised  lumps  of  sugar  saturated  with 
whisky  or  biandy,  not  without  some  favorable  indications.  But 
I  can  have  very  little  confidence  in  the  prophylactic  or  curative 
properties  of  alcohol  in  this  disease,  while  I  know  that  in  Eng- 
land and  Scotland,  devastated  by  consumption  as  perhaps  no 
other  regions  are  in  the  world,  (unless  New  England  may  equal 
them,)  almost  everybody  consumes  some  form  of  alcoholic 
liquor. 

I  would  not  ignore,  by  any  means  the  use  of  medicine,  either 
as  a  palliative  or  a  curative  agent  in  phthisis,  since  cures  have 
apparently  been  wrought  by  its  agency.  But  it  should  be 
understood  by  both  patients  and  physicians  that  cures  of  estab- 
lished phthisis  constitute  an  exceedingly  small  percentage  of 
cases.  And  whatever  value  may  attach  to  medicine  in  phthisis, 
I  cannot  but  regard  exercise  in  the  open  air  and  oleaginous  food 
as  still  more  important ;  or  when  the  latter  cannot  be  taken, 
either  in  the  form  of  oil  or  cream,  saccharine  food,  with  perhaps 
a  little  alcohol. — G. 

Not*.— I  ought,  probably,  to  add,  that  I  have  derived  some  aid  from  the  hot  vapor  bath,  in. 
the  treatment  of  phthisis. 


The  Ingratitude  op  the  Stomach. — To  a  French  writer 
is  attributed  the  saying  that  dyspepsia  is  the  ingratitude  of  the 
stomach.  Much  more  appropriate  would  it  be  to  say  that  dys- 
pepsia is  the  revenge  of  the  stomach.  Let  us  treat  the  stom- 
ach well  and  we  shall  have  no  reason  to  complain  of  ingrat- 
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Reply  to  Dr.  Bellows. 


If  Dr.  Bellows  had  extended  his  researches  in  the  Hudibraa- 
tic  style  of  verse,  he  might  have  learned  that — 

"  No  rogue  e'er  felt  the  halter  draw, 
"  With  good  opinion  of  the  law." 

Bnt  it  is  not  customary  for  the  culprit  to  vent  his  spleen  on 
the  sheriff. 

Dr.  Bellows  evidently  does  not  appreciate  the  forbearance 
that  I  exercised  in  my  review  of  his  book.  Even  now  I  shall 
not  characterize  it  in  the  terms  that  it  richly  merits.  Nor 
should  I  take  any  notice  of  his  reply,  but  for  its  false  state- 
ments. 

He  accuses  me  of  hypercriticism  and  of  setting  up  a  "ridic- 
ulous effigy  "  instead  of  his  "unpretending  treatise."  In  this 
there  are  two  false  statements  :  1,  I  criticised  but  what  is  in 
and  as  it  is  in  his  book.  2,  His  book  is  a  very  pretentious  one, 
and  falsely  so. 

Again,  he  says  that  "  to  have  escaped  his  [my]  criticisms 
and  denunciations  respecting  the  want  of  attention  to  the  new 
light  on  chemistry  and  physiology,  want  of  detail  ot  things 
new  in  the  sciences,  and  the  details  of  the  whole  process  of 
calorification,  etc.,  etc.,  would  have  required  a  book  of  a  thou- 
sand pages." 

This  quotation  contains  six  distinct  statements  that  are  wholly 
false.     I  shall  specify  but  four  : 

1.  There  is  not  a  word  of  denunciation  in  the  review.  2. 
There  is  no  allusion  to  any  new  light  in  chemistry,  but  only  a 
suggestion  of  Dr.  Bellows'  ignorance  of  a  very  old  light.  3. 
There  is  no  complaint  of  want  of  detail,  but  a  statement  of 
errors  in  his  attempt  at  details.  4.  There  is  no  criticism  on  a 
deficiency  of  details  "  of  the  whole  process  of  calorification," 
but  only  an  intimation  that  a  Professor  of  Physiology  should 
not  retain  an  exploded  error  of  the  last  century. 

Dr.  Bellows  says  that  I  have  referred  to  "verbal  and  insig- 
nificant grammatical  errors  "  "  seven  different  times." 

This  is  grossly  untrue.  I  did  not  specify  a  single  grammat- 
ical error,  but  very  mildly  intimated,  in  general  terms,  that  it 


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816  REPLY  TO  DR.  BELLOWS. 

would  be  well  to  correct  his  grammatical  errors  in  another  edi- 
tion. Nor  did  I  criticise  a  solitary  error  that  was  merely 
verbal.  In  every  instance  but  one  the  error  in  terms  proceeded 
from  ignorance  of  science,  and  that  one  was  underlaid  by  false 
pretension.  It  would  be  a  verbal  error  in  a  physician  to 
describe  a  case  of  erysipelas  as  a  case  of  scarlatina ;  but  it 
would  be  much  more.     Such  are  Dr.  Bellows'  verbal  errors. 

What  a  farce  for  a  man  who  puts  himself  forward  as  a  pro- 
fessor of  physiology  and  chemistry,  to  plead  in  bar  of  criticism 
that  "  the  object  of  the  book  is  not  to  teach  physiology  or 
chemistry."  That  is  no  excuse  for  teaching  what  is  false. 
Why  does  he  dabble  in  physiology,  chemistry,  botany  and 
geology,  if  he  is  ignorant?  Apparently,  in  order  to  impose 
on  those  who  are  more  ignorant. 

In  order  to  offset  my  specifications  of  error  he  arrays  com- 
mendations from  two  doctors  of  divinity,  one  third-rate  novel- 
ist, one  fifth-  (possibly  third-)  rate  litterateur,  one  bookseller,one 
boarding-house  keeper,  and  one  man  ot  science.  Ne  sutor 
ultra  crepidam;  which,  liberally  interpreted,  means  that,  except 
the  last,  they  are  ignorant  of  the  subject.  I  must  pass  by  all 
the  unscientific  except  the  bookseller.  He  is  quoted  to  sustain 
Dr.  Bellows'  originality  in  the  elaboration  of  a  grand  theory. 
He  says :  "  The  ideas  on  which  are  based  the  *  Philosophy  of 
Eating,'  the  pre-adamite  arrangement  of  elements  *  *  * 
are  literally  new." 

To  all  this  one  is  tempted  to  reply — fudge  !  Perhaps  Dr. 
Bellows  never  read  Coleridge's  humorous  poem  entitled  "  The 
Devil's  Thoughts."     I  will  treat  him  to  an  extract : 

'*  He  peeped  into  a  rich  bookseller's  shop, 
••  Quoth  he,  •  we  are  both  of  one  college, 
«• '  For  I  sate  myself  like  a  cormorant,  once, 
••  *  Hard  by  the  tree  of  knowledge.'  * 

"  Hard  by !"  but  he  failed,  like  some  authors,  to  pluck  the 
fruit. 

Sixteen  years  ago,  treating  at  some  length  of  the  earth's 
l< pre-adamite"  and  "gradual  preparation  for  becoming  the 
abode  of  man,"  specifying  with  considerable  detail  the  agen- 
cies and  the  revolutions  that  were  essential  to  the  preparation 
of  atmosphere  and  soil,  and  indicating  the  very  plants  that 


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BBPLT  TO  DR.    BELLOWS.  $17 

heralded  man's  coming,  I  concluded  as  follows,  allnding  to 
geological  strata,  "  He  reads,  in  these  perpetual  tablets,  how 
the  hard  building  rock,  and  the  plastic  lime,  and  the  grateful 
soil,  have  been  laid  down  for  his  use;  how  the  air  has  been 
purified  that  he  might  breathe,  and  the  rock  has  been  ground 
and  re-ground  to  prepare  a  fitting  soil." 

Instead  of  setting  myself  up  as  original  authority  in  matters 
about  which  I  knew  so  little,  I  entered  as  my  apology  the  plea 
that  I  professed  only  to  glean  from  the  mere  surface  of  the 
geological  field.  I  was  not  such  an  ignoramus  as  to  suppose, 
or  such  a  rogue  as  to  pretend  to  anything  original  in  the 
matter. 

But  our  author  produces  one  mnn  of  science  to  help  bol- 
ster up  his  work.  Accordingly,  Dr.  Bellows,  in  his  reply, 
introduces  this  one,  Dr.  Hayes,  to  rebut  my  criticism  upon  his 
statements  respecting  alcohol.  Omitting  one  extract  from  Dr. 
Hayes'  testimony,  that  has  no  possible  bearing  on  the  point  at 
issue,  I  copy  the  other:  "Modern  investigations  certainly  sus- 
tain the  ground  taken,  that  organized  elements  are  the  only 
ones  assimilated  in  the  human  system."  And  what  has  this  to 
do  with  my  statement  with  regard  to  alcohol  ?  1.  Alcohol  is 
not  strictly  inorganic.  2.  I  never  intimated  that  alcohol  is 
assimilated.  If  Dr.  Bellows  does  not  know  the  difference 
between  oxydation  and  assimilation,  he  is  even  more  ignorant 
than  I  took  him  to  be.  3.  The  doctrine  that  organic  com- 
pounds alone  are  assimilatedin  the  human  system,  is,  and  long 
has  been  a  common  doctrine  among  physiologists.  Why  does 
Dr.  Bellows  make  such  a  clamor  about  it  ?  To  impose  upon 
ignorant  readers  that  this  too  is  original  with  him? 

Passing  over  various  other  misrepresentations,  expressed  or 
implied,  (they  amounting  to  not  less  than  twelve  in  all,)  in  Dr. 
Bellows'  reply,  I  shall  make  free  to  give  him  a  little  parting 
advice. 

1.  If  you  ever  write  another  book,  don't  have  yourself 
announced  as  a  professor  ot  sciences  about  which  you  are  igno- 
rant. 2.  When  you  are  criticised,  especially  in  as  forbearing 
a  spirit  as  I  exercised,  don't  attempt  to  shelter  yourself  under 
misrepresentations  and  evasions.     3.  When  yon  are  convicted 


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$18  THE  EMBRYO  HEART. 

of  gross  blunders  in  facts  be  thankful  to  your  critic  and  quietly 
get  them  corrected  by  some  one  better  informed  than  yourself ; 
and  don't  attempt  to  screen  youself  with  the  silly  plea  that 
you  are  "more  careful  of  ideas  than  words."  Men  who  think 
accurately,  write  accurately.  The  style  is  the  copy  of  the 
man.  4.  Get  a  chemist  and  a  physiologist,  as  well  as  a  com- 
petent grammarian,  to  correct  your  next  edition,  and  rid  your- 
self of  the  preposterous  idea  that  you  have  produced  anything 
original  except  your  blunders,  and  you  will  issue  a  respectable  « 
book.  The  collated  matter,  for  the  most  part,  is  very  good. 
5.  Do  not  again  attempt  to  excuse  your  blunders  on  the  ground 
that  you  only  aimed  at  writing  common  sense.  It  was  a  most 
uncommon  sense  that  discovered  the  isomerism  of  sugar  and 
alcohol,  to  say  nothing  of  various  other  originalities  in  your 
book. — G. 


The  Embryo  Heart. — Herr  S.  L.  Schenck  has  published  a 
paper  on  the  physiology  of  the  embryo.  Examining  the  heart 
of  the  chick  in  the  egg  of  the  fowl,  he  discovered  that  its 
movements  are,  at  first,  quite  independent  of  the  central  nerv- 
ous system,  and  may  be  regarded  as  simple  contractions  of  the 
protoplasm.  When  the  heart  is  removed,  it  still  beats,  if 
maintained  at  a  temperature  of  from  34°  to  30°  Centigrade. 
The  most  powerful  miscroscope  fails  to  show  any  trace  ot  nerv- 
ous ganglia ;  hence,  he  concludes,  that  the  contractions  of  the 
heart  are  due  simply  to  the  action  of  heat  on  the  protoplasm. 

[This,  if  established,  is  an  important  physiological  fact.  It 
disposes  at  once  of  an  idea  that  never  ought  to  have  been 
entertained,  that  the  rythmical  action  of  the  heart  depends 
on  the  cardiac  ganglia.  So  much  importance  has  been,  of  late, 
ascribed  to  the  nervous  system,  that  it  has  come  to  be  over- 
looked by  many  that  each  tissue  contains  within  itself  the  con- 
ditions of  its  action ;  that  all  vegetative  processes  can  be  car- 
ried 0n  (not  that  they  usually  are,)  in  the  absence  of  nerve- 
action,  and  that  every  organ  and  tissue  has  its  own  specific 
life.  I  do  not  mean  to  intimate  that  other  observations  ha>e 
not  contributed  to  establishing  the  same  conclusion  as  to  the 


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forces  which  move  the  heart,  being,  as  in  other  muscles,  within 
itself.  Nor  do  I  mean  for  a  moment  to  assent  to  the  conclu- 
sion that  heat  is  the  cause  of  the  heart's  action.  It  is  undoubt- 
edly a  necessary  condition,  as  of  all  other  vital  action.  But 
to  term  it  the  cause,  is  to  confound  a  part  with  the  whole. 

As  to  the  rythmical  action  of  the  heart,  it  is  not  so  peculiar 
as  at  first  sight  might  seem,  since,  according  to  Todd  and 
Bowman,  all  muscular  action  is  intermittent.] — G. 


Cubebs  and  Ague. — The  report  of  proceedings  of  the  Indi- 
ana Institute  of  Homoeopathy,  in  March  No.  of  Observer,  con- 
tains a  report  on  the  cure  of  ague  with  cubebs  in  appreciable 
doses,  together  with  a  statement  of  failure  in  attempts  with 
attenuations. 

It  may  safely  be  set  down  as  a  general  rule  that  cures  in 
which  massive  doses  are  employed  are  not  homoeopathic,  and 
as  an  invariable  rule  that  cures  to  which  massive  doses  are 
indispensable  are  not  homoeopathic.  Dr.  Salisbury  has  demon- 
strated the  cause  of  ague,  and  asserts,  as  established  by  his 
observations,  that  the  kidneys  furnish  the  principal  channels 
by  which  the  fungous  spores  p&ss  out  of  the  system. 

A  slight  consideration  of  these  facts  will  enable  any  one  to 
understand  why  large  doses  of  cubebs  may  cure,  and  why 
small  ones,  unless  in  some  constitutions  abnormally  sensitive 
to  their  action,  cannot  cure. 


Sleep. — An  instructive  anecdote  about  sleeping  is  found  in 
the  life  of  that  most  excellent  man,  Josiah  Quincy,  who,  like 
John  Quincy  Adams,  was  noted  for  early  rising.  The  two 
being  present  at  one  of  the  lectures  of  the  learned  and  able 
Judge  Story,  before  his  class,  they  both  fell  asleep. 

"  There,  young  gentlemen,"  said  the  Judge,  addressing  his 
class,  "yon  behold  the  lamentable  effects  of  the  vicious  habit 
of  early  rising." 

Not  having  the  book  before  me,  I  do  not  pretend  to  give  the 
exact  words  of  the  lecturer,  but  I  give  the  substance. 

Let  no  one  think  that  he  saves  anything  by  attempting  to 
cheat  himself  out  of  his  due  share  of  sleep.  Sleep  is  the 
repose  of  the  brain,  and  it  is  the  brain  that  is  wearing  out  the 
people  of  Christendom,  and  especially  of  our  own  country. 

Take  enough  sleep  and  take  it  in  bed  and  at  night,  it  you 
can. 


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AFOCTNTJM     ANDHOSEMIFOLTOM. 

BT  CHARLES  1>.  TUFFORD,  M.  D. 


In  the  Feb.  number  of  the?  Observer  I  find  an  article  from 
the  pen  of  Dr.  Williams,  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  on  "  Articular  Rheu- 
matism." He  is  quite  correct  in  all  he  says,  and  I  wish,  for 
the  sake  of  homoeopathy,  and  "new  remedies"  in  particular, 
that  all  homoeopaths  knew  the  superiority  of  the  Apocynum  a. 
over  nearly  all  other  remedies  in  the  treatment  of  most  forms 
of  rheumatism.  I  believe  it  comes  near  being  a  i€  specific  "  for 
this  heretofore  troublesome  disease. 

You  are  no  doubt  well  aware  that  my  late  partner,  Prof. 
H.  0.  Allen,  wasrnot  a  particular  friend  to  "  new  remedies," 
although  he  would  use  them  in  his  daily  practice.  Now  I  have 
a  great  deal  of  faith  in  them,  and  when  I  say  them,  I  mean  all. 
And  I  come  to  this  conclusion,  from  the  success  I  have  had 
with  the  use  of  a  few,  such  as  Apocynum  c.  and  a.,  Iris  v., 
Phytolacca  d.,  Caulophyttum  L,  Cimicifuga,  j^Esculus  h.  and  g,9 
Hydrastis  <?.,  Oollinsonia  c,  Q-elseminum  $.,  etc.  These  reme- 
dies have  never  failed  to  give  satisfaction  when  properly  pre- 
scribed. I  believe  that  in  time  they  will  take  the  place  of  many 
of  the  old  remedies,  because  of  their  greater  efficacy. 


[For  the  Americas  Homoeopathic  Ohserrer.] 
INFLUENZA. 

BT  B.  B.  WHITTIER,  M.  D.,  FITCHBUEQ,  MASS. 

We  have  had,  and  are  still  having,  a  visit  of  epidemic  Influ- 
enza, probably  consequent  upon  the  severity  of  our  winter.  It 
has  the  usual  symptoms  of  a  cold  in  head,"  coupled  with  "cold 
on  chest."  Commencing  with  the  former,  and  from  two  to  four 
days  the  latter  is  developed,  and  we  have  the  disease  in  full 
operation.  Our  season  is  characterized  by  sharp,  stinging  cold  ; 
wind  piercing  and  biting.     The  attacks  and  their  progress  are 


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not  uniform,  and  the  disease  no  respector  of  persons,  visiting  all 
ages.  In  some  cases  the  head  symptoms  predominate,  in  others 
those  of  the  chest,  and  in  a  good  proportion,  where  the  treat- 
ment has  been  domestic  dosing,  have  assumed  a  laryngeal  com- 
plication, changing  the  cough,  and  passing  current  for  whooping 
cough,  even  with  some  physicians.  While  many  of  these  cases 
simulate  capillary  bronchitis,  they  do  not  take  on  any  of  the 
alarming  conditions  of  that  disease,  even  if  neglected.  There 
have  been  a  few  cases  of  genuine  pneumonia  in  adults.  The 
remedies  that  have  met  the  epidemic  in  practice  (i.  e.,  cure)  are 
Aconite  or  Verat.  viride,  Nuz  v.,  and  Tart  emetic.  Bryonia,  if 
much  pain  in  lungs,  on  coughing.  Excessive  cough,  Belladonna. 
Night  cough,  Hyo8ciamu8. 


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PHLEGMASIA    ALBA     DOLENS. 

BY  1AWDON  ARNOLD,  Jf.  D. 


Mrs.  S.,  set.  38,  nervo-bilious  temperament,  mother  of  ten 
children,  has  been  afflicted  with  milk  leg  since  the  birth  of  the 
fifth  child  ;  had  never  consulted  a  homoeopath,  but  had  been 
told  by  the  allopaths  that  she  could  not  be  cured.  Was  taken 
sick  June  24th  with  what  appeared  to  be  cholera  morbus,  and 
which  gradually  developed  symptoms  of  a  typhoid  character, 
and  being  at  the  time  eight  months  advanced  in  pregnancy. 
She  aborted  the  seventh  day.  All  the  symptoms  were  at  once 
doubled  in  severity  ;  passing  rapidly  into  the  severest  form  of 
typhoid  fever,  from  which  she  recovered  well  under  the  usual 
treatment ;  convalescence  commencing  the  fifteenth  day  and  pro- 
gressing steadily  to  usual  health  in  every  particular,  except  the 
legs,  which  were  enormously  swollen,  so  that  she  could  not 
move  them  without  help.  The  circulation  was  so  much  impe- 
ded that  the  feet  and  ankles  were  quite  cedematous.  Under 
the  most  discouraging  circumstances  I  now  began  treating 
her.  Allopathic  friend  trying  to  convince  her  that  if  her  limbs 
were  cured  she  must  certainly  die.  The  limbs  being  very  pain- 
ful, I  applied  fomentations  of  hops  and  gave  Hamamelis  09 
one  drop  every  four  hours.  This  treatment  I  continued  until 
the  swelling  and  pain  were  so  much  abated  that  I  ordered  the 

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fomentations  discontinued,  still  giving  the  Hamamelis,  and 
despite  all  the  warnings  of  friends,  she  was  cured  by  the 
homoeopathic  prescription,  and  remains  well  to  this  date,  not  a 
distended  vessel  now  remaining  to  show  the  former  seat  of  dis- 
ease. 


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CHRONIC    INVERSION    OF    THE    UTERUS. 

A    CASE     OF    EIGHT    MONTHS'     STANDING. — CUKE. 

BT  B.  B.  ELLIS,  M.  D.,  DETROIT,  MICH. 

By  inversion  of  the  womb  is  understood  its  being  turned 
inside  outwards,  and  of  course  upside  down  ;  the  fundus  pre- 
senting downwards,  and  even  in  some  cases  externally,  while 
the  mouth  looks  upwards  towards  the  abdomen.  This  is  an 
accident  that  mainly  befalls  women  in  labor,  or  at  the  termi- 
nation of  labor,  and  results  from  making  too  great  traction 
upon  the  cord  before  the  organ  has  sufficiently  contracted  down 
upon  the  placenta,  after  having  expelled  the  more  noble  part 
of  its  contents.  Although  in  very  rare  instances  this  has  been 
known  to  occur  spontaneously,  still  it  may  not  be  apprehended 
as  at  all  likely  to  arise  in  cases  of  judicious  management.  The 
reports  of  the  London  and  Dublin  lying-in  hospitals,  where 
140,000  patients  have  been  attended  during  parturition,  state, 
that  not  a  case  of  this  kind  had  been  met  with.  Practically, 
therefore,  it  may  be  considered  as  one  of  the  unfortunate  results 
of  the  employment  of  unskilled  and  ignorant  persons  in  the 
management  of  cases  of  labor. 

Notwithstanding  the  happening  of  this  is  the  greatest  calam- 
ity that  befalls  the  lying-in  woman,  nearly  all  writers  agree, 
that  taken  at  the  outset,  it  may,  with  a  good  degree  of  certainty, 
be  remedied  at  once.  This  consists  in  depressing  or  indenting 
the  large  or  projecting  portion  of  the  tumor,  and  gradually 
carrying  it  upwards,  through  the  neck  of  the  womb,  to  its  nor- 
mal position  in  the  abdomen.  But  should  it  be  allowed  to 
remain  in  its  prolapsed  and  inverted  position,  the  most  formid- 
able symptoms  immediately  ensue,  resulting,  in  the  majority  of 
cases,  in  death  in  a  few  hours,  from  the  tremendous  shock  to 
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that  necessarily  follows.  Yet  there  are  cases  in  which  nature 
is  so  enduring  as  to  successfully  resist  the  immediately  fatal 
termination,  and  to  postpone  that  result  for  weeks  and  months, 
and  occasionally  for  an  indefinite  period. 

The  object  of  this  paper  is  to  call  attention  to  a  new  treat- 
ment of  these  latter  cases,  heretofore  so  long  considered  irrem- 
edial.  Of  the  older  writers,  Denman,  Dewees,  Hunter  and 
Ford,  confessed  their  failure  in  every  attempt  they  made  for 
the  restoration  ot  an  inverted  uterus,  after  the  expiration  of  a 
few  days'  time,  and  generally  this  has  been  found  impracti- 
cable after  the  expiration  of  a  single  hour.  The  reason  for 
this,  as  one  may  readily  perceive,  is  the  contraction  of  the 
mouth  of  the  uterus,  which  soon  follows  delivery,  and  which 
prevents  the  passage  ol  the  body  .of  the  organ  through  it. 

If  reversion,  or  a  turning  back  of  the  womb,  is  not  accom- 
plished very  soon,  we  have  the  chronic  form  of  the  difficulty, 
which  may  be  stated  as  at  about  two  weeks,  "after  which," 
Prof.  Byford,  in  his  very  excellent  work  on  the  Medical  and 
Surgical  Diseases  of  Women,  informs  us,  "  the  circumstance 
and  condition  of  the  uterus  and  patient  become,  what  they 
remain  in  the  future,  however  long  it  lasts,"frwhich  are  deplora- 
ble m  the  extreme. 

It  is  quite  surprising,  that  with  all  the  resources  of  modern 
surgery,  some  means  have  not  been  devised  for  the  successful 
and  certain  restoration  of  an  inverted  uterus.  It  is  true  that 
in  one  case  of  five  months'  standing,  Prof.  White,  of  Buffalo, 
succeeded  in  curing  his  patient ;  but  by  means  that  are  not,  I 
think,  generally  applicable.  Such  as  introducing  the  hand 
within  the  vagina,  squeezing  the  womb  to  reduce  it  in  size,  and 
crowding  it  violently  upwards,  with  a  large  bougie  ;  comple- 
ting the  operation  in  somewhat  over  one  hour,  the  patient 
meanwhile  under  the  influence  of  chloroform. 

A  sufficient  commentary  on  this  plan  was  the  entire  failure 
of  Dr.  McClintock,  of  Dublin,  in  three  cases,  where  he  tried 
it  with  great  perseverance,  and  was  obliged,  finally,  to  resort 
to  amputation  of  the  womb.  For  this  purpose  he  used  the 
ligature  and  ecrasenr  combined,  taking  the  womb  off  at  the 
neck.     Usually  this  can  be  done  in  from  ten  to  thirty  minutes, 

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with  the  loss  of  but  little  blood.  The  great  objection  to  this 
method  of  course  is,  that  it  j;enders  the  patient  forever  after 
sexually  neuter.  Nor  is  it  altogether  free  from  danger.  Dr. 
West  gives  forty-eight  cases  of  amputation  of  the  womb,  with 
recovery  in  thirty-six  instances;  twelve  terminated  fatally. 
Yet  nearly  all  surgeons  agree  that  this  is  preferable  to  trusting 
the  patient  to  palliative  means  alone,  where,  as  is  generally  the 
case,  she  is  going  downwards  through  the  different  grades  of 
chronic  exhaustion  to  final  dissolution. 

A  great  desideratum,  then,  is  some  means  by  which  an 
inverted  uterus,  of  however  long  standing,  may  be  reverted,  or 
turned  back  with  safety  and  certainty.  Reasoning  from  "  gene- 
ral principles,"  and  with  the  confirmations  of  recent  experi- 
ence, I  believe  that  such  may  now  be  considered  an  accom- 
plished fact,  and  as  one  of  the  recognized  expedients  of  modern 
surgery.  This  consists  in  gradual  pressure,  applied  to  the  fun- 
dus of  the  womb,  with  the  view  of  carrying  it  upwards  through 
the  dilated  os  uteri ;  this  pressure  to  be  continuous,  and  grad- 
ually increased,  through  a  period  of  six  to  ten  days,  more  or 
less. 

When  we  take  into  account  the  wonderful  evolutions  that 
this  organ  is  subjected  to  in  the  processes  of  nature;  its 
susceptibility  to  dilatation,  and  increase  in  its  size  of  from  ten 
to  twenty  fold,  as  occurs  in  gestation  ;  the  readiness  with  which 
the  mouth  may  be  dilated  by  mechanical  means,  &c,  it  is 
realty  not  surprising  that  its  reversion  has  been  and  may  be 
brought  about.  Moreover,  it  will  readily  be  perceived  that 
this  is  but  the  reverse  of  the  process  of  inversion  in  those  cases 
where  it  is  produced  by  the  weight  of  a  polypus,  which  by  a 
long  and  slim  neck  is  attached  to  the  inner  and  upper  part  of 
the  womb.  Eigby  and  Richter  give  cases  of  inversion  pro- 
duced in  this  way.  A  case  of  this  kind  is  now  under  my  own 
observation. 

Of  the  turning  of  an  inverted  uterus  by  this  new  plan  of 
gradual  pressure,  I  am  not  able  to  find  a  case  as  having  occurred 
among  American  surgeons.  Dr.  Tyler  Smith  of  London  suc- 
ceeded in  one  case,  by  introducing  the  hand,  twice  per  day, 
into  the  vagina,  and  squeezing  the  womb,  to  reduce  its  size,  and 


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keeping  a  gum-elastic  air-bag  distended  in  the  vagina,  and  in 
contact  with  the  uterus,  to  press  it  upwards.  Dr.  Fessenmayer 
of  Germany,  also  succeeded  by  similar  means.  (Vide  Detroit 
Medical  Review,  Dec,  1867.)  My  own  experience  is  against 
the  success  of  the  air-bag  alone  ;  but  it  is  certainly  a  valuable 
auxiliary.  In  the  case  related  below,  I  made  use  of  a  similar 
instrument,  the  colpeurynter,  in  combination  with  a  device 
herewith  illustrated,  which  enabled  me  to  apply  the  force  to 
the  right  point,  and  in  the  proper  direction  to  effect  the  desired 
result. 

Fig.  1  represents  ^the  in- 
verted uterus,  as  it  is  found 
in  all  these  cases,  contracted 
down  to  near  its  normal  size. 
The  dotted   Ifne   A,  shows 
where  amputation  is  general- 
ly made.    Fig.  2  is  the  womb, 
after  the  air-bag  has  been 
applied  for  a  few  days, — the 
mouth  of  the  uterus  reflected 
over,  and  the  cervix  or  neck 
passed  through  to  the  large 
part  of  the  organ,  at  which 
point   the   air-bag  has   ex- 
hausted its  power.     Now,  to 
complete  the  process  of  re- 
version with  entire  certainty,  as  I  believe,  the  cup-shaped  in- 
strument, made  of  hard  rubber,  A,  with  the  stem  D,  of  silver, 
or  other  non-corroding  substance,  is  passed  through  the  longi- 
tudinal opening  in  the  colpeurynter,  C,  as  shown  in  the  cut. 
Upon  this  stem  is  a  movable  button,  B,  with  a  strong  cord, 
following  the  stem  to  the  outer  extremity,  where  it  is  tied,  and 
where  it  may  be  strained  up  as  tightly  as  necessary.     It  will 
be  readily  seen  that  when  the  colpeurynter  is  within  the  vagina, 
and  resting  upon  the  perineum,  as  it  is  inflated,  or  as  the  cord 
and  button  are  drawn  down  and  tied  to  the  stem,  the  latter, 
with  the  cup,  which  embraces  the  fundus  of  the  womb,  is  car- 
ried upwards,  and  with  a  force  too  that  muscular  contraction 
cannot  well  resist. 
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twenty-two  yean  of  age.  Her  first  child  was  born  seven 
months  ago ;  was  attended  by  a  "  doctor/'  who,  as  she  says, 
after  the  birth  of  the  child,  made  immediate  efforts  to  remove 
the  placenta.  The  latter  came,  and  with  it  the  womb  itself, 
completely  inverted.  She  instantly  became  insensible,  and 
remained  so  for  five  days.  The  doctor  informed  the  friends 
that  he  "put  back"  the  prolapsed  organ;  but  he  probably 
contented  himself  with  merely  hiding  it  within  the  external 
organs,  as,  on  about  the  eighth  day  thereafter,  on  her  assuming 
the  upright  position,  a  large  mass  came  down.  Supposing 
that  this  should  go  back,  she  accordingly  returned  it.  From 
this  time  onward  she  has  been  subjected  to  most  terrible  haem- 
orrhages every  seven  to  ten  days,  with  a  copious  and  exhaust- 
ing watery  and  glairy  leucorrhoeal  discharge,  during  the 
intervals.  She  is  very  anaemic,  and  gradually  failing  in 
strength,  presenting  all  the  symptoms  of  chronic  exhaustion. 
A  digital  examination  at  once  revealed  an  inverted  uterus  of 
about  the  natural  or  unimpregnated  size.  (Fig  1.)  This  diag- 
nosis was  farther  confirmed  by  the  speculum.  I  would  say 
here,  that  in  a  case,  or  suspected  case  of  this  kind,  where  the 
history  renders  it  at  all  doubtful  as  to  its  nature,  a  valuable 
diagnostic  means  is  found  in  the  catheter,  which  may  be  intro- 
duced into  the  bladder.  If  there  be  inversion,  the  instrument 
may  be  made  to  sweep  back  and  forth  over  the  mouth  of  the 
womb,  nearly  in  contact  with  the  finger,  when  the  latter  is 
passed  far  up  on  its  posterior  surface. 

Feb.  21. — Began  treatment  by  introducing  the  air-bag  and 
inflating  it  to  a  not  uncomfortable  degree.  Next  day  increased 
the  pressure  considerably.  On  examination,  the  following  or 
third  day,  found  that  the  os  uteri  was  dilated  so  that  the  cervix 
had  passed  through  it  up  to  the  body  of  the  womb.  (Fig.  2,) 
This  pressure  was  cautiously  increased  for  two  weeks  longer, 
but  no  progress  was  made  towards  a  favorable  termination. 
At  the  expiration  of  this  time  I  applied  the  apparatus  shown  in 
Fig.  2.  Twenty-four  hours  after  saw  the  patient,  and  as  it  was 
producing  no  particular  discomfort,  I  strained  it  more  tightly, 
both  by  tying  the  cord  shorter  and  inflating  the  colpeurynter 
somewhat.     Six  hours  after  this,  she  had  considerable  pain, 

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A  HEW  ANAESTHETIC.  £27 

like  labor  pains,  which  continued  for  three  or  four  hours,  and 
then  suddenly  subsided.  I  did  not  see  her  until  the  expiration 
of  twenty-four  hours  from  my  last  visit.  On  removing  the 
colpeurynter,  I  found  the  cup  within  the  womb,  which  firmly 
embraced  it.  Gradual  drawing  by  the  wire  for  a  few  minutes 
sufficed  to  release  it  There  was  necessarily  considerable 
tumefaction  of  the  uterus  and  surrounding  parts,  which,  three 
days  after,  had  nearly  subsided.  At  this  time  the  catheter 
could  be  passed  into  the  womb  a  distance  of  three  inches, 
demonstrating  a  complete  restoration  of  the  organ  to  its  nor- 
mal place. 

My  friend  Dr.  E.  T.  Adams,  of  this  city,  saw  the  patient 
frequently,  with  me,  and  to  him  I  am  indebted  for  valuable 
advice.  It  is  worth  while  to  state  that  during  the  treatment, 
which  extended  through  about  nineteen  days,  there  was  no 
hemorrhage,  and  she  slowly  improved  in  strength,  although 
the  leucorrheal  discharge  was  profuse.  No  doubt  the  continu- 
ous pressure  prevented  the  haemorrhage. 


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A    NEW    ANESTHETIC. 


The  Bichloride  of  Methylene  has  been  experimented  with  by 
Dr.  Richardson  of  England  for  anaesthetic  effects,  and  thus  far 
with  good  results.  After  using  it  for  some  time  on  lower  ani- 
mals, he  resolved  to  test  its  effects  upon  himself.  He  inhaled 
it  to  unconsciousness,  in  his  laboratory,  but  when  he  awoke  he 
found  himself  in  the  yard  adjoining.  He  subsequently  admin- 
istered it  to  one  or  two  others,  and  the  results  obtained  are  :— 
That  it  seems  to  produce  as  deep  an  insensibility  as  chloroform, 
is  as  quick  in  its  action  in  producing  sleep,  while  the  return  to 
consciousness  is  at  once  sudden  and  complete.  In  the  form  of 
vapor  it  is  not  unpleasant  to  inhale,  and  does  not  irritate  the 
air  passages  to  any  greater  extent  than  other  anaesthetics, 
although  it  will  sometimes  produce  vomiting. 

This  fluid  "  chloromethyl,"  (as  it  has  been  called,)  is  color- 
less, and  possesses  an  odor  quite  similar  to  that  of  chloroform, 
and  the  liquid  will  combine  with  ether  or  chlorororm  in  all 

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8$8  REMARKABLE  CASE  OF   CONSTIPATION. 

proportions.    It  boils  at  88°  Fahr.,  and  has  a  specific  gravity 
of  1.344,  and  its  vapor  has  a  specific  gravity  of  2.937. 

It  requires  more  in  bulk  of  this  fluid  than  chloroform  to  pro- 
duce insensibility.  b.  w.  j. 


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3LE    CASE    OF    CONSTIPATION. 


E.  Faulkner,  M.  D.,  Erie,  Pa.,  reports  the  following  strange 
case  of  constipation  :     Who  will  explain  it  ? 

Mrs.  J.  D.,  aged  20  ;  medium  size,  light  hair  and  complex- 
ion ;  applied  to  me  on  the  1st  Sept.,  1867,  for  ranula,  which, 
upon  being  opened,  discharged  about  one  fluid  ounce  of  clear 
ropy  fluid.  In  conversation  with  her  in  regard  to  the  case,  the 
following  statement  was  elicited. 

She  was  married  in  Feb.  1866,  hadj  always  enjoyed  good 
health  previously.  About  the  5th  March  following  she  became 
pregnant,  and  on  the  5th  November  was  delivered  of  a  child 
weighing  nine  pounds.  The  child,  however,  lived  but  a  few 
minutes.  In  about  three-quarters  of  an  hour  after  the  birth  of 
the  child  she  had  a  large  costive  stool.  This  was  the  only  pas- 
sage of  fecal  matter  from  her  bowels  during  the  whole  period  of 
pregnancy,  from  5th  March  to  5th  Nov.,  eight  months  !  During 
this  time  she  made  two  attempts  at  movement  of  the  bowels, 
but  the  pain  was  so  great  that  the  attempts  were  ineffectual. 
About  three  months  after  she  became  pregnant  she  took,  as  a 
cathartic,  a  teaeupfull  of  epsom  salts,  in  coffee,  without  any 
effect. 

For  about  four  months  after  her  confinement,|her  bowels 
were  as  regular  as  they  were  before  marriage,  an  evacuation 
being  had  every  day,  or  two  days  at  most.  Then,  about  the  1st 
March,  1867,  she  again  became  pregnant,  and  for  three  months 
from  that  time  she  had  no  movement  from  the  bowels.  She 
then,  (at  three  months,)  complained  of  headache  and  pain  in 
the  bowels,  which  she  attributed  to  getting  her  feet  wet.  A 
neighbor  was  called  in,  who  gave  her  about  three  ounces  of  cas- 
tor oil,  ip.  whisky  and  hot  water,  at  2  o'clock,  p.  m.,  and  at  9  p. 
$h^  had  a  moderate-sized  costive  stool.    From  that  to  the  pres- 

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CACTUS  IN  ASTHMA  AND  HEART  AFFECTIONS. 

ent  she  has  had  a  movement  of  the  bowels  every  one,  two  or 
three  days. 

During  all  this  time  her  health  was  apparently  as  good  as  it 
has  ever  been,  with  the  exception  of  the  time  mentioned  above, 
when  she  took  the  oil.  Her  appetite  has  been  good  throughout, 
she  using  hearty  food  and  drinking  a  great  deal  of  tea  and 
water.  During  these  long  periods  of  constipation  the  secretion 
from  the  kidneys  was  considerably  more  than  normal,  but  no 
more  perspiration  than  usual. 


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CACTUS    IN    ASTHMA    AND    HEART    AFFECTIONS.; 

BY  C.  D.  CLAW80X,  M.  ]>.,  CANOOA,  H.  T. 


Mr.  0 — ,  aged  30,  billious  temperament ;  came  to  my  office 
complaining  of  severe  pain  ;  discribed  as  being  "  sharp/'  in  the 
region  of  the  heart ;  with  occasionally  violent  palpitation.  On 
close  examination  I  came  to  the  conclusion  the  case  was  one 
of  rheumatism  of  the  muscular  structure  of  the  heart ;  the 
patient  having  previously  complained  of  pain  in  different  parts 
of  the  system,  and  all  had  disappeared  on  the  development  of 
the  heart  symptoms,  which  occurred  the  day  before. 

The  action  of  the  heart  was  spasmodic  ;  that  is,  there  were 
regular  pulsations  that  were  normal ;  these  were  followed,  at 
irregular  intervals,  by  a  tumultuous  action  attended  with  a 
sound  and  an  impulse  against  the  walls  of  the  chest,  as  if  the 
heart  was  turning  in  the  pericardium. 

The  pulse  varied  from  80  to  85.  The  patient  had  not  been 
able  to  lie  down  to  sleep  night  or  day  for  six  months,  in  con- 
sequence of  asthma.  He  had  been  treated  by  a  number  of 
physicians,  both  homoeopathic  and  allopathic,  at  intervals  for 
ten  or  twelve  years  for  the  asthmatic  trouble,  with  only  tempo- 
rary relief ;  at  no  time  passing  more  than  a  month  without  an 
attack  ;  in  fact,  he  has  been  almost  a  martyr  to  that  disease. 
In  examinations  of  the  chest,  I  never  discovered  any  disease, 
either  organic  or  functional,  of  the  heart,  and  he  tells  me  that 
he  never  had  any  pain  in  that  region  before. 

I  prescribed  Cactus  grand.  6,  a  dose  every  twelve  hours,  to  be 

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880  ABSCESS  OF  THE   AKTBUM. 

discontinued  as  soon  as  improvement  commenced ;  directing 
the  patient  to  report  to  me  in  four  days. 

Accordingly,  after  the  third  dose,  the  patient  being  much 
better,  discontinued  the  remedy,  and  the  case  progressed  favor- 
ably without  interruption,  and  at  the  end  of  the  four  days, 
thinking  medicine  unnecessary,  did  not  report  to  me  as  directed. 
In  the  course  of  two  months  after  the  prescription  was  made, 
we  chanced  to  meet,  when  the  patient  said :  "  Doctor,  that 
medicine  you  gave  me,  not  only  cured  my  heart,  it  has  played 
the  deuce  with  my  heaves,  for  I  have  been  to  bed  every  night 
since." 

It  is  now  four  months,  and  the  patient  has  had  no  return  of 
asthma  or  heart  difficulty. 

Diseases  of  the  heart,  in  all  their  forms,  have  always  been  a 
terror  to  me  ;  but  thanks  to  Hale,  Kubini,  Lippe  and  others, 
we  are  passing  that  point. 


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ABSCESS    OF    THE  ANTRUM. 

BY  HBHBY  8.  CHASE,  M.  D.,  D.  D.  8.,  ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 


Besides  the  other  various  causes  which  may  produce  the 
above  affections,  those  originiating  from  the  teeth  should  not 
be  forgotten.  / 

The  floor  of  the  antrum  is  immediately  over  the  roots  of  the 
second  bicuspid,  and  first  and  second  molars.  A  thin  plate  of 
bone  covers  them,  often  no  thicker  than  tissue  paper.  In  some 
dry  specimens  these  roots  may  be  seen  protruding  into  the  cave 
without  bony  covering. 

In  pericementitis,  (dental  pereostitis,)  pus  is  often  formed  in 
large  quantities  from  the  pericementum,  and  as  it  accumulates, 
the  bony  walls  of  the  socket  are  absorbed,  and  the  product  finds 
an  outlet,  either  through '  the  outer  or  inner  walls  of  the 
alveolus,  or  through  its  bottom.  In  the  latter  case,  it  would 
be  evacuated  into  the  antrum. 

If  the  roots  penetrate  this  cave,  then  the  pus  is  pretty  certain 

|  to  take  this  method  of  escape.    As  is  well  known,  the  opening 

from  the  nasal  passages  into  the  antrum,  is  near  the  superior 

portion  of  the  latter,  consequently  it  is  a  cup,  which  will  con- 


ABSCESS  OF  THE  ANTRUM.  831 

tain  a  large  amount  of  fluid,  either  in  the  erect  position,  or  in 
the  horizontal,  it  the  patient  lies  on  the  side  affected. 

Therefore,  as  the  disease  (pericementitis)  progresses,  the  pus 
accumulates  in  the  sinus,  until  it  is  full,  may  be.  It  decomposes, 
and  there  is  a  horrid  stench  arrising  from  it  continually,  and  if 
the  patient  breathes  in  your  face,  it  will  be  unbearable. 

When  the  cavity  is  full,  it  begins  to  run  out  into  the  nasal 
passage  of  the  side  affected.  The  fluid  will  very  likely  excoriate 
the  skin,  and  there  will.be  redness  about  the  nostril.  Of  course 
there  has  been  a  great  deal  of  pain  in  the  face,  there  is  a  press- 
ing pain  ;  the  cheek  of  that  side  will  be  red  ;  there  is  conges- 
tion of  the  gums,  the  tooth  from  which  proceeds  the  trouble, 
is  loose.  If  the  tooth  is  examined,  a  cavity  will  be  found  to 
the  pulp  (nerve)  cavity,  and  in  most  cases  the  pulp  will  be 
found  dead. 

Crottmle88  roots  are  often  the  cause  of  this  affection,  and 
should  be  extracted  immediately.  But  if  there  is  a  crown 
to  the  tooth,  extraction  must  not  take  place  !  A  tooth  should 
not,  and  need  not  be  sacrificed  under  these  circumstances.  The 
tooth  should  be  treated,  and  saved  by  some  one  who  knows 
how  to  do  it.  Of  course  the  contents  of  the  antrum  should 
be  immediately  evacuated  ;  and  this  is  very  easily  done,  and 
with  less  pain  than  the  extraction  of  a  tooth,  by  piercing  the 
antral  walls  between  the  roots  of  the  second  biscuspid  and  first 
molar,  or  between  those  of  the  latter  tooth  and  the  second 
molar. 

The  walls  are  very  thin,  almost  as  thin  as  thin  paper,  and 
the  operation  is  almost  bloodless.  When  evacuated,  the  cave 
should  be  throughly  syringed  with  tepid  clear  water.  The  last 
injection  each  day  should  have  two  or  three  drops  of  kreosote 
in  it.  Mercurius  vivus  xtfVo  w^  ^  veT7/  useful,  as  a  constitu- 
tional remedy.  It  is,  in  fact,  a  specific  for  pericementitis.  And 
of  course  this  disease  is  to  be  cured  before  the  antral  affection 
is  removed. 

But  for  this  form  of  pericementitis,  (suppurative),  the  tissue 
at  the  end  of  the  roots,  which  is  the  seat  of  the  diseased  action, 
the  connective  tissue  from  which  are  distinguished  all  these  pus 
cells,  must  be  cauterised.    To  do  this,  cleanse  the  pulp  chamber 


88$ 

of  the  tooth  by  instruments  and  injections  of  water.  Place  a 
drop  of  kreosote  on  a  bit  of  cotton,  and  put  it  into  the  pulp 
cavity.  Then  take  a  bit  of  soft  rubber  and  pl«e  over  this, 
and  with  a  small  blunt  instrument,  for  a  piston,  press  the 
rubber  against  the  kreosote,  and  work  at  it  until  you  think  you 
have  forced  the  caustic  through  the  roots  into  the  pericemental 
tissue.  This  may  usually  be  known  by  a  burning  feeling,  ex- 
perienced by  the  patient.  In  fact,  considerable  pain  is  often 
felt  at  the  moment  l.he  kreosote  passes  through  the  root. 
There  is  also  an  aggravation  of  the  symptoms  the  next  day, 
if  the  kreosote  took  effect.  This  aggravation  nearly  always 
results  in  a  speedy  cure. 

•  I  have  written  this,  that  general  practitioners  may  know 
that  such  teeth  can,  and  ought  to  be  saved,  and  also  to  show 
one  of  the  causes  of  antral  abscess. 


[For  the  American  Homoeopathio  Obserrer.] 

The    "New   Remedies"    in   the    Treatment    of  Diphtheria. 

BT  T.  fl.  HOYNK,  M.  D.,  CHICAGO. 


It  is  well  in  treating  diphtheria  to  remember  that  several  of 
the  new  remedies,  judging  from  the  symptoms,  are  almost 
specific  in  certain  forms  of  this  terrible  affection.  Among  the 
most  important  are  Phytolacca,  Baptisia,  Hydrastis,  and  Cimicifu- 
ga,  and  for  the  sequelae,  Gefoemimum. 

Phytolacca,  perhaps,  is  the  most  important,  and  is  indicated  in 
a  large  number  of  cases.  The  general  symptoms  are,  pain  in  the 
forehead,  of  a  dull,aching  character,increased  by  motion,head  hot, 
face  livid,  skin  dry  and  harsh,  great  prostration,  weakness  of  the 
upper  extremities,  especially,  with  drowsiness,  nausea,  vomiting 
and  frequently  diarrhoea.  The  characteristic  symptoms  are  stiff- 
ness of  the  neck  ;  redness  and  swelling  of  the  soft  palate,  tonsils, 
oesophagus,  and  frequently  the  roof  of  the  mouth,  with  con- 
stant inclination  to  swallow,  accompanied  with  more  or  less 
pain  ;  the  taste  is  metallic  or  lost ;  the  tongue  raw  with  blis- 
ters on  the  side,  and  feels  rough  ;  the  appetite  lost ;  the  saliva 
increased  ;  and  the  breath  offensive.  At  a  late  stage  of  the 
disease,  the  vision  is  impaired,  and  the  hearing  dull. 

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DBOTAL  PHYSIOLOGY.  £38 

Baptisia  is  indicated  when  the  following  sypmtoms  are  pres- 
ent, viz  :  Prostration,  chilliness  of  the  lower  limbs  and  hack, 
with  fever  at  •  night ;  burning  heat  of  the  face,  with  flushed 
cheeks  ;  pulse  accelerated  or  slower  than  Jn  health  ;  headache  ; 
bruised  feeling  in  the  occiput ;  tonsils  and  soft  palate  swollen, 
with  constant  inclination  to  swallow,  not  accompanied  with  pain  ; 
aphonia ;  the  tongue  is  coated  white,  yellow,  or  yellowish- 
brown,  and  feels  as  if  burnt  or  scalded;  the  root  especially,  is 
swollen,  and  feels  numb  ;  constipation,  or  diarrhoea,  'the  stools 
being  dark  and  blood  streaked.  Occasionally  delirium,  with 
confusion  of  sight,  and  almost  complete  deafness. 

Hydrastis  is  indicated  when  the  patient  complains  of  chilliness, 
although  well  covered  ;  the  headaches  of  a  beating  or  darting 
character,  and  not  confined  to  any  one  locality ;  the  stools  consist 
entirely  of  blood  ;  and  epistaxis  is  a  prominent  symptom.  The 
other  symptoms  do  not  differ  essentially  from  those  given  under 
Phytolacca  and  Baptisia. 

Cimicifuga  is  an  important  remedy  in  those  cases  in  which 
the  patient  complains  of  considerable  pain  in  the  back,  relieved 
by  rest  and  increased  by  motion.  There  is  a  constant  desire  to 
swallow,  but  the  act  is  attended  with  difficulty  ;  the  mouth  and 
often  the  throat  is  filled  with  a  thick  saliva,  which  it  is  difficult 
to  remove  ;  and  the  patient  perspires  greatly  during  the  night. 

For  the  following  sequelae  of  diptheria  Gelseminum  is  a  good 
remedy,  viz  :  Paralysis  of  the  palate,  of  the  face,  of  the  lower 
extremities,  of  the  sphincter  ani,  and  of  the  bladder  ;  debility, 
and  ancemia. 


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DENTAL     PHYSIOLOGY. 

BY  HKN&T  S.  CHAWt,  Jf.  D.,  J>.  J>.  8.,     IT.  LOUIS,  MO. 


I  saw,  to-day,  the  left  upper  canine  standing  in  the  place  of 
the  second  bicuspid,  which  had  been  extracted.  The  cuspid 
pointed  backward,  and  the  root  evidently  pointed  anteriorly 
over  the  root  of  the  first  bicuspid.  There  was  plenty  of  room 
in  front  of  the  first  bicuspid  for  the  ^canine,  and  this  is  its 
natural  position. 

How,  then,  came  it  to  take  this  mal-position  ? 

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&4  BILUBT    CALCULI, 

.  It  is  impossible  to  know  certainly,  but  very  likely  it  was  pro- 
duced by  decay  and  premature  extraction  of  the  temporary 
milk  molars.  But  how  could  such  an  operation  effect  such  a 
transportation  of  the  canine  ? 

Answer. — By  breaking  open  the  septa,  which  divided  the 
canine  from  the  second  milk  molar,  while  both  were  in  the 
pulp  condition,  disturbing  the  position  of  the  germ  or  pulp 
of  the  canine,  so  that  its  crown  was  directed  towards  the  open- 
ing, and  thus  as  the  crown  and  root  developed,  it  was  forced  to 
take  the  position  in  which  I  found  it. 

So,  also,  might  alveolar  abscess,  caused  by  decay  of  the  milk 
molars,  produce  a  disintegration  of  the  alveolar  septa,  and 
throw  the  canine  and  bicuspid  pulps  into  one  cavity.  Both 
of  these  causes  might  have  been  at  work  in  this  case. 

First,  dental  decay.  Then  exposure  and  death  of  the  pulp> 
followed  by  putrefaction  of  the  latter,  and  consequent  inflam- 
mation, which  resulted  in  alveolar  abscess.  The  latter  indu- 
cing the  extraction  of  the  milk  molars. 

I  have  for  many  years  contended  that  the  premature  extrac- 
tion of  the  deciduous  teeth  induce  irregularities.  Have  seen 
many  cases  similar  to  the  above,  corroborating  these  views. 
Therefore,  I  insist  on  the  preservation  of  the  milk  teeth. 
Hygienic  means  should  be  used  to  ward  off  decay  ;  and  when 
decayed,  they  should  be  saved  by  the  operation  of  plugging. 
That  these  measures  may  be  carried  out,  every  child,  after  it  is 
three  years  of  age,  should  be  under  the  professional  supervision 
of  a  dentist. 

General  practitioners  of  medicine  ought  to  know  these  facts, 
and  work  harmoniously  with  the  dental  profession,  which  is  in 
fact,  and  should  be  in  name,  a  specialty  of  the  healing  art. 


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BILIABY  CALCULI. 

BT  BAWDOX  A.BWOLD,  M.  D. 


I  find  Colocynth  8  to  exercise  a  complete  control  over  the 
excessive  pain  during  their  passage,  while  Aconite  10°,  in  atten- 
uation with  Nux  vom.  8  °,  rapidly  effected  a  cure.  I  should  like 
to  hear,  if  you  know  of  any  one  having  employed  Colocynth  for 

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NASAL  CATABKH.  986 

the  same  purpose.  The  symptoms  for  which  it  was  prescribed 
were ;  Twisting,  boring  pain  in  the  stomach,  relieved  by  pres- 
sure ;  rending,  tearing  pain,  extending  up  to  the  right  mammae ; 
nausea,  with  coldness  of  the  extremities.  The  last  attack  of 
pain  was  controlled  in  five  minutes. 


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NAflAX    CATABKH. 

BY  X.  M.    FATVI,  M.  P.,  DOTBB,  R.  fl. 

As  I  promised  you  some  time  since,  a  treatment  for  catarrh 
of  the  head,  (nasal  catarrh,)  for  want  of  time  to  write  an  article 
for  publication,  I  will  simply  give  you  a  prescription  to  try  in 
your  practice,  which  has  been  more  successful,  with  me,  than 
any  or  all  other  remedies  that  I  have  used  in  that  obstinate 
disease. 

I  make  a  strong  tincture  of  cantharides,  by  using  one-eighth 
part  acetic  acid  to  alcohol.  Of  this  tincture  I  usually  prepare 
a  dilution  about  ^0  or  ^,  and  in  extreme  cases,  I  add  five  to 
ten  drops  of  tincture  opium  to  the  ounce.  Of  this  dilution,  I 
prescribe  from  two  to  five  drops  in  five  or  six  tablespoonsful  of 
warm  water  to  be  inhaled,  or  snuffed  up  the  head,  or  thrown  up 
by  the  use  of  a  syringe,  as  often  as  the  severity  of  the  case  re- 
quires. When  there  is  a  cough,  or  irritation  in  the  throat,  I 
give  one  or  two  drops  in  cold  water,  to  be  taken  internally. 
The  strength  and  repetition  of  the  dose  must  be  varied  accord- 
ing to  the  patient  and  severity  of  the  case.  I  also  give  inter- 
nally Bhus  venenata  8d  to  6th,  at  ten  every  morning,  alternate 
weeks  in  cases  of  long  standing,  which  I  believe  to  be  a  good 
remedy  for  the  dyscrasia,  which  is  really  the  cause  of  the 
catarrh,  to  a  greater  or  less  extent. 

Some  of  Dr.  Lippe's  followers,  no  doubt,  would  object  to 
combining  opium  and  canth.,  but  from  careful  observations, 
and  considerable  experience  in  the  treatment  of  this  kind  of 
disease,  I  know  the  preparation  above,  controls  the  trouble, 
and  gives  immediate  relief  better  than  anything  I  have  ever 
used.    In  some  cases  I  give  a  dose  of  sulphur  occasionally. 

The  above  treatment  will,  I  believe,  cure  any  case  of  catarrh 
of  the  head  and  throat,  if  properly  administered.    I  have  used 

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Eupatorium  aromat.  also  Sanguinaria  canaden.  for  the  disease 
in  question,  with  very  fair  success,  but  the  results  have  not 
been  so  satisfactory. 

The  Canth.  and  Ehus  ven.,  given  alone,  will  produce  good 
results,  according  to  my  experience,  but  people  afflicted  with 
catarrh,  do  not  wish  to  be  subjected  to  a  long  course  of  treat- 
ment without  immediate  relief,  and  if  they  can  have  that,  they 
will  generally  follow  directions  until  the  cure  is  completed. 


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HEABT    CLOTS, 

AS  A  CAUSE  OF  SUDDEN  DEATH. 

BT  A.  1.  THOMAS,  M.  D. 

Protestor  of  Anatomy  in  Hahnemann  Medical  College  of  Pennsylvania, 

Every  commmunity  is  now  and  then  appalled  by  the  intelli- 
gence of  the  sudden  death  of  some  of  its  members.  Without 
warning,  or  perhaps  with  but  a  few  hours  notice,  they  are 
struck  down,  and  friends  are  left  to  mourn  and  wonder  upon 
the  uncertainty  of  human  life.  Prominent  among  the  causes 
of  these  sudden  catastrophes,  are  apoplexy,  disease  of  the  heart, 
bursting  of  aneurisms,  and  strangulation  ;  diseases  of  the 
heart,  being,  perhaps,  a  more  frequent  cause  than  any  other. 
Valvular  affections,  hypertrophy,  fatty  degeneration,  or  rupture, 
may  each  be  followed  by  sudden  death ;  while  another,  though 
perhaps  more  rare,  and  less  clearly  understood  cause,  may  be 
the  formation  of  fibrinous  clots  in  one  or  more  of  the  heart's 
cavities.  For  the  purpose  of  throwing  some  additional  light 
upon  this  obscure  subject,  I  report  the  following  case  : 

On  May  3d,  I  was  called  to  visit  Master  L.  S.  H 9  aged 

11  years.  Found  him,  at  11  A.  M.,  with  an  extremely  pallid 
countenance,  and  bloodless  lips  ;  skin  of  natural  temperature, 
and  slightly  moist ;  tongue  slightly  coated ;  great  restlessness 
and  distress,  with  extreme  dyspnoea  ;  mind  wandering ;  -pulse 
but  slightly  irregular,  seventy-five  per  minute,  and  feeble.  In 
the  neck,  noticed  a  rapid  rolling  pulsation,  which  presented  two 
beats  to  one  at  the  wrist.  Upon  placing  the  fingers  upon  the 
pulsating  vessel,  found  from  its  superficial  position,  and  soft 
character,  that  it  was  evidently  the  jugular  vein.     Percussion 


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over  the  lungs,  gave  the  usual  resonance  of  health  ;  respiratory 
murmer,  very  loud,  through  both  lungs ;  auscultation  of  the 
heart  disclosed  a  very  tumultuous  action  of  that  organ,  in 
which  the  second  sound  was  scarcely  audible,  being  obscured  by 
a  strong  bellows  murmer. 

Upon  enquiry,  learned  that  on  the  previous  day  the  lad 
went  to  school  in  his  usual  health ;  while  there  he  was  taken 
with  a  chill ;  on  his  way  home  vomited  freely  j  the  chill  lasted 
for  a  long  time  ;  was  very  severe,  and  was  accompanied  with 
an  oppression  in  breathing,  which  gradually  increased  through 
the  day  and  night,  up  to  the  time  of  my  visit.  Suffered  much 
pain  in  the  chest  during  the  night  ;  became  delirious,  talking 
continually  of  his  studies,  etc.  ;  chill  followed  by  imperfect  re- 
action ;  moderate  fever  and  no  perspiration ;  had  always  been 
extremely  pale  ;  had  an  attack  of  chills  and  fever  after  return- 
ing from  the  country  last  August. 

"With  this  present  condition,  and  past  history,  what  must  be 
my  diagnosis  ?  The  great  dyspnoea,  judging  from  physical 
signs,  could  not  be  caused  by  effusion  in  the  chest,  congestion 
of  the  lungs,  or  any  other  direct  pulmonary  difficulty.  The 
cause  for  this,  was  evidently  in  the  heart,  and  from  the  pulsation 
of  the  jugular  veins,  must  be  upon  the  right  side,  and  probably 
at  the  auriculo- ventricular  opening.  Could  there  be  thickening, 
and  imperfect  closure  of  the  tri-cuspid  valves  ?  The  patient 
had  never  had  acute  rheumatism  to  cause  such  a  condition, 
neither  had  he  suffered  from  any  dropsical  or  other  symptoms 
to  indicate  its  existence.  Was  the  chill  the  cause  of  the  heart 
disturbance  ;  or,  on  the  other  hand,  did  the  trouble  at  the  heart 
cause  the  chill  ?  Without  fully  satisfying  my  mind  upon  all 
of  these  points,  directed  a  hot  pediluvium,  prescribed  Aconite 
and  Oantu89  to  be  taken  in  alternation  every  half  hour,  and  left, 
promising  to  call  again  early  in  the  afternoon. 

Upon  arriving  at  the  house  at  4\  P.  M.,  found  the  patient 
had  expired  a  few  moments  before.  Learned  that  there  had 
been  no  improvement  after  my  morning  visit,  but  that  he  had 
gradually  sunk ;  the  mind  continuing  to  wander,  the  pulse 
growing  weaker  and  slower,  until  finally,  the  heart  failing  to 
furnish  the  nervous  centres  with  a  sufficient  supply  of  arterial 

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blood,  they,  in  return,  refused  to  send  back  a  supply  of  nervous 
force  for  the  stimulation  of  the  heart  and  muscles  of  respira- 
tion, and  thus,  from  the  arrest  of  these  three  great  functions, 
constituting  the  trinity  of  life — heart-pulsation,  innervation  and 
respiration — death  ensued. 

The  value  of  the  sciences  of  diagnostics,  pathology  and 
pathological  anatomy,  is  most  forcibly  felt  in  a  case  of  this 
kind.  Without,  their  aid,  it  would  be  impossible  to  solve  the 
mystery  of  such  a  suddenly  fatal  result,  and  the  bereaved 
friends  would  in  vain  call  for  an  explanation  of  their  irrepara- 
ble loss. 

In  completing  my  diagnosis  of  this  case,  I  had  the  following 
points  to  guide  me,  each  acting  as  an  important  link  in  the 
chain  leading  from  cause  to  effect : 

First — The  previous  ancemic  condition  of  the  patient. 

Second — The  severe  chill,  attended  with  great  reduction  of 
the  vital  force. 

Third — Absence  of  fever,  with  slow  feeble  pulse. 

Fourth — Double  pulsation  of  jugular  veins. 

From  these  facts,  my  conclusions  were :  First,  that  the 
chill  was  the  first  link  in  the  chain,  and  being  of  a  congestive 
character,  and  attended  with  extremely  slow  circulation  of  the 
blood  through  the  heart,  with  great  reduction  of  the  vital 
force  ;  these  circumstances,  favored  by  the  anaemic  condition 
of  the  blood,  had  resulted  in  the  formation  of  a  fibrinous  heart 
elot.  Second,  that  this  clot  was  on  the  right  side  of  the  heart, 
its  presence  causing  regurgitation  into  and  pulsation  of  the 
jugulars,  and  so  deranging  the  action  of  this  important  organ 
as  to  cause  death. 

Announcing  this  as  my  diagnosis,  I  asked  for  a  post  mortem 
examination  for  its  confirmation.  Permission  being  given,  on 
the  next  day,  twenty  hours  after  death,  I  made  an  autopsy, 
assisted  by  Drs.  Buckman  and  Weaver.  Found  the  surface  of 
the  body  presenting  a  peculiar  waxen,  semi-transparent  appear- 
ance. Upon  exposure  of  the  abdominal  viscera,  the  liver  was 
found  of  a  dark  mottled  appearance,  and  highly  congested. 
Spleen  natural  in  color  and  size.  Stomach  and  intestines 
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serum.     No  effusion  into  the  cavity  of  the  pleura  or  peri- 
toneum. 

Upon  opening  the  right  auricle  of  the  heart,  found  a  firm 
fibrinous  mass,  projecting  upwards  through  the  ventricular 
opening,  and  which,  upon  the  ventricle  being  opened,  was 
found  firmly  attached  to  the  tri-euspid  valves,  and  entangled 
with  the  tendinous  cords  and  fleshy  columns.  The  presence 
of  such  a  body,  in  this  position,  it  was  evident,  must  so  inter- 
fere with  the  passage  of  the  blood  from  the  auricle  to  the  ven- 
tricle, as,  upon  the  systole  of  the  former  cavity,  to  cause  a 
backward  pressure  of  the  blood  into  the  veins. 

Again,  from  its  preventing  the  closure  of  the  valves  upon 
the  systole  of  the  ventricle,  there  would  be  both  a  regurgitation 
into  the  auricle,  and  the  same  backward  flow  into  the  veins, 
thus  producing  the  double  pulsations  of  the  jugular  veins  seen 
during  life.  The  clot  in  this  case,  was  the  size  of  half  a  hen's 
egg,  of  amber  color,  entirely  destitute  of  blood  corpuscles, 
firm,  elastic,  and  presenting  a  fibrous  or  semi-organized 
appearance. 

While  these  fibrinous  deposits  have  long  been  recognized  as 
forming  now  and  then  in  the  heart,  they  have  generally  been 
looked  upon  as  post  rather  than  ante-mortem  formations. 
Previous  to  the  appearance  of  Dr.  Kichardson's,  (of  London,) 
monograph,  "  On  fibrinous  depositions  in  the  heart,"  in  1860, 
but  little  attention  had  been  given  to  this  subject  by  the 
medical  profession.  From  their  fleshy  appearance,  they  had 
often  been  looked  upon  as  polypoid  in  their  character,  and  are 
now  frequently  spoken  of  as  false  polypi.  Oraigie,  in  his 
Pathological  Anatomy,  makes  no  mention  of  heart  clots. 
Carpenter  alludes  to  them,  but  evidently  regards  them  as  results 
rather  than  causes  of  death.  Dr.  Meigs  in  his  Obstetrics  (1849) 
first  points  out  the  danger  from  this  source,  to  women  who 
have  lost  large  quantities  of  blood  in  labor.  Churchill  also 
(1851)  includes  it  among  the  causes  of  sudden  death  in  purtu- 
rient  women. 

The  important  points  of  Dr.  Kichardson's  observations,  may 
be  briefly  summed  up  as  follows  : 

First — That  there  is  a  class  of  cases,  in  which  there  is 
apparently  a  deficiency  of  fibrin,  and  an  impoverished  condi- 
tion of  the  blood,  as  in  the  scurvy  and  purpura,  fibrinous  clots 
not  unfrequently  form,  causing  sudden  death. 

Second — Where  there  is  a  relative  increase  of  fibrin,  as  in 
cases  of  rapid  flux  from  the  alimentary  canal  in  cholera,  or 
fatal  purging ;  or  from  great  prostration  from  loss  of  blood, 
there  is  great  danger  of  these  deposits  forming  in  the  heart. 

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Third — The  condition  most  favorable  for  fibrinous  separa- 
tions, is  that  in  which  the  blood  undergoes  an  absolute  increase 
or  fibrine.  Under  this  head  may  be  included  a  large  number 
of  diseases,  marked  by  inflammatory  symptoms,  and  always 
running  a  more  or  less  acute  course,  and  as  pneumonia,  croup, 
diphtheria,  inflammatory  rheumatism,  erysipelas,  inflamma- 
tions of  the  serous  membranes,  reactive  fever  following  surgical 
operations,  and  inflammatory  lesion  in  the  uterus  and  peritoneum 
after  parturition. 

He  still  further  maintains,  that  there  are  other  cases  in 
which  the  deposition  of  fibrin  in  the  heart  as  a  consequence 
of  the  increased  amount  in  the  blood,  is  so  rapid,  that  death 
takes  place  from  the  obstruction,  before  any  local  symptom  of 
disease  is  developed ;  and  that  in  some  cases  of  acute  pneumo- 
nia, pleurisy,  etc.,  which  would  otherwise  recover,  the  fibrinous 
deposits  are  the  sole  cause  of  death.  In  fatal  cases  of  croup, 
where  the  symptoms  consist  of  great  dyspncBa,  pallid  face  and 
lips,  cold  extremities,  and  very  feeble  pulse,  he  says  post 
mortem  examinations  will  disclose  fibrinous  deposits  in  the 
heart,  and  such  cases,  if  operated  upon,  are  sure  to  die  ;  while, 
if  there  be  turgescence  and  lividity  of  the  face,  with  bluenesB  of 
the  lips,  accompanied  with  extreme  dyspnoea,  the  obstruction 
is  evidently  in  the  trachea,  and  the  cure,  therefore,  offers  much 
greater  hope  of  recovery  by  operation. 

These  points  in  relation  to  croup,  if  confirmed  by  further 
observation,  will  become  of  inestimable  value  to  the  surgeon, 
and  may  assist  in  rendering  the  operation  of  tracheotomy  in 
croup,  one  of  the  most  successful  in  surgery. 

Double  pulsation  of  the  jugulars,  it  would  appear,  has  not 
heretofore  been  noticed  in  connection  with  heart  clots  ;  at  least 
no  mention  is  made  of  it  ;  yet  when  the  formation  is  on  the 
right  side  of  the  heart,  and  of  such  size  as  to  obstruct  the 
action  of  the  tri-cuspid  valves,  a  careful  observation  would, 
probably,  in  most  cases,  disclose  the  presence  of  this  symptom. 
W  hen  occurring  in  connection  with  a  pallor  of  the  countenance, 
and  great  difficulty  of  breathing ;  and  when  there  is  no  evidence 
of  disease  of  tri-cuspid  valves,  pulsation  of  the  jugular  veins 
must  be  looked  upon  as  a  highly  diagnostic  symptom  of  fibrin- 
ous deposits. 

Although  our  present  knowledge  upon  this  subject  may  be 
of  little  avail  in  averting  fatal  results  in  cases  of  this  kind, 
still,  it  will  enable  us  to  become  more  accurate  in  our  diagnosis 
and  prognosis,  may  save  us  from  false  practice,  and  ultimately 
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"  Jahr's  Ventereax  Diseases."  Translated  by  C.  J.  Hempel, 
M.  D.  8vo.,  cloth,  bevelled  edges,  428  pages.  Price  $4.00. 
Published  by  Wm.  Rvlde,  New  York.  For  sale  by  Dr.  E. 
A.  Lodge,  Homoeopathic  Pharmacy,  51  Wayne  street, 
Detroit,  Michigan. 

In  the  whole  range  of  subjects  to  which  the  attention  of  the 
busy  practitioner  is  directed,  none  give  him  greater  trouble  or 
vex  him  more  by  the  multitudinous  forms  in  which  they  appear 
before  him,  than  venereal  diseases.  Unless  his  experience  is 
very  large  indeed,  derived  from  long  association  with  a  popular 
syphilitic  hospital,  or  an  extensive  and  protracted  practice  in 
which  diseases  of  the  generative  organs  and  their  sequehe  have 
been  a  speciality,  he  is  continually  puzzled  with  the  appear- 
ance of  eruptions  such  as  he  never  saw  before,  to  which  he 
finds  it  difficult,  not  only  to  give  a  name,  but  to  find  an  origin, 
or  against  which  to  direct  the  force  of  a  true  specific. 

Clever  and  well-trained  diagnosticians  often  find  it  difficult 
to  distinguish  between  such  diseases  as  Herpes  circinnatus, 
Ecthyma  simplex,  Lichen  simplex,  Pityriasis,  Psoriasis,  simple 
Eczema,  Ephides  hepatica,  and  many  other  forms  of  dermoid 
diseases,  and  true  syphilitic  exanthems,  as  for  example,  Herpes 
syphilitic,  Ecthyma  syphiiitecum,  Lichen  syphiliticus,  Pem- 
phigus syphiliticus,  Rhypia  etc.,  etc. 

Medical  writers  have,  to  some  extent,  both  in  Europe  and 
America,  attempted  to  aid  the  profession  by  devoting  their  pens 
to  the  elucidation  of  this  important  branch,  but  in  most  cases, 
have  not  attempted  anything  like  an  exhaustive  treatise,  but 
have  written  monographs  on  some  one  or  more  subdivisions  of 
the  subject ;  and  our  standard  works  of  theory  and  practice, 
(not  only  homoeopathic,  but  allopathic  and  ecletic,)  contain 
more  of  fanciful  and  far-fetched  theories,  than  well  proven  and 
incontrovertible  facts. 

Hahnemann  himself  has  not  supplied  the  deficiency,  probably 
owing  to  the  circumstance  that  until  the  last  few  years  of  his 
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life,  he  was  not  sufficiently  acquainted  with  the  subject,  not 
having  had  a  suitable  field  for  observation. 

It  is  with  the  highest  gratification,  therefore,  we  received 
from  the  hands  of  the  gifted  translator,  Jahr's  work  on  venereal 
diseases,  in  an  English  dress.  And  first,  in  reference  to  the 
work  itself,  we  need  only  say  that  it  is  the  carefully  prepared 
compendium  of  the  experience  and  reading  of  one  of  the  most 
studious,  erudite,  and  observant  of  our  school,  who  has  devoted 
special  attention  to  the  subject  of  which  he  treats,  for  a  period 
of  over  twenty  years.  The  character  and  design  of  the  work 
cannot  be  better  summed  up  than  by  quoting  the  author's  own 
words  in  the  preface,  where  he  says  :  "In  offering  this  volume, 
my  special  aim  has  been  to  furnish  the  busy  practitioner  of  our 
school,  who  has  not  the  time  to  verify,  in  such  cases  as  may 
fall  under  his  notice,  the  correctness  of  the  observations  con- 
tained in  our  manunls,  by  comparing  them  with  upwards  of  a 
hundred  original  works,  a  treatise  where  he  finds  condensed 
and  critically  considered,  in  as  brief  a  space  as  possible,  every- 
thing noteworthy  that  the  authors  of  those  works  have  written 
on  the  pathological  nature,  diagnosis,  and  course  of  veneral  dis- 
eases, but  where  the  cures  of  these  diseases  reported  by  our 
own  authors,  are  likewise  subjected  to  a  careful  review  and 
analysis.  In  one  word,  what  I  designed  to  accomplish  in 
arranging  this  work,  was  to  place  the  practitioner  in  possession 
of  a  guide,  both  intelligible  and  trustworthy,  that  should  lead 
him  without  much  useless  trouble,  through  the  still  compara- 
tively unknown  domain  of  chronic  syphilis,  and  render  a 
knowledge  of  this  disease  even  under  its  most  hidden  forms  as 
easy  as  that  of  primary  gonorrhoea,  chancre,  bubo  and  sycosic- 
condylomata." 

This  purpose  he  has  fully  carried  out  with  a  master's  hand. 
Some  readers  will  probably  complain  that  the  therapeutic  direc- 
tions are  somewhat  meagre.  Many  drugs  the  provings  of 
which  seem  to  point  them  out  as  admirably  adapted  to  the 
cure  of  certain  forms  of  secondary  syphillis  being  entirely 
omitted.  We  think  the  author,  however,  has  done  well  in  giving 
only  the  results  of  well-proven  remedies,  or  remedies  known  to 
be  valuable,  by  an  oft-repeated  clinical  experience.    He  says : 


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u  I  hare  not  deemed  it  advisable  to  follow  the  example  of 
Attomyr,  and  of  several  other  Homeopaths,  to  recommend  as 
probahly  useful  in  accordance  with  mere  provings  agents  that 
had  not  yet  been  tested  in  practice,  or  to  suggest  as  adapted  to 
similarly  named  syphilitic  affections,  in  accordance  with  mere 
external  analogies  drugs  that  had  been  found  curative  in  cases 
of  common  warts,  scrofulous  glandular  swellings,  or  rhachitic 
affections.  He  who  approves  of  such  therapeutic  conclusions, 
is  at  liberty  to  consult  general  repertories  for  the.  similarly 
named  symptoms  of  such  drugs  in  non-syphilitic  diseases,  and 
to  apply  them  upon  his  own  responsibility  by  way  of  experi- 
ment ;  if  they  help  in  such  a  case,  we  shall  have  enlarged  the 
boundaries  of  our  practical  experience,  if  they  do  not  help,  the 
practitioner  has  to  accuse  himself  alone  for  his  erroneous  con- 
clusions. a  a  *  a  We  can  only  depend  with  certainty  for 
curative  results  upon  remedies  which,  like  Mercurius,  Nitri 
acidum,  Thuja,  Oinnabaris,  Lycopodium,  and  the  like,  not  only 
cover  with  their  symptoms  the  functional  derangements  of 
single  organs,  but  correspond  to  the  totality  of  the  syphilitic 
process  ;  and  since  this  correspondence  of  their  total  character- 
istics to  the  totality  of  the  syphilitic  process  is  very  frequently 
difficult  to  determine  a  priori,  we  feel  bound  to  advise  beginners 
to  depend  upon  well-tried  remedies,  before  they  undertake  to 
use  drugs  that  only  enjoy  a  theoretic  recommendation/' 

Jahr,  of  course,  was  not  acquainted  with  all  the  valuable 
clinical  experience  that  has  been  obtained  in  this  country,  and 
the  addition  of  some  quite  valuable  modern  remedies  might  have 
enriched  his  therapeutics,  bNut  Professor  Hempel  has  supplied 
this  deficiency  fully,  and  the  treatise  as  translated  and  extended 
we  regard  as  the  most  valuable  extant.  We  have  been  particu- 
lary  pleased  with  the  minuteness  and  carefulness  of  all  the 
diagnostic  signs  given,  and  the  treatment  is  thoroughly  reliable. 
A  word  about  the  translation. 

It  is  always  a  work  of  great  difficulty  to  give  a  fluent, 
rhetorical  and  at  the  same  time  faithful  rendering  of  a  foreign 
author,  and  from  all  we  have  heard  of  the  style  of  Jahr,  it 
must  have  been  particularly  difficult  in  this  case,  but  our  trans- 
lator has  succeeded  so  well,  that  the  English  student  will  find 


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this  volume  a  much  more  readable  book  than  many  a  good 
original  work  on  medicine  in  his  own  tongue.  The  treatise  is 
too  full  and  extensive  forus  to  attempt  anything  like  an  analysis, 
nor  will  our  space  permit.  We  can  only  say  we  prize  the 
volume  highly,  and  can  assure  all  the  physicians  of  our  school, 
that  they  will  do  well  to  give  the  work,  not  oftly  a  perusal,  but 
an  abiding  place  in  their  libraries.  There  is  but  one  wish  only 
ungratified  in  the  perusal  of  the  volume  ;  there  are  no  plates. 
A  series  of  good  colored  copper-plate  engravings,  of  syphilitie 
eruptions,  and  also  of  dermoid  diseases,  that  might  be  easily 
mistaken  for  them,  would,  of  course,  have  increased  largely  the 
price  of  the  work,  but  at  the  same  time  would  have  added  ten 
fold  to  its  value.  This  loss  can  be  supplied  by  the  series  of 
colored* illustrations  of  venereal  diseases  now  publishing,  which 
will  be  supplied  by  the  Detroit  Pharmacy.  The  paper  and 
typography  are  excellent.  J.  H. 


"Quarterly  Journal  of  Psychological  Medicine  and 
Medical  Jurisprudence."  Edited  by  Wm.  A.  Hammond, 
New  York.    200  pages,  8vo. 

This  unique  and  valuable  journal  has  reached  its  third 
number,  or  the  first  number  of  the  second  volume.  It  fills  a 
position  in  medical  literature,  hitherto  almost  vacant  in  this 
country.  The  first  and  second  numbers  were  replete  with 
interest,  but  this  last  number  (Jauary,  1868)  contains  papers 
possessing  great  value  to  the  profession. 

Dr.  Hammond's  article,  "On  the  Influence  of  the  Maternal 
Mind  on  the  Offspring  during  Pregnancy  and  Lactation/'  is  a 
par°r  of  absorbing  interest. 

Dr.  Lee's  "  Remarks  on  the  Trial  of  0.  M.  Northrop,  for 
administering  Belladonna  to  his  wife,  with  intent  to  kill," 
contains  many  interesting  cases  and  symptoms,  which  may  be 
studied  with  benefit  by  physicians. 

Dr.  Sequin's  "  Statement  of  the  Aphasia  Question,"  is  a 
valuable  contribution  to  the  subject.  It  contains  a  paragraph 
which  we  quote : 

"  At  the  Societe  d' Anthropologic,  in  1861,  M.  Rufz  stated 
that  he  had  observed  aphasia  (loss  of  speech)  supervening  on 


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the  bite  of  a  certain  snake,  (serpent  fer  delance).  This  loss  of 
speech  was  sometimes  instantaneous,  but  usually  it  came  on  in 
a  few  hours  after  the  accident.  In  persons  who  did  not  die 
poisoned,  the  aphasia  persisted  indefinately,  and  it  seemed  to 
be  entirely  independent  of  the  location  of  the  bite.  Intelli- 
gence was,  in  all  cases,  preserved,  and  the  affected  persons  went 
about  their  ordinary  occupations  in  silence." 

For  the  Homceopathic  physicians,  this  paragraph  possesses 
much  interest.  In  the  pathogenesis  of  Crotalus,  Lachesis  and 
other  serpent  poisons,  loss  of  speech,  loss  of  memory,  and 
inability  to  speak  coherently  are  noted,  but  not  to  the  extent 
mentioned  by  M.  Bufz.  Would  not  the  poison  of  the  serpent 
he  mentions  prove  a  valuable  remedy  in  certain  kinds  of 
Aphasia  f 

In  Dr.  Hammond's  notices  of  "  Contemporary  Literature/' 
he.  mentions  two  books,  namely  :  "  Storer  on  Criminal  Abor- 
tion," and  Hale  on  "  The  Great  Crime  of  the  Nineteenth 
Century."  Of  the  latter,  he  says  :  "It  treats  the  subject  in  a 
forcible  and  uncompromising  manner.  a  *  *  Dr.  Hale 
writeB  honestly,  and  the  draft  of  a  law  to  prevent  criminal 
abortion,  which  he  submits  on  the  part  of  a  legal  friend,  is 
admirable  irp  evert/  respect"  We  italicise  the  last  words, 
because,  coming  from  such  high  authority,  it  should  silence  the 
adverse  criticisms  of  those  who  have  seen  fit  to  attack  the 
proposed  law. 

This  number  contains  many  articles  devoted  to  an  elucidation 
of  the  Physiology  of  the  Brain  and  Nervous  System  ;  and 
several  relating  to  Medical  Jurisprudence  ;  all  of  which  will 
amply  repay  perusal.  E. 


The  Diagnosis,  Pathology,  and  Treatment  op  Diseases 
of  Women,  by  Graily  Hewett,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Mid- 
wifery in  University  College,  London.  Published  by  Lindsay 
&  Blakiston.  Price  $6.00.  For  sale  at  Detroit  Homoeopathic 
Pharmacy. 
This  is  a  beautifully  printed  octavo  of  707  pages,  reprinted 

from  the  second  London  edition,  enlarged  and  illustrated  by 

over  one  hundred  well  executed  wood  engravings,  about  half  of 

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Reniwylvania  Hospital  Reports,  Vol.  I,  for  1868.  Octavo. 
Published  by  Lindsay  &  Blakiston,  Philadelphia.  Price,  $5. 
For  sale  at  Detroit  Homoeopathic  Pharmacy. 

This  is  presented  in  a  very  handsomely-printed  volume  of 
420  pages.  It  contains  twenty-three  elaborate  articles,  illus- 
trated by  two  lithographs  and  27  wood  cuts.  Forty-live  pages 
are  devoted  to  the  history  and  treatment  of  "  laceration  of  the 
female  perineum,*  by  Dr.  D.  Keyes  Agrew.  Many  of  tho 
papers  are  worthy  of  the  attention  of  our  physicians. 


Introductory  Lecture  delivered  at  the  Hahnemann  Medical 
College  of  Philadelphia,  by  John  C.  Morgan,  M.  D.,  Pro- 
fessor of  Surgery.     Published  by  the  class  of  1867-8. 

This  certainly  exceeds  in  merit  and  interest  the  average  of 
college  introductories. 


The  Homceopathic  World,  a  popular  journal  of  Medical, 
Social  and  Sanatory  Science,  edited  by  Dr.  Ruddock.  Bead- 
ing, England. 

This  comes  to  us  reduced  to  octavo  size,  double  columns,  and 
much  improved  in  other  particulars.  We  think  that  it  is  the 
best  homceopathic  journal  for  unprofessional  readers. 


Sixteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Dim-tors  of  the  New  York 
Ophthalmic  Hospital,  for  the  year  1867,  at  387  Fourth 
Avenue,  corner  Twenty-eighth  street. 

Now  that  this  Institute  is  under  homoeopathic  control,  we 
expect  that  there  will  not  only  be  greater  success  in  the  treat- 
ment, but  that  the  items  of  apothecary's  salary  ($448.28)  and 
medicine  ($498.36)  will  be  reduced  to  about  $100,  or  one-tenth 
of  last  year. 

Baehr's  System  of  Therapeutics  is  not  expected  from 
the  press  for  some  weeks. 

United  States  Homoeopathic  Dispensatory  will  be  com- 
menced soon. 


WT  N.  Y.  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society's  Transactions  for 
1864  have  all  been  distributed. 


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HOMOEOPATHY    IN    MICHIGAN    STATS    UNIVERSITY. 

Appointment    of   Prof.    Hempel* 

On  Wednesday  evening,  March  25,  1868,  a  lengthy  executive 
session  of  the  Board  of  Regents  was  held,  lasting  from  early  in  the 
evening  till  after  midnight,  in  which  the  whole  question  of  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  Homoeopathic  Department,  in  connection  with  the  Uni- 
versity, was  discussed  in  all  its  bearings.  It  was  finally  resolved  to 
establish  a  School  of  Homoeopathy  with  a  portion  of  the  funds  pro- 
vided by  the  last  Legislature.  On  the  question  of  the  location  of  the 
School  arising,  Regent  Johnson  moveel  that  it  be  established  at  Ann 
Arbor,  which  was  lost.  Regent  Walker  then  offered  the  following 
resolutions,  which  were  adopted,  after  which  the   Board  adjourned : 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Regents  accept  the  aid  proffered  by 
the  Legislature  of  Michigan,  by  the  act  approved  March  15,'  186?, 
with  the  terms  and  conditions  thereof. 

Resolved,  That  in  order  to  comply  with  the  conditions  imposed 
by  said  act,  there  be  organized  in  the  Department  of  Medicino  a 
School,  to  be  called  the  "  Michigan  School  of  Homoeopathy,"  to  bo 
located  at  such  place  (suitable  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board  of  Regents) 
other  than  Ann  Arbor,  in  the  State  of  Michigan,  as  shall  pledge  to 
the  Board  of  Regents,  by  June  20  next,  the  greatest  amount  for  the 
buildings  and  endowment  of  said  School. 

Resolved,  That  two  Professors  be  appointed  for  said  School,  ono  at 
this  time,  and  another  (prior  to  the  opening  of  said  School,  and  others 
as  may  be  necessary. 

Resolved,  That  the  sum  of  $8,000  be  appropriated,  besides  the 
salary  of  the  Professors,  out  of  the  State  tax,  so  donated  to  the 
University,  to  be  expended  in  establishing  said  School  of  Hom- 
oeopathy. 

Resolved,  That  Dr.  Charles  J.  Hem  pel,  of  Qrand  Rapids,  be 
appointed  Professor  of  the  Theory  and  Practico  of  Homoeopathic 
Medicine,  in  the  Michigan  School  of  Homoeopathy,  at  the  salary  of 
$1,000  per  annum,  from  this  date,  to  be  paid  out  of  said  fund  so 
donated. 

The  Board  then  adjourned  to  June  2£,  1868. 

The  action  of  the  Regents  has  caused  great  dissatisfaction  among 
the  allopath  l.  Some  of  their  friends,  (Ann  Arbor  Free  Press  cor- 
respondent,) even  going  so  far  as  to  say  that  it  was   "  entirely   unex- 


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pected,  done  almost  in  an  underhanded  manner,  at  the  very  last  moment 
of  their  session,  and  looks  as  if  the  Regents  themselves  were  ashamed 
of  it,  etc." 

If  the  Board  of  Regents  have  any  feeling  in  the  matter,  akin  to 
shame,  it  is  probably  from  an  entirely  different  cause.  They  doubt- 
less think  that  the  appropriation  for  our  benefit  is  altogether  too  little, 
and  that  they  have  paid  too  much  deference  to  the  prejudices  of  the 
Allopathic  faculty.  It  is  certain  that  this  is  the  way  in  which  the 
matter  is  regarded  by  our  most  intelligent  citizens,  and  many  of  our 
M.  D.'s  hesitate  about  accepting  the  offer,  regarding  so  small 
a  portion  of  the  University  fund,  as  not  one-half  of  the  amount  we 
are  entitled  to.  Others  are  willing  to  accept  this,  though  not  regard- 
ing it  as  equivalent  to  the  literal  carrying  out  of  the  Homoaopathio 
proviso,  expecting  that  further  grants  will  be  made  before  long. 

A  rumor  was  widely  circulated  in  Detroit,  immediately  after  the 
a  ction  of  the  Regents,  that  the  whole  Allopathic  faculty  had  resigned ; 
they  were  unwilling  that  the  prestige  of  the  University  should  be 
shared  by  the  Homoeopaths;  they  would  either  monopolize  the  whole, 
or  leave.  About  the  only  foundation  that  we  discovered  for  the 
report,  was  a  statement  that  the  faculty  had  made  application  to 
several  of  our  capitalists  for  money  to  start  an  independent  Medical 
College  in  Detroit,  intending,  if  they  succeeded, to  resign  their  positions 
at  Ann  Arbor.  But  they  are  not  wise  enough.  Some  would  think 
that  this  would  be  a  very  foolish  conrse,  but  the  fact'  is  Ann  Arbor 
is  not  the  place  for  a  Medical  College  at  all.  If  we  have  the 
Homoeopathic  Branch  of  the  University  at  Detroit,  and  a  good  hospital 
connected  with  it,  we  shall  be  able  to  compete  with  the  Allopathic 
School  at  Ann  Arbor  very  successfully. 


MICHIGAN    HOMOEOPATHIC    INSTITUTE. 


The  Ninth  Annual  Meeting  will  be  held  at  Leppig's  Hall,  opposite 
the  Post-office,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan,  on  Tuesday  and  Wednesday, 
the  19th  and  20th  of  May,  1868,  (two  days  previous  to  the  meeting 
of  the  Western  Institute,  at  Milwaukee). 

The  following  Special  Committees  are  expected  to  make  reports : 

Committee  on  University  and  Homceopalhic  College — Drs.  A.  Bag- 
ley,  A.  Walker,  B.  A.  Lodge,  E.  H.  Drake,  G.  T.  Rand  and  I.  N. 
Eldridge. 

Committee  on  Obstetrics  and  Diseases  of  Women  and  Children — 
Drs.  F.  Woodruff,  A.  Walker,  J.  M.  Long  and  B.  P.  Pennock. 

Committee  on  Physiology — Drs.  C.  J.  Hempel,  J.  M.  Long,  and 
L.  Ybunghusband. 


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Committee  on  Pathological  Anatomy — Drs.  W.  J.  Calvert,  R. 
Pengelly  and  I.  Douglas. 

Committee  on  Chemistry — Drs.  O.  A,  Robertson,  Chas.  Hastings 
and  B.  F.  Bailey. 

Committee  on  Medical  Electricity — Drs.  E.  L.  Roberts,  W.  J.  Cal- 
vert and  Joseph  Sill. 

Committee  on  Diseases  of  the  Eye  and  Ear — Drs.  John  Doy  and 
1\  X.  Spranger. 

Committee  on  Diseases  of  the  Teeth,  etc. — Dr.  Isaac  Douglas. 

Committee  on  Honorary  Members — Drs.  C.  J.  Hempel  and  J.  M. 
Long. 

Committee  on  Publication — Drs.  E.  A.  Lodge  and  J.  A.  Albertson, 

Committee  on  High  Potencies — Drs.  I.  N.  Eldridge,  J.  B.  Tattle 
and  F.  Woodruff. 

Committee  on  Cures  with  One  Remedy — Drs.  A.  Bagley,  0.  Fowle, 
C.  B.  Barrett,  Jr.,  and  P.  H.  Hale. 

Committee  on  Pathology — Drs.  J.  D.  Craig  and  B.  F.  Bagley. 

Committee  on  Provings  and  Indigenous  Remedies — Drs.  F.  X. 
Spranger,  L.  M.  Jones  and  P.  H.  Halo. 

Committee  on  Intermittens — Drs.  E.  B.  Graham,  J.  D.  Craig  and 
J.  B.  Coulter. 

Committee  on  Surgery — Drs.  E.  H.  Drake  and  A.  Sawyer. 

On  Syphilis — Drs.  T.  F.  Pomeroy  and  F.  X.  Spranger. 

Delegates  to  American  Institute — Drp,  E.  H.  Drake,  E.  A.  Lodge, 
W.  3.  Calvert  and  P.  H.  Hale. 

Delegates  to  the  Western  Institute — Drs.  C.  J.  Hempel,  J.  D. 
Craig,  J.  V.  Spencer  and  G.  A.  Robertson. 

Delegate  to  Illinois  State  Homoeopathic  Association— Dr.  J.  D. 
Craig. 

Delegate  to  California  State  Homasopathio  Association — Dr.  J.  A. 
Albertson. 

Necrologist — Dr.  E.  A.  Lodge. 

Annual  Addf  ess — Dr.  T.  F.  Pomeroy.     Alternate,  Dr.  J.  D.  Craig 

A  preliminary  meeting  will  be  held  at  the  house  of  the  President, 
Prof.  Hempel,  (north-east  corner  of  Bridge  and  Kent  streets,  Grand 
Rapids,)  on  the  evening  of  the  18th  of  May.  Dr.  H,  also  invites  all 
the  members  to  a  social  gathering  at  his  house  on  the  evening  of  the 
19th  of  May. 


Hahnemann  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia — Summer 
Course  of  Lectures. — In  accordance  with  the  expressed  desire  of 
a  number  of  students  and  physicians,  a  Course  of  Lectures  will  be 
given,  commencing  on  the  first  Monday  in  April  and  ending  on  the 
twenty-seventh  of  June,  1868. 


American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy. — The  proceedings  of  last 
year  will  be  published  by  the  15th  of  April. 

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AMEBICAN    INSTITUTE    OF    HOMOEOPATHY. 

The  twenty-first  annual  session  will  be  held  in  St.  Louis  during 
the  first  week  in  June,  1868. 

The  preliminary  meeting  will  be  held  on  Tuesday  evening,  June 
2d,  at  8  o'clock,  for  the  formation  and  renewal  of  fraternal  relations, 
and  for  the  purpose  of  transacting  such  necessary  business  as  will 
expedite  the  organization  of  this  session  of  the  Institute. 

The  regular  session  will  commence  on  Wednesday,  June  3d,  at  ten 
o'clock,  and  will  continue  three  days. 

On  Wednesday  evening,  tho  Address  will  be  delivered  by  Henry 
B.  Clark,  M.  D.,  of  New  Bedford,  Mass.  Alternate,  William  H.  Wat- 
eon,  M.  D ,  of  Utica,  N.  Y. 

Reports  will  be  made  by  the  following  Bureaus  : 

Materia  Medica,  Pharmacy  and  Proving* — Drs.  Conrad  Wessel- 
hoeft,  Harrison  Square,  Mass.;  Walter  Williamson,  Philadelphia; 
Win.  E.  Payne,  Bath,  Me.;  E.  M.  Hale,  Chicago,  111;;  Samuel  B. 
Barlow,  New  York. 

Clinical  Medicine  and  Zymoses — Drs  Henry  I).  Paine,  New  York ; 
S.  M.  Cite,  iSalera,  Mass.;  D.  H.  Beckwith,  Cleveland,  O.;  P.  P. 
Wells,  New  York  :  J.  C.  Burgher,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Obstetrics — Drs.  Henry  N.  Guernsey,  Philadelphia ;  J.  C.  Sanders, 
Cleveland,  O.;  J.  H.  Woodbury,  Boston,  Mais.;  Reuben  Ludlam, 
Chicago  111.;  Tullio  S.  Verdi,  Washington,  D  C. 

Surgery— Dra.  Win.  T.  Heimuth,  St.  Louis  ;  Jacob  Beakley,  New 
York  ;  Gaylord  D.  Beebe,  Chicago,  111.;  E.  C.  Franklin,  St.  Louis ; 
George  F.  Foote,  Philadelphia. 

Organization,  Registration,  and  Statistics — Drs.  Henry  M.  Smith, 
New  York;  Horace  M.  Paine,  Albany,  N.  Y. ;  Bu<*hrod  W.  James, 
Philadelphia;  Wm.  F.  Jackson,  Roxbury,  Mass.;  T.  Cation  Duncan, 
Chicago,  III. 

Physiology— Drs.  J.  H.  P.  Frost,  Philadelphia  ;  C.  Vastine,  Tren- 
ton, N.  J. ;  T.  P.  Wilson,  Cleveland,  0.;  H.  P.  Gatchell,  Kenosha, 
Wisconsin ;  J.  J.  Mitchell.  New  York. 

Hygiene — Drs,  Carroll  Dunham,  New  York  ;  George  E.  Shiptnan, 
Chicago,  111.;  T.  G.  Comstock,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;.  J.  H.  Pulte,  Cincin- 
nati, O.;  C.  W.  Boyce,  Auburn,  N.  Y. 

Anatomy— Drs.  T.  F.  Allen,  New  York ;  John  C.  Morgan,  Phil- 
adelphia; H.  C.  Allen,  Cleveland,  O.;  Melville  Bryant,  New  York; 
Jabez  B.  Holtby,  New  York. 

Committee  on  Medical  Education— Drs.  John  C.  Sanders,  Cleve- 
land, 0.;  George  S.  Walker,  St.  Louis;  Stephen  R.  Kirby,  Now 
York ;  Daniel  Holt,  Lowell,  Mass.;  D.  S  Smith,  Chicago,  111. 

Necrologist  -Dr.  Henry  D.  Paine,  New  York. 

It  is  requested  that  communications  pertaining  to  either  of  these 
Bureaus  or  Committees,  should  be  forwarded  to  one  of  the  members 
thereof  before  the  20th  of  May. 


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Homoeopathic  physicians  wishing  to  become  members,  can  obtain 
blank  applications  of  the  General  Secretary,  which  they  are  requested 
to  return  to  him,  properly  filled,  before  May  15th,  or  to  the  President, 
William  Tod  Helmuth,  M.  D.,  St.  Louis,  before  June  1st,  1868. 

It  is  important  that  all  homoeopathic  societies  and  institutions 
should  be  represented  by  Delegates  in  the  following  proportion : 

Associations  of  more  than  fifty  members  from  different  States,  two; 
State  societies,  two,  with  one  additional  for  every  twenty  members ; 
County  or  local  societies,  one  ;  colleges,  hospitals,  dispensaries,  and 
medical  journals,  one  each.  When  not  otherwise  appointed,  local 
societies  are  authorized  to  appoint  Delegates  for  homoeopatic  institu- 
tions. 

This  will  probably  be  a  large  meeting  of  the  Institute,  and  it  is 
hoped  that  every  member  will  make  a  special  effort  to  contribute 
something  to  its  value  and  interest 

I.  T.  TALBOT,  General  Secretary,  Boston,  Mass. 


Homoeopathic  Life  Insurance  Companies. 

To  save  space,  and  better  enable  bur  readers  to  make  com- 
parisons, we  put  the  statements  of  the  Atlantic  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company  and  the  Hahnemann  Life  Insuranse  Co., 
in  one  table : 

Atlantic.  Hahnemann. 

Net  assets,  Jan.  1,  1867, $175,532  49  $226,612  53 

Eeceipts  during  1867, 204,376  89     128,384  83 

Disbursements, 112,970  44      66,324  32 

Assets,  Jan.  1,  1868, 266,938  94    288,673  04 

Increase  of  assets  during  the  year, .     91,406  45       62,060  51 
Losses  paid, 13,000  00        8,000  00 

Policies  in  force  Jan.  1,  1868, 777. 1857  1431 

Policies  issued  during  1867, 1504  1109 

Dividend, Atlantic  40  §,  Hahnemann,  25  £. 


Massachusetts  Homceopathic  Medical  Society  meets  at  Meion- 
ian  Hall,  Tremont  Temple,  Boston,  on  Wednesday  and  Thursday, 
April  8th  and  9th. 


Homceopathic  Treatment  op  Sterility.— Clinical  experi- 
ence desired.  Please  send  to  editor  Homceopathic  Observer, 
Detroit,  Michigan. 

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Allen.— H.  C  Allen,  M.  D.,  has  resigned  the  Chair  of  Anatomy  in  the  Cleveland  College  and 
accepted  the  same  position  in  the  Faculty  of  the  Hahnemann  College  of  Chicago.  Chicago  gains 
one  of  the  best  and  clearest  minds  in  the  profession. 

Barrett* — Charles  B.  Barrett,  M.  D.,  a  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  Homoeopathic  College, 
has  located  at  No.  12,  West  Columbia  street,  Detroit.  The  Doctor  comes  well  recommended 
ftom  his  former  field  of  labor,  (Philadelphia,)  and  we  trust  will  meet  with  satisfactory  encour- 
agement in  this  city.  * 

Eggert(-It  will  be  remembered  that  Dr.  W.  Eggert,  of  Indianapolis,  offered,  at  the  last 
meeting  of  the  Western  Institute  of  Homoeopathy,  a  prize  of  $100  for  the  best  monograph  on 
Nasal  Catarrh.  Dr.  B.  says :  "I  have  not  received  a  single  manuscript  yet.  Although  the  time 
has  expired,  still  1  will  be  ready  to  receive  them  and  hand  them  over  to  the  committee,  and  if 
they  can  report  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Western  Iustitute,  the  prize  shall  be  awarded  forth- 
with ;  bn  t  of  course  the  committee  have  a  light  to  award  the  prise,  as  Well  as  to  decline,  which 
might  be  the  case  if  only  a  single  essay  on  the  subject  should  be  presented.  My  committee  is 
not  ready  yet,  but  let  essays  come  in  and  it  shall  be  ready  at  a  moment's  notice.  I  heve  made 
no  appointments  definitely.  I  will,  however,  mention  two  of  the  gentlemen ;  one  is  Dr.  Full- 
graff,  of  New  .York,  who'has  already  gained  a  notoriety  in  the  treatment  of  this  disease,  if  you 
read  the  report  of  the  Bond-Street  Dispensary,  and  the  other  my  venerable  and  learned  friend, 
Dr.  Baer,  of  Richmond.  You  see  from  this  that  I  have  made  the  selection  with  impartiality 
for  the  former  is  a  low  potencyist,  the  latter  a  high  one.  All  I  want  is  that  benefit  may  be 
derived  from,  and  do  not  care  if  it  comes  from  high  or  low,  if  only  in  strict  accordance  with  the 
homoeopathic  law.  To  insure  impartiality,  I  decline  to  be  a  member  of  the  committee.  The 
essay  must  be  practical,  and  prove  that  the  writer  has  mastered  the  J  subject*  both  in  theory  and 
practice. 

Fish.— Everett  W.  Fish,  M.  D.,  graduated  at  St  Louis,  at  the  last  session,  receiving  the 
silver  medal.  A  few  days  after,  our  Detroit  papers  published  an  aocount  of  his  having  been 
killed  and  scalped  by  the  Indians,  west  of  Omaha.  His  numerous  friends  here  were  much  dis- 
tressed. To  their  joy,  news  came  that  Dr.  F.  was  still  at  St.  Louis,  alive  and  well ;  and  by  the 
St.  Louis  Dental  Journal  of  March  we  see  that  he  is  hard  at  work.  It  says :  '•  A  class  is  to  be 
organised  for  the  study  of  practical  analytical  chemistry,  by  E.  W.  Fish,  M.  D.  It  will  begin 
within  the  present  month,  and  continue  ten  weeks.  There  will  be  three  lectures  and  recitations, 
with  test-tube  examinations,  each  week.  The  course  will  be  confined  mostly  to  the  analytical 
branch  of  the  science.  For  further  particulars  address  Dr.  E,  W.  Fish,  northwest  corner  of  6th 
and  Pine.  In  addition  to  the  above,  lctures.  there  will  be  separate  lectures  delivered  by  Dr.  Fish, 
on  Dental  Chemistry,  for  the  benefit  of  the  students  of  the  St.  Louis  Dental  College." 

Gatohell.— H.  P.  Gatchell,  M.  D,,  relinquishes  the  Chair  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  Hahnemann 
College,  finding  the  fatigue  of  travel  to  and  from  his  residence  at  Kenosha,  during  the  winter 
months,  very  objectionable.  The  students  passed  resolutions  very  complimentary  to  the  Pro- 
fessor on  the  occasion  of  his  retiring. 

Hempel.— Prol  Hempel  will  in  a  few  months  commence  preparing  the  third  edition  of  bis 
Materia  Medica,  which  will  be  as  complete  as  such  a  work  can  be.  The  plan  of  the  work  will 
be.altered,  and  a  new  volume  added,  entitled  "  Synthetical  Therapeutics ;"  likewise  a  Syllabus 
of  several  hundred  pages,  in  the  shape  of  a  series  of  questions,  the  answers  to  which  will  embody 
the  whole  of  the  contents  of  the  Materia  Medica,  and  serve  as  a  text-book  for  the  student. 

ItUtUam*  —"We  learn  that  Prof.  Ludlam  has  given  up  all  idea  of  pitching  his  tent  in  Gotham, 
This  will  be  very  satisfactory  to  his  Western  friends,  and  of  great  advantage  to  the  Hahnemann 
Medical  College. 


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REMOVALS. 

Fackler.— Dr.  J.  M.  Fackler  from  Shiloh,  O.,  to  Mansfield,  Richland  Co.,  Ohio. 
Gibson.— Dr.  Gibson  from  Honeoye  Falls,  N.  Y.,  to  Rochester,  N.Y. 
Lenfest.— Dr.  J.  Leufest  from  Monticello  to  Presque  Isle,  Aroostook  Co.,  Maine. 
Noble.— Dr.  O.  E.  Noble  from  Penn  Yan,  N.  Y.,  to  New  York  City. 
Pomeroy.- Dr.  R.  S.  Pomeroy  from  Atlanta,  Ga.,  to  New  Orleans,  La. 
Scott.— Dr.  James  L.  Scott  from  Hackensack,  N.  J.,  to  Coatsville,  Pa. 
Tompkins.— Dr.  Frank  Tompkins  from  Havana,  N.  Y.,  to  Penn  Yan,N.  Y. 
Vishuo.— Dr.  Charles  Vishno  from  Windsor  Locks,  Conn.,  to  New  Britain,  Conn. 
Vivion.--Dr.Jno.  B.  Vivion  from  Ursa,  Ills.,  to  Macomb,  Ills. 


NECROLOGICAI*. 


Garnsey.— Our  friend  and  contributor,  C.  Alex.  Garnsey,  M  D.,  of  Batavia,  Lis.,  has 
recently  buried  a  sweet  daughter.  Now  bereft  of  wife  and  child,  he  mourns,  but  not  as  those 
who  have  no  hope.  He  rejoices  in  anticipation  of  a  happy  meeting  where  there  is  neither  sor- 
row, sickness,  or  death. 

Lucas.— Dr.  J.  M.  Lucas  died  at  La  Crosse,  Wisconsin,  Dec.  8,  1867,  of  disease  of  the  heart. 
May.— J.  P.  May,  M.  D.,  died  at  81  Court-st..  Brooklyn,  L.  I.,  in  January  last. 


GRADUATES,     1868. 

New  York  Homoeopathic  Medical  College. 

E.  W.  Avery,  New  Yook.  S.  Hasbrouck,  New  Jersey. 

J.  S.  Beakley,         **  J.  J.  Hall,  Canada. 

C.  D.  Belden,  "  E.  R  Howie,  Canada. 

L  A.  Birdsall,         "  H.  Hutchings,  N.  Y. 

W.  A.  Bivin,  "  R.  B.  Jenks,  N.  Y. 

Alonso  Bishop,        u  £.  R.  Lane,  New  Jersey. 

J.  W.  Brown,  •*  C.  Garret  Lansing,  N.  Y. 

R.  G.  Bruyn,  ««  A.  H.  Marks,  N.  Y. 

Geo.  Colton,  Vermont  C.  11.  Martin,  Penn. 

Luke  Corcoran.  Mass.  J.  De  V.  Moore,  N.  Y. 

C.  P.  Cook,  N.  Y.  M.  V.  B.  Morse,  Mass. 

R.  B.  Covert,  N.  Y.  E.  C.  Newport,  Mass. 

I.  V.  Dagget,  Vermont.  J.  C.  Otis,  N.  Y. 

0.  a  Eldridge,  Mich.  L.  D.  Parkhurst,  N.  Y. 

1.  N.  Eldridge,  Mich.  G.  H.  Patchen,  Iowa. 
H.  Elliot.  Canada.  H.  P.  Partridge,  N.  Y. 
E.  W.  Finch,  N.  Y.  A.  M.  Piersons,  N.  Y. 
W.  B.  Garside,  N.  Y.  Miles  Rorabacher,  Mich. 
Jas.  Gerrie,  Canada.  Aaron  Walker,  Mass. 

P.  A.  Gordon,  Kentucky.  E.  A.  Wareheim,  Maryland. 

N.  G.  Hamilton,  Canada.  E.  B.  Whitaker,  Vermont.  Total,  42. 


Homoeopathic  Medical  College  of.  Pennsylvania. 

H.  F.  Adams,  M.  D.,  New  York.  Thomas  H.  Peacock,  Pa. 

Oliver  P.  Barden,  Pa.  Daniel  C.  Perkins,  Maine. 

Stephen  T.  Birdsall,  New  York.  Charles  M.  Putnam  Michigan. 

F.  M.  Born  to  n,  Texas.  Rosanna  Scott  Richards,  Nova  Scotia. 
Charles  W.  Breyfogle,  A.  M.,  Ohio.  James  H.  Ridings,  Pa. 

Wm.  L.  Breyfogle,  Ohio.  Thaddeus  E.  Sanger,  N.  H. 

Clark  J.  Cooper,  N.  J.  Jacob  8chmidt,  M.  D.,  Maryland. 

Charles  S.  A.  Dickerson, ^France.  Wm.  H.  H.  Sisson,  M.  D.,  Mass. 

Wm.  M.  Gwynn,  N.  Y.  Wm.  M.  Sprague,  N.  Y. 

Wallace  McGeorge,  Pa.  Walter  Ure,  A.  M.,  M.  D.,  Pa. 

C.  C.  Miller,  N.  Y.  Adolph  Von  Gerhardt,  M.  D.,  Maryland. 

G.  W.  Mitchell,  M.  D.f  IU.  Comly  J.  Wiltbank,  Pa.    ^  ' 
Fred.  W.  Payne,  Maine.  Jarvis  TJ.  Woods,  Maine* 
Albert  E.  Patch,  Maine.  [Deceased,  Mar.  4.]  James  A.  Young,  Ky. 

SPECIAL  DEGREES. 

Thomas  Moore,  M  D.,  Pa.  Malcom  Maciarlan,  M.  D.,|Pa.        Total,  80. 


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Win  T.  TTempstead,  111 
Sam'I  R.  Motes  S.  C. 
James  Willard,  III 
Wm.  C.  Richardson,  111. 
F.  L.  Bartlelt,  UL 
Tho<*.  Shaver,  III 
R.  Y.  Manning,  Ky. 
J.  II.  Miller,  111. 
Thos  Keener,  I1L 

O.  E.  Goodrich,  Mloh. 

O.  P.  Baer,  A.  M.,  M.  D„  Ind. 


PERSONAL   NOTICES. 
St.  Louis  Homoeopathic  College. 


E.  W  Fish,  Mich. 

J.  A.  Rubicon,  Kansas. 

F.  W.  Wheelock,  Iowa. 
S.  C.  B  ildwin,  Iowa. 

G.  II.  Baker,  111. 
M.  Ayres,  111. 
A.  K  Riess,  Mo. 
I.  H.  Smizer,  Ky. 

J.  A.  Ackman,  Canada. 


AD    EUEHDUM. 


Wm.  F.  Bernard,  Ky. 


Total,  SI. 


Milton  H.  Baker,  HI. 
William  J.  Calvert.  M.  D.,  Mloh. 
Ed.  J.  Fox  Canny,  Minn. 
Willard  R  Clarke,  Wis. 
William  M.  Cooley,  III. 
Charles  J.  Henshaw,  Mloh. 
William  8.  Johnson,  111. 
Edward  H.  King,  Iowa. 
John  Wm  Koch,  Minn. 
Thomas  J.  Merryman.  111. 
William  S.  Moffatt,  111. 
Peter  Moor,  Wis. 


Hahnemann  College,  Chicago. 


Milton  J.  Partridge,  A.  M,,  Ind. 
Edgar  Perkins,  in. 
Charles  W.  Putnam,  III. 
J.  Howard  Smith.  Mich. 
Frank  Smyth,  111. 
Henry  R.  Htout,  HI. 
JohnW  Streeter  Mich. 
James  D.  Taylor,  Mich. 
John  B.  Vivion,  111. 
Emory  J.  Walker,  Mich. 
Gilbert  R.  Woolsey,  111. 
John  J.  Wright,  III. 


Total,  2i. 


Hahnemann  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia, 


R.A.Adam<,N.Y. 

R.  C.  Allen,  Pa 

Edwin  P.  Angell,  M.  D.,  Texas. 

B.  Franklin  Betts,  Pa. 

Martin  Bradford,  Ohio. 

Isaac  Cooper,  N  J. 

J.  W.  Kliot,  California. 

E.  A.  Farrington,  A.  B.,  Pa. 

Chan.  M.  Foss,  Maine 

John  Gantenhien,  Switzerland. 

Jos.  M.  Gerhart.  Pa. 

N.  W.  Kneass,  I'a 

Augustus  Korndoerfer,  Pa. 


George  Lolkes,  Prussia. 
M.  T.  Middleton,  N.  J. 
Henry  F.  Pahl,  A.  M.  Texas. 
H.  c.  Parker,  M.  D  .  Texaa, 
E.  H  Phillips,  M.  D  ,  N.  J. 
Christian  P.  8eip,  Pa. 
Scott  W.  Skinner,  N.  Y. 
A.  M.  Stackhouse,  N.  J. 
Jlenones  F.  Underwood,  Pa. 
G  W.  8.  Wilson,  M.  D.f  Pa. 
Jas.  A.  West,  N.  Y. 
O.  5$.  Wood,  M.  D.,  Pa. 
Geo.  Wright,  M.  D„  N.  J. 


Total,  2f . 


Cleveland 

H.  IT.  Baxter,  Ohio. 
W.  M.  B  tiley,  Michigan. 
A.  &.'  Johnson,  Michigan. 
O.  B.  Spencer,  New  York. 
Jno.  A.  McDonnld,  Ohio. 
M.M.Catlm,  New  York. 
W.  U.  Booth,  Michigan. 
W.  S.  Whitney,  Michigan. 
H.  I *  Bradley,  Wisconsin. 
H.  C.  Carpenter.  Michigan. 
H.  L.  Ambler,  Ohio. 
A.  D.  Johnston.  Pa. 
D.  H.  Conlcy,  New  York. 


Homoeopathic  College. 

R.  N.  Warren,  Ohio. 

J.  L.  Bein,  Ohio. 

G.  A.  Tracy,  New  York. 

B.  A.  Harrington,  Ohio. 

C.  8.  Nellis.  Canada. 
J.  W.  Jenny,  Ohio. 
W.  W.  Clapp,  Ohio. 
C.  P.  Burch.  Canada. 
T.  C.  Wallace. 

L.  S.  Ingmin,  Wisconsin. 

G.  T  Blair,  Ohio. 

W.  W.  Thomas,  New  York. 


Total,  29, 


Recapitulation. 

Now  York  Homoeopathic  College 42 

Homoeopathic  Medical  Colle  e  of  Pennsylvania, 9» 

St.  Louis  Homosopathic  College..... ...........21 

Hahnemann  College  of  Chicago 24 

Hahnemann  Medical  College,  of  Philadelphia 26 

Cleveland  Homosopathic  College 25 

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Nasal  Catarrh. — Prize  for  the  best  monograph, 
sonal  notice  £)r.  Eggert,  page  252. 


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New  subscriptions  hav6  come  in  with  greater  promptness 
this  year  than  ever  before.  The  cash  receipts  for  1868  are 
larger  than  for  any  previous  year,  and  we  feel  very  much 
encouraged  indeed.  We  have  good  reason  to  believe  that  our 
subscription  is  larger  than  the  lists  of  any  other  two  homoeopa- 
thic journals  published,  either  in  Europe  or  the  United  States. 
We  are  also  sustained  by  adequate  moral  support,  which  is 
fully  appreciated. 

Dr.  Louis  de  V.  Wilder,  writes  us  from  New  York  city : 
"  You  are  certainly  deserving  of  much  praise  for  energy  and 
practical  common  sense  in  conducting  a  medical  journal.  We 
have  had  too  much  poor,  rehashed,  second-hand  reading  in  our 
magazines  heretofore.     God  speed  you." 

This  is  somewhat  flattering.  We  are  much  more  gratified 
at  the  following,  from  Dr.  Merritt,  of  Staatsburgh,  New  York: 
"  Your  journal  is  monthly  gaining  upon  my  esteem.  It  has 
become  so  associated  with  my  comfort,  that  nothing  but  a  letter 
from  a  friend  is  more  eagerly  seized,  when  the  mail  package 
containing  it  is  handed  to  me.  When  I  look  back  to  its  birth, 
and  see  the  feeble  little  aspirant  for  a  name  and  a  place  among 
a  world  of  homoeopathic  journalism,  I  remember  how  little 
was  my  faith  that  it  would  survive  the  perils  of  infancy  and 
childhood  ;  but  its  healthy,  vigorous  face,  tells  me  to-day,  that 
the  bracing  air  of  your  Western  lakes,  will  accomplish  what, 
to  the  conservative,  Knickerbockerish  minds  of  us  Eastern  folks 
might  seem  almost  miraculous." 

Dr.  D.  B.  Whittier  writes  :  "  Those  of  us  who  take  all  the 
journals,  would  pray  against  this  everlasting  copying  from  other 
journals.  Such  repeated  doses  become  very  nauseous.  (See 
N.  A.  Journal,  February,  1868.)"  . 

As  far  as  this  magazine  is  concerned,  no  subscriber  will  have 
any  such  cause  for  complaint.  In  the  conduct  of  the  journal,  we 
have  had  no  scissors  department  for  some  months,  and  if  our 
readers  will  write  for  its  pages,  as  often  as  they  find  items  of 
interest  to  communicate,  the  Observer  will  be  more  spirited  and 
interesting  hereafter  than  it  has  been  at  any  time  heretofore. 


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Many  of  our  correspondents  send  reports  of  cases  treated, 
written  on  the  same  sheet  of  paper  with  orders  for  books  and 
other  things.  Occasionally  on  one  piece  of  paper  there  will  be 
a  business  letter,  a  statement  of  diseases  treated,  an  account  of 
the  diseases  prevalent  where  the  writer  resides,  and  an  order 
for  goods.  Then  articles  are  sent  written  on  both  sides  of  the 
paper,  in  a  very  illegible  style,  without  any  regard  to  punctua- 
tion or  grammatical  construction,  with  the  request,  "correct  it, 
I  have  no  time."  As  if  we  had  more  leisure,  or  could  rewrite  or 
revise  every  paper.  Such  communications  go  into  the  box  ut  for 
revision/'  and  are  not  at  all  likely  to  be  taken  from  it  until  every 
legible  MS.  has  been  printed. 

One  dollar  for  the  subscription  of  unprofessional  persons  will 
be  received,  when  sent  by  a  physician  with  his  own  subscription 
of  $2.00  ;  thus  making  $1\50  for  each.  We  do  not  offer  to 
take  $1.00,  on  any  other  terms,  but  after  an  M.  D.  has  sent  his 
$2.00,  he  is  still  entitled  to  send  not  over  three  subscriptions  of 
unprofessional  persons,  at  one  dollar  each. 

"  Returned  to  publisher"  so  the  envelope  reads  which  encloses 
two  or  three  numbers.  Who  returned  them?  Will  our 
friends  be  kind  enough  to  bear  in  mind  that  we  do  not  wish 
any  one  to  take  the  Observer  who  does  not  think  it  worth  pay- 
ing for,  and  that  we  shall  feel  particularly  obliged  if  they  wish 
to  discontinue,  if  they  would  return  the  numbers  not  paid  for, 
and  mark  across  the  wrapper  their  names,  that  we  may  make 
the  proper  erasures  from  our  mail  list. 

Erratum. — March  number,  page  142,  third  line  from  bottom, 
for  as  a,  read  as  in. 

Skin  Diseases. — Will  our  correspondents  favor  us  with 
accounts  of  treatment  of  the  various  eruptive  disorders  ? 


Keports  op  cases  treated  with  Juglans  cinerea  will  be 
very  acceptable. 

Mortality  in  Detroit,  February  1868,  115,  (last  Feb.  84.) 
Deaths  from  Pulmonary  diseases,  33,  (30  #.)  March,  1868, 96 ; 
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rFor  th«  American  Homoeopathic  Obaarrer.] 
RELATIONS  OF  CLIMATE  TO  PHTHISIS  PULMONALE^ 

When  we  consider  that  the  temperate  zone  is  and  ever  has 
been  the  seat  of  power,  that  it  is  the  birthplace  of  civilization, 
the  home  of  learning  and  of  art,  when  we  consider  further  that 
pulmonary  consumption  destroys,  in  that  zone,  more  persons 
than  any  other  one  disease — amounting  in  some  regions  to  a 
fifth  or  more  of  the  entire  population — and  that  its  victims  are 
taken,  for  the  most  part,  from  the  mass  of  youthful  adults,  it 
becomes  a  matter  of  deep  and  painful  interest  to  investigate 
this  terrible  destroyer  of  the  human  race  in  all  possible  rela- 
tions, in  the  hope  that  some  means  may  be  found  of  diminish- 
ing, if  not  of  staying  its  ravages. 

Among  those  relations  no  one  is  more  influential  than  that 
of  climate,  notwithstanding  the  efforts  that  have  been  made,  of 
late  years,  to  show  that  this  disease  is,  in  a  measure,  indepen- 
dent of  latitude.  It  may  prove  not  uninteresting  to  note  some 
of  the  changes  of  the  professional  mind  on  this  subject. 

When  more  than  thirty  years  ago  I  commenced  to  read,  ob- 
serve and  think  with  reference  to  it,  the  almost  universal  cus- 
tom was  to  send  consumptives  South — to  die.  Almost  from 
the  beginning  I  protested  against  the  practice,  and  now  I  pro- 
test against  the  indiscriminate  forwarding  of  consumptives  to 
rigorous  northern  climates  to  die  of  their  chilling  influence,  as 
they  formerly  died  from  the  relaxing  and  fever-exciting  charac- 
ter of  the  hot,  moist  lowlands  of  our  G-ulf  States. 

In  either  case  physicians  have  acted  from  no  scientific  ac- 
quaintance with  the  relations  of  climate  to  the  disease  ;  and 
their  advice  has  prevailed,  not  because  they  knew  more  about 
the  matter  than  their  patients,  but  because  they  were  supposed 


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to  know  more  ;  when,  in  fact,  they  had  merely  shared  the  pop- 
ular impressions  of  the  day,  derived  from  rumors  of  recover- 
ies in  one  or  the  other  region. 

But  so  great  has  been  the  change  of  professional  opinion 
within  the  last  few  years  that  now  we  find  writers  contending 
that  there  is  quite  as  much  consumption  in  warm  as  in  cold  re- 
gions, and  that,  in  high  northern  latitudes,  it  disappears  entire- 
ly. This  is  to  be  regarded  as  merely  a  new  vagary  of  the  med- 
ical mind  to  which,  as  the  history  of  medicine  shows,  it  has 
been  so  much  addicted. 

In  order  to  obtain  a  scientific  basis  for  an  opinion  of  the  re- 
lations of  climate  to  this  as  well  as  other  diseases,  I  have  made 
careful  and  thorough  analysis  of  the  mortality  statistics  of  the 
United  States  for  1850,  and  with  reference  to  leading  diseases 
for  1860.  This  has  involved  not  a  little  labor  in  making  the 
necessary  calculations ;  but  the  labor  has  been  richly  rewarded 
in  the  results. 

How  defective  soever  these  statistics  may  be  in  completeness 
of  returns,  it  is  generally  conceded  that  the  deficiencies  so  near- 
ly balance,  that  a  pretty  fair  comparison  can  be  made  with  their 
help,  of  the  relative  aggregate  mortality  of  different  States  and 
sections. 

But  whether  the  deficiency  is  equally  great  in  all  sections  or 
not,  there  is  no  reason  to  think  that  one  disease  is  any  more 
imperfectly  reported  than  another  ;  so  that  there  is  no  material 
obstacle  in  the  way  of  estimating  the  ratio  of  deaths  from  any 
given  disease  to  the  general  mortality.  Let  us  interrogate  the 
statistics.  T.n  order  to  do  this  with  the  greatest  success  it  is 
necessary  to  compare  large  areas.  The  larger  the  areas  and  the 
greater  the  populations  compared  the  less  the  chance  of  error. 
Peculiar  causes  may  operate  not  merely  within  the  limits  of  a 
town,  but  throughout  a  county  or  state  to  increase  or  diminish 
the  mortality  in  an  unusual  degree.  But  the  larger  the  area  the 
less  likely  are  such  causes  to  be  felt. 

For  the  sake  of  comparison,  I  divide  the  country  into  a 
northern  section,  including,  as  nearly  as  possible,  all  north 
of  the  42d  parallel ;  into  a  southern,  including  as  nearly 
to   possible   all   south    of   the    35th    parallel,    and    into  a 


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middle  section,  including  all  between  these  two  parallels. 
These  divisions,  however,  extend  for  1850  only  to  the 
western  line  of  Missouri,  there  being  no  statistics  for 
that  year  of  any  value  beyond.  For  1860  this  line  has  been 
extended  to  the  western  boundaries  of  Kansas  and  Nebraska. 
The  Mountain  States  and  those  on  the  Pacific  will  receive  a 
special  notice. 

I  farther  divide  the  country  into  an  eastern,  or  Atlantic  sec- 
tion, including  all  the  States  that  lie  entirely  or  in  part  east  of 
the  Alleghany  Mountains;  a  central  section,  including  the  States 
that  lie  between  the  eastern  section  and  the  Mississippi  river  ; 
a  western  section,  including  the  States  that  lie  between  the 
Mississippi  and  the  mountains  ;  a  mountain  section,  including 
the  States  that  lie  between  the  western  section  and  the  Sierra 
Nevada  mountains  with  their  continuation  in  the  cascade  range 
and  into  the  Pacific  section,  including  the  States  between  those 
mountains  and  the  Pacific  ocean. 

Summarily  stated,  these  divisions  are  as  follows  :  1.  The  At- 
lantic States ;  2.  The  Mississippi  Valley  States,  east  of  that 
river  ;  3.  The  Mississippi  Valley  States,  west  of  the  river ;  4, 
The  Mountain  States ;  5.  the  Pacific  States.  I  shall  first  ex- 
amine the  relative  mortality  from  consumption  in  the  Northern, 
Middle  and  Southern  States.  The  mortality  from  consumption, 
as  reported,  was  to  each  thousand  deaths. 

FOR  THE  YEAR  1850. 
Northern,  166.  Middle,  94.  Southern,  39. 

FOR  THE  YEAR  1860. 
Northern,  189.  Middle,  108.  Southern,  47. 

In  view  of  the  large  areas  included  and  the  similarity  of  re- 
sults for  the  two  years  there  is  no  possibility  of  mistaking  their 
significance 

But  in  order  to  show  the  conclusion  in  a  still  stronger  light, 
I  will  give  the  results  for  the  individual  States  that  are  reached 
by  the  tide-water  of  the  Atlantic. 

1850. 

Maine,  926,  Rhode  Island,  309,    New  Jersey,  144,  Maryland,  115,  8.  Carolina,  33, 

N.  Hampshire,  377  Connecticut,  167,       Pennsylvania,  139,  Virginia,  85,  Georgia,  38, 

Massachusetts,  189  New  York,  153,         Delaware,  98,  N.  Carolina,  45,  Florida,  46. 

1860. 

Maine,  355,  Rhode  Island,  331,    New  Jersey,  180,  Maryland,  163,  S.  Carolina,  40j 

N.  Hampshire,  360  Connecticut,  201,     Pennsylvania,  163,  Virginia,  94,  Georgia,  38, 

Mass nnhnmtti,  m  New  V»fk,  Wj       Jtotawan,  m,  *.  Oasoltea,  96,  HoiUsvM. 


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No  one  endowed  with  reason  can  fail  to  read  the  lesson  con* 
tained  in  these  statistics.  They  point  unerringly  to  a  law,  and 
that  law  may  be  expressed  as  follows  : 

Other  things  being  equal,  consumption  increases  with  latitude, 
at  least  for  onr  own  country. 

But  the  human  constitution  is  a  very  complex  affair  and  nu- 
merous causes  operate  upon  it  from  without.  Let  us  see  if  we 
can  detect  any  other  cause  that  is  constant  in  its  operation  to 
either  increase  or  diminish  the  ratio  of  mortality  from  con- 
sumption. Let  us  note  if  any  difference  is  discoverable  in  oui 
progress  along  instead  of  across  parallels  of  latitude.  In  order 
to  do  this  let  us  compare  the  corresponding  sections,  giving  as 
before  the  ratio  of  mortality  from  consumption  to  each  one 
thousand  deaths. 

Atlantic,  120.  Central,  78.  Western,  52. 

1800. 

Atlantic,  142.  Central,  106.  Western,  67. 

Here  we  find  a  difference  quite  as  plainly  marked,  though 
pot  so  great  as  that  between  North  and  South.  Nor  can  it  be 
due  to  difference  of  temperature,  since  this  is  not  material  be- 
tween the  eastern  and  western  borders  of  the  area  here  discuss- 
ed. And  it  can  be  shown  by  comparison  of  States  that  this 
obtains  with  quite  as  uniform  a  scale  of  difference  along  differ- 
ent parallels.  Although  along  some  parallels  there  are  more 
disturbing  causes  than  along  the  meridians.  But  the  difference 
is  due  to  topographical  conditions.  And  now  can  we  deduce  a 
law  from  the  tabular  results  ? 

It  is  observable  that,  in  general,  the  ratio  of  mortality  from 
consumption  decreases  as  we  recede  from  the  Atlantic.  The 
same  rule  holds  as  we  recede  from  the  Pacific.  The  same  is 
true  as  we  get  beyond  the  influence  of  the  great  lakes. 

The  vicinity  of  large  bodies  of  water  has  been  found  in  other 
countries  and  in  various  latitudes  to  be  attended  with  an  in- 
creased mortality  from  consumption.  We  hazard  nothing 
therefore,  in  assuming  that  the  presence  of  large  bodies  of  wa- 
ter is  unfavorable  in  its  relation  to  consumption.  And  we  may 
lay  down  the  following  rule  : 

Other  things  being  equal,  consumption  increases  with  the  damp- 


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ness  of  the  atmosphere.  Numerous  illustrations  of  this  rule, 
can  be  given  which  will  also  aid  to  explain  some  apparent  an- 
omalies. 

North-eastern  Ohio  presented  during  the  year  1850  (for 
which  year  alone  I  have  the  means  of  computing  for  sections  of 
States)  a  ratio  for  consumption  of  131,  while  north-western 
gave  but  80.  North-eastern  Ohio  is  subject  to  the  full  influence 
of  Lake  Erie — North-western  but  partially  so. 

The  ratio  for  Minnesota  and  Wisconsin  for  1860  was  about 
130  each  (that  of  Minnesota  being  a  little  higher  than  that  of 
Wisconsin.)  while  that  of  Michigan  was  about  160.  It  is  very 
well  known  the  atmosphere  of  Michigan  is  much  more  affected 
by  the  lakes  than  either  Minnesota  or  Wisconsin. 

These  illustrations  could  be  greatly  multiplied.  But  I  will 
not  burden  the  reader  with  their  multiplicity. 

Let  us  proceed  to  a  region  presenting  new  and  peculiar  fea- 
tures, to  the  great  plateau  extending  from  the  Rocky  .Moun- 
tains to  the  Sierra  Nevada  and  Cascade  range.  This  plateau 
is  elevated  about  a  mile  above  tide- water.  It  is  a  region  of 
great  aridness,  consequently  of  rapid  radiation  and  great  ex- 
tremes of  temperature.  It  is  a  region  where  steel  instruments 
will  hardly  rust,  where  fresh  meat  dries  instead  of  putrefying, 
where  extremes  of  temperature  are  great  and  the  changes  vio- 
lent, where  it  is  not  uncommon  to  see  the  mercury  at  80°  or 
upwards  at  noon  and  frost  at  night.  Nowhere  else  in  the 
United  States  are  the  daily  changes  so  great.  And  yet  the  ra- 
tio for  Utah  and  New  Mexico  (the  only  portions  from  which 
statistics  of  any  value  are  as  yet  obtainable)  is  only  31.  But 
here,  as  in  the  contrasted  regions  that  lie  at  a  lower  level  or 
near  great  waters,  we  observe  the  influence  of  latitude  ;  Utah 
giving  a  ratio  of  48,  while  New  Mexico  presents  only  26  ;  post 
surgeons,  indeed  in  the  latter  territory  asserting  that  no  cases 
of  consumption  originate  there  at  all.  It  is  doubtful  whether 
any  region  is  entirely  exempt ;  or  if  any,  probably  the  high- 
lands of  the  tropics  only.  And  this  statement  brings  us  to  our 
third  law. 

Other  things  being  equal,  consumption  diminishes  with  altitude. 

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gions  lying  near  the  equator  at  an  altitude  of  8,000  feet — re* 
gions  where  great  uniformity,  mildness,  dryness  and  altitude 
all  combine,  are  not  only  entirely  exempt  from  indigenous 
eases,  but  prove  absolutely  remedial  to  all  cases  that  can  reach 
them.  This  latter  statement,  of  course,  is  to  be  taken  with 
some  allowance.  But  so  efficacious  are  these  regions,  that  it  is 
said  consumptive  soldiers  from  Lima,  sent  there  by  the  Peruvi- 
an government,  invariably  recover. 

Leaving  many  details,  especially  those  that  pertain  to  the 
discussion  of  various  localities  in  our  own  country  for  a  future 
article,  I  briefly  sum  up  the  conclusions  thus  far  established  in 
the  proposition  that  mildness  and  dryness  of  atmosphere  com- 
bined with  altitude  of  location  are  most  favorable  to  exemptionfrom 
pulmonary  consumption.  CJ. 


[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Obeerrer.] 
ABT    OF    PROLONGING    LIFE.* 


Christopher  William  Hufeland,  born  at  Langensabzen,  Thu- 
ringia,  Aug.  12,  1762,  died  at  Berlin,  Aug.  25,  1836,  hav- 
ing attained  to  the  ripe  age  of  74.  Professor  of  Medicine  first 
in  the  University  of  Jena  and  afterwards  in  that  of  Berlin,  he 
was  alike  distinguished  for  learning,  wisdom  and  liberality  of 
sentiment.  That  he  frankly  expressed  his  appreciation  of 
Hahnemann's  merits  is  sufficient  evidence  of  the  latter.  Of 
his  writings  none  has  achieved  a  greater  or  more  enduring  rep- 
utation than  his  treatise  on  the  art  of  prolonging  life.  Replete 
with  learning,  the  overflowing  of  an  exuberantly  stored  mind, 
it  wins  not  less  by  its  elegance  of  style  than  by  its  richness  of 
thought.  And  if  the  present  translation  is  the  work  of  the  au- 
thor himself  (as  the  editor  thinks)  it  affords  evidence  of  a  sin- 
gular mastery  of  a  difficult  and  foreign  tongue.  It  is  pleasant 
to  turn  to  this  classic  work  of  a  ripe  scholar  and  philosophic 
physician  from  such  as  that  which  1  had  lately  the  ungrateful 
task  of  reviewing. 

Though  not  a  little  of  the  matter,  with  which  its  attractive 
pages  are  filled,  may  seem  commonplace  at  the  present  time 

"Hufeland's  Art  of  Prolonging  Life,  edited  by  Erasmus  Wilson,  F.  R.  S.  From  the 
MtlLoadon  Edition.    Lindsay  *  BUkiaton,  Philadelphia.    12  mo.,  296  pp.    f 1  26. 


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because  it  has  become  familiar,  a  candid  examination  will  con- 
firm the  intelligent  reader  in  the  conclusion  expressed  by  the 
learned  editor  as  to  the  little  real  progress  which  has  been  made 
in  the  science  of  living  during  the  more  than  half  a  century 
since  the  original  work  was  written.  Notwithstanding  the  im- 
mense advances  which  have  been  made  during  that  period,  in 
histology,  animal  chemistry,  and  physiology,  the  practical  rules 
for  the  conduct  of  life  have  been  but  little  enlarged  or  modi- 
fied ;  if  indeed  they  have  been  since  the  days  of  Hippocrates. 
Nor  can  it  be  truly  affirmed  that  the  self  restraint  and  virtue 
which  enable  man  to  conform  his  life  to  the  rules  that  his  in- 
tellect accepts,  have  increased  much,  if  any  faster  than  the 
science  of  living  itself.  The  present  moment  still  engrosses  the 
mind  of  the  race,  and  the  present  pleasure  is  eagerly  grasped 
though  at  the  expense  of  the  cost  of  greater  suffering  in  the 
future ! 

It  is  somewhat  amusing  to  observe  in  Hufeland's  preface  his 
allusion  to  the  legion  of  quacks  who  imposed  on  the  credulity 
of  the  multitude,  and  to  read  there  as  well  as  elsewhere  his  sad 
reflections  on  the  melancholy  age  in  which  he  lived,  a  period  of 
"  fast  living"  and  "  destructive  to  mankind/'  In  what  age  of 
the  world,  since  man  emerged  from  barbarism,  have  not  such 
reflections  been  rife  ?  What  would  have  been  the  thoughts  of 
our  sage  could  he  have  witnessed  the  railroad  speed  and  the 
electric  excitement  of  our  madder  times  ! 

Our  author  introduces  his  subject  with  a  pleasing  disquisi- 
tion on  the  value  that  men  set  on  life  and  the  various  means  that 
have  been  resorted  to  in  order  to  prolong  it.  The  Egyptians 
supposed  that  it  could  be  lengthened  by  the  use  of  emetics  and 
sudorifics.  They  probably  believed  in  what  we  still  hear  something 
of,  even  in  this  19th  century  of  the  Christian  era,  the  keeping  of 
the  pores  open.  It  was  therefore  a  common  custom  with  that 
eminently  practical  people  to  take  two  emetics  every  month. 
They  would  probably  have  esteemed  the  whilom  and  perhaps 
yet  Thomsonian  or  so-called  Botanic  (termed  thus,  as  an  old  phy- 
sician was  wont  to  say,  because  its  practitioners  do  not  under- 
stand botany)  practice  of  taking  half  a  dozen  emetics  daily  as 
slightly  excessive.     In  accordance  with  Egyptian  ideas  the  or- 

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dinary  salutation  between  friends  on  meeting,  was,  "  How  do 
you  perspire  V  This  was  quite  as  characteristic  as  the  "  How- 
do  you  do  "  of  the  busy  Englishman,  the  "  How  do  you  cany 
yourself  "  of  the  gay,  mercurial  Frenchman,  intent  on  the  ex- 
terior, or  the  "  How  is  your  stomach"  of  the  gluttonous  China- 
man. 

Is  it  American  invalidism  that  has  suggested  the  "  How  are 
you  ?  "  of  our  countryman — supplemented  in  the  South  with 
"  How's  your  family  ?"  "  How's  your  crap  ?"  which  latter  is 
probably  a  euphonism  or  Oongoism  for  crop. 

According  to  our  author,  Hippocrates  and  his  contempo- 
raries, advised,  in  order  to  the  prolonging  of  lite,  moderation, 
the  use  of  free  and  pure  air,  and  above  all,  exercise  and  daily 
friction  of  the  body.  With  the  Greeks  originated  gymnastics 
or  systematic  exercise.  They  never  forgot  that  the  cherishing 
and  training  of  the  body  should  keep  pace  with  that  of  the 
mind. 

How  much  has  modern  wisdom  advanced  beyond  these  ex- 
cellent rules  of  the  ancient  Greeks  ?  Lacking  the  scientific 
attainments  of  the  modern  world,  they  were  yet  fine  observers 
of  human  nature,  and  unlike  us,  they  faithfully  acted,  in 
this  respect,  upon  what  they  knew.  Hence  they  maintained 
subtle  and  vigorous  minds  in  sound  and  symmetrical  bodies. 
When  shall  such  another  race  be  seen  as  that  which  produced 
Socrates  and  Plato,  Homer,  JCschylus,  Euripides  and  Demos- 
thenes ?  Alas  I  long  weary  years  must  elapse,  measured  cen- 
turies must  come  and  go  before  the  fierce  turm  oil  of  this  tran- 
sition period  shall  subside,  a  more  tranquil  state  ensue,  and  out 
of  that  a  more  elegant  and  symmetrical  civilization,  a  social 
organization  arise,  perfect  in  proportions,  chaste  and  elegant 
in  ornament  as  the  unrivalled  Athenian  Parthenon.  Out  of 
this  terrible  social  and  moral  chaos  which  we  term  modern  civ- 
ilization, the  foundation  stones  already  begin  to  appear. 

There  was  in  the  early  ages  a  method  of  rejuvenating,  styled 
Gerocomy  (meaning  the  hygiene  of  the  aged)  that  is  not  to  be 
commended.  That  was  to  have  vigorous  youth  sleep  with  the 
failing  aged.     This  may  have  proved  a  gain  to  the  old,  but  it 

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was  at  the  cost  of  loss  of  vigor  to  the  young.  Practiced  after 
the  manner  of  King  David  (vide,  First  Kings,  chap  1.)  I  fear  it 
would  prove  altogether  too  seductive  for  modern  virtue  to  re- 
sist. There  are  some  things  too  much  tor  poor  human  nature ; 
notwithstanding  that  Rev.  Isaac  Taylor,  in  his  History  of  An- 
cient Christianity,  tells  of  a  famous  bishop,  who,  to  prove  his 
superiority  to  the  ordinary  frailties  of  humanity,  preserved  his 
continence  while  he  lay  between  two  young  virgins — at  least 
he  said  he  did. 

One  Hermippus,  a  teacher  of  female  children  at  Rome,  was 
thought  to  have  prolonged  his  life  "by  living  continually 
amidst  a  circle  of  young  maids."  He  therefore  advises  people 
44  to  expose  themselves  every  evening  and  morning  to  the  breath 
of  young,  innocent  maids." 

This  would,  no  doubt,  be  quite  as  efficacious  as,  and  certain- 
ly much  more  pleasant  than  the  more  modern  method  of  let- 
ting blood  every  spring  as  well  as  during  pregnancy,  a  super- 
stition from  which,  not  all  physicians  have  yet  recovered. 

Louis  XIII,  says  our  author,  was  bled  forty-seven  times  in 
the  last  ten  months  of  his  life.  Dr.  Sangrado  must  have  been 
in  his  glory.  I  hardly  think  that  any  quackery  outside  of  the 
44  regular  "  profession  has  ever  equalled  in  degree  or  destruc- 
iveness  that  which  has  been  practiced  inside. 

The  learned  Huteland,  after  treating  of  the  estimate  that 
men  set  on  life,  and  of  the  means  that  they  have  resorted  to 
in  order  to  prolong  it,  proceeds  to  lay  a  foundation  for  his  dis- 
quisition, in  an  investigation  into  the  nature  of  life.  But  I 
cannot  say  that  he  has  attained  to  any  marked  success  in  this 
effort.  He  lays  down,  however,  a  distinction,  not  without 
practical  value,  between  intensity  and  extensity  of  life — a  dis- 
tinction somewhat  analogous  to  that  between  intensity  and  quan- 
tity of  electricity.  By  intensity,  he  means  rate  of  living  ;  by 
extensity,  duration  of  life,  teaching  also  that  the  faster  we  live 
the  more  we  abbreviate  life.  This  he  illustrates  by  various  al- 
lusions to  plants  and  animals  as  well  as  man.  It  is  a  distinc- 
tion that  men  never  needed  to  keep  in  mind  more  than  at  the 
present  time.     For  whatever  may  have  been  the  intensity  of 

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life  in  other  days  no  one  questions  that  the  present  era,  with 
its  numerous  methods  of  expediting  business,  travel  and  the 
diffusion  of  news,  is  the  most  rapid  age  known  in  the  history 
of  the  human  race.  Men  should  consider  that  all  overwork  is 
a  draft  on  the  future  with  heavy  interest  to  be  paid ;  and  that 
for  every  such  draft  they  will  accomplish  less  in  a  life  time.  It 
must  be  met  sooner  or  later  by  a  total  suspension  of  labor  from 
acute  disease,  by  diminished  work  from  a  broken  down  consti- 
tution, or  by  a  cutting  short  of  the  term  of  life  by  the  relent- 
less hand  of  waiting  death. 

There  is  another  distinction  which  our  author  has  overlooked ; 
and  that  is  the  distinction  between  quantity  (used  in  reference 
to  abundance  of  vitality)  and  tenacity  of  life.  It  is  by  no 
means  always  the  most  robust  that,  with  the  same  care,  lives 
the  longest.  The  tendency  to  longevity  is  a  special  endow- 
ment of  the  system  and  has  its  special  indications  quite  differ- 
ent from  those  that  bespeak  a  robust  frame. 

Hufeland  says  that  the  mortality  among  physicians  is  greater 
than  among  the  members  of  any  other  profession  ;  though  if  I 
recollect  the  statistics  on  this  subject,  the  difference  between 
physicians  and  lawyers  is  but  slight.  He  states,  as  do  others, 
that  the  chief  mortality  occurs  during  the  first  ten  years  of 
practice.  The  subsequent  exemption  he  attributes  to  acquiring 
an  insensibility  to  irregular  habits  and  noxious  influences. 
Others  have  included,  as  among  the  causes  of  the  mortality 
among  the  juniors  the  anxiety  attending  on  straightened  cir- 
cumstances during  their  early  struggles  after  professional  suc- 
cess. 

It  is  well  known  that  difficulties  overcome,  strengthen  the 
mind,  and  that  hardships  resisted,  strengthen  the  body.  While 
those  that  are  too  much  for  the  mental  or  physical  vigor  tend 
only  to  destroy.  May  not  much  of  the  explanation  lie  in  the 
fact  that  while  the  feeble  perish,  the  tough  become  strength- 
ened ;  as  weakly  children,  unable  to  endure  the  hardships  o 
savage  life,  die,  leaving  only  the  strong  to  attain  to  mature  age. 

Among  the  influences  that  conduce  to  longevity,  Hufeland 
mentions  the  invigorating  character  of  a  northern  (but  not  ex* 
treme  northern)  climate,  stating  that,  in  general,  more  numer- 


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ous  instances  of  longevity  are  found  in  such  climates.  This  is 
undoubtedly  true  with  regard  to  the  United  States  ;  longevity 
abounding  more  in  our  Northern  States,  even  when  there  is 
little  or  no  difference  in  the  rate  of  mortality.  No  doubt  this 
is  due  also  to  the  visor  acquired  by  success  in  the  struggle 
which  the  severity  of  the  climate  compels  with  most. 

To  bachelors  he  gives  a  terrible  warning.  They  have  neglect- 
ed one  of  the  most  important  points  in  the  art  of  prolonging 
life.  There  is  not  one  instance  of  a  bachelor  "  having  attained 
to  a  great  age/1  That  bachelors  in  general  die  (as  it  is  fitting 
they  should)  at  a  less  advanced  age  than  benedicts,  is  a  well  es- 
tablished fact.  But  let  them  take  courage.  Hufeland's  state- 
ment is  quite  too  sweeping,  unless  he  considers  those  who 
die  at  from  70  to  91  as  not  having  attained  to  a  great  age. 
Liebnitz  attained  to  70  years  of  age,  Wolfe  to  75,  Male- 
branche  to  77,  Kant  to  80,  Swedenborg  to  84,  Newton  to  85, 
Alex.  Van  Humboldt  to  90  and  Hobbes  to  91.  There  is  hope, 
therefore,  for  bachelors  desirous  of  longevity. 

One  singular  statement  is  made  by  Hufeland,that  "all  those 
people  who  have  been  very  old  were  married  more  than  once  and 
generally  at  a  very  late  period  of  life."  I  apprehend  that  the 
plurality  of  marriages  did  not  contribute  to  length  of  life,  but 
that  those  persons  possessed  greater  tenacity  of  life  than  their 
spouses.  He  instances  the  remarkable  case  of.  De  Longueville 
who  attained  to  the  age  of  110  and  he  married  ten  wives,  the 
last,  (by  whom  he  had  a  child  after  he  was  100)  when  in  his 
99th  year.  If  there  were  many  like  this  De  Longueville  it 
would  be  necessary  that  the  present  custom  of  begetting  more 
female  than  male  children  should  be  greatly  extended. 

Hufeland  considered  a  diet  chiefly  vegetable  and  aquiet  coun- 
try life  to  be  the  most  favorable  to  longevity.  All  experience 
is  in  accordance  with  this  opinion. 

He  arrives  at  the  conclusion  that  men  might  attain  to  the  age 
of  two  hundred  years  if  they  would  live  according  to  the  condi- 
tions of  longevity.  For  his  reasons  as  well  as  for  the  rules,  in 
general,  which  he  proposes,  I  must  refer  the  reader  to  the  book 
itself. 

The  physician  will  not  expect  advanced  science  in  a  work  writ- 
ten more  than  a  half  century  ago  ;  but  for  pleasing  illustrations 
derived  from  the  extensive  reading  and  wide  observation  of  the 
author,  its  judicious  practical  rules  and  sage  reflections  on  the 
part  of  a  wise  and  excellent  man,  all  conveyed  in  a  pleasing 
and  elegant  style,  it  has  few  equals.  For  simplicity,  clearness, 
and  beauty  it  is  in  medical  literature  almost  what  Guy  Man- 
nering,  Ivanhoe  and  other  tales  of  the  great  Wizard  of  the 
North  are  in  the  realm  of  fiction.  Gk 


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PROP.  EDWIN  M.  HALE,  Edito*. 


[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 
POLYPORUS    PINICOLA. 


The  Bev.  Dr.  M.  A.  Curtis,  of  Hillsborough,  North  Caroli- 
na gave  me  the  following  botanical  description  of  this  fungus  : 

Polyporus  Pinicola — "pileo  suberoso-lignoso  e  pulvinato  angulato 
gibbo  uncquabili-rngnoso  e  Julvo  nigricante  cinnabarino-marginato 
intus,  daro  pallido,  parts  minutis  obtusis  e  pcUlido  ochroleucis." 

[Fries'  Epioeisis,  p.  468.] 

The  Genus  Boletus,  as  now  constituted,  includes  only  fleshy  species 
with  a  hymenium  composed  of  separable  tubes.  Those  species  for 
merly  included  in  Boletus,  and  whose  hymenium  is  composed  of 
pores,  now  form  the  Genus  Polyporus.  The  above  species  fall  into 
the  latter  genus." 

The  specimen  that  this  proving  was  made  from  grew  in  Wiscon- 
sin, on  a  live  pine  tree,  with  dead  streaks  in  it.  It  was  taken 
from  the  tree  in  the  winter,  and  alive.  It  grew  in  the  shape  of 
an  hour-class,  about  ten  inches  long,  and  five  inches  in  diameter. 
The  gentleman  who  procured  the  specimen  for  me  said  he  had  seen 
them  growing  on  the  live  pine  tree  two  feet  long,  and  from  six  to 
ten  inches  in  diameter  at  the  apex,  and  about  four  inches  at  the 
base.  I  out  it  into  fine  shavings,  put  it  into  pure  alcohol,  and  let 
it  macerate  two  weeks  before  using.  The  tincture  was  of  a  dark, 
red  color,  and  intensely  bitter. 

FIRST  PROVING. 

March  20. — In  perfect  health ;  tongue  clean  ;  good  appetite ;  bow- 
els regular ;  move  once  a  day.  11  a.  m.,  took  half  an  ounce  of  the 
second  decimal,  prepared  in  water  from  the  first  alcoholic  dilution. 
Ten  minutes  after  pressing  sensation  in  larynx,  with  dryness  of  the 
fauces;  12  m.,  dull  headache ;  great  dryness  of  the  fauces,  with 
constant  inclination  to  swallow ;  severe,  aching  distress  in  the  right 
malar  bone,  with  neuralgic  pains  in  the  temple;  smarting  of  the 
eyes ;  distress  in  the  small  intestines ;  drawing  pains  in  the  right 
groin ;  sharp  pains  in  the  right  tibia.  9  p.  m  ,  dryness  of  the  fauces 
all  day,  with  frequent  inclination  to  swallow ;  frequent  drawing 
pains  in  the  right  hypoohondrium  ;  frequent  dull  pains  in  the  bowel* 
all  the  afternoon ;  ankles  and  feet  ached  severely. 

21.—  Slept  good,  with  slight  perspiration;  great  dryness  of  the 
fauces  for  the  first  half  hour  in  the  morning,  then  all  passed  away ; 
languid  all  day  ;  natural  stools  ;  fingers  stiff. 

22. — Took  half  an  ounce  at  11  a.  m.;  for  two  hours  smarting  of  the 
eyes ;  frequent  pain  and  distress  in  the  umbilical  and  hypochondriac 
regions  all  day ;  loose  stool  at  8  p.  m.;  frequent  neuralgic  pains  in  the 
temples ;  great  lassitude ;  could  with  difficulty  get  about ;  great  weak  • 
ness  and  pain  in  my  ankles  and  feet. 

23. — Perspired  slightly  while  sleeping ;  loose  stool ;  fingers  ache, 
and  are  quite  stiff.     12  m.,  took  one  ounce.     9  p.  m.,  all  day  have  had 


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a  fullness  of  the  head,  with  a  hot  feeling  in  the  faee  and  eyes  ;  fre- 
quent dull  rumbling  in  the  bowels  ;  dull  pains  in  the  right  hypo- 
ohondrinm  and  sharp  pains  in  the  region  of  the  spleen  ;  severe  draw- 
ing pains  in  the  elbows  and  flexor  muscles  of  both  arms ;  fingers  feel- 
ing quite  stiff,  with  frequent  stitching  pains  in  the  joints  ;  aching 
distress  in  the  ankles,  feet  and  toes,  with  sharp  pains  in  the  toes  ; 
great  lassitude. 

24.  Flat,  rough  taste  in  the  mouth  ;  distress  in  the  epigastrium  ; 
stiffness  of  the  fingers,  with  sharp  pains  in  them  when  closing  them. 
Same  symptoms  had  yesterday,  with  more  neuralgic  pains  in  the  tem- 
ples; severe  drawing  pains  in  the  left  hypoohondrium.4|Took  20 
drops  of  the  tincture.  AH  the  above  symptoms  were  strongly  marked, 
with  a  hard,  lumpy  stool. 

25. — Severe  frontal  headache  while  in  bed ;  eyelids  agglutinated 
together ;  natural  stool ;  fingers  quite  stiff.  Took  half  a  dram  ;  10  a. 
m.,  severe  smarting  of  the  eyes  ;  distress  in  the  epigastrium  ;  dull 
pains  in  the  bowels.  Took  one  and  a-half  drams,  3  p.  m.;  constant 
nausea  for  the  first  half  hour ;  fullness  of  the  head,  with  face  hot 
and  flushed  ;  pressing  distress  in  the  fauces  ;  frequent  pains  in  the 
epigastrium,  with  rumbling  in  the  bowels  ;  drawing  pains  in  the 
right  hypochondrium ;  rheumatic  pains  in  every  part  of  the  body,  ex- 
cepting the  back ;  severe  stitching,  drawing  pains  in  the  elbows,  fing- 
ers, knees,  ankles  and  toes ;  severe  drawing  pains  in  the  inside  of 
the  right  thigh  ;  pulse  84,  soft  and  feeble.  Evaporated  one  ounce 
and  a-half  down  to  a  solid  extract,  and  took  half  of  it  at  once.  For 
two  hours  after  taking  the  medicine  had  severe  congestion  of  the 
head  and  face ;  vertigo  when  walking ;  face  greatly  flushed,  with  a 
prickling  sensation  all  over  it ;  distress  in  the  fauces,  with  frequent 
inclination  to  swallow  ;  great  dryness  of  the  fauces  ;  by  spells  great 
distress  in  the  epigastrium  ;  had  five  or  six  hard,  distressing  pains  in 
the  hypogastrium,  followed  by  a  hard,  dry,  lumpy  stool  ;  dull  pains 
in  the  lumbar  region  ;  fingers,  knees,  ankles  and  feet  have  constant 
rheumatic  pains  in  them  of  a  drawing,  aching  character  ;  great  lassi- 
tude ;  sleepy  all  the  evening  ;  eyes  smart  constantly. 

26. — Slept  good  ;  eyelids  agglutinated  together  ;  sweet,  flat  taste  in 
the  mouth  ;  tongue  coated  white  ;  tonsils  are  congested ;  frequent  ef- 
forts to  swallow  that  are  quite  painful ;  dull,  aching  distress  in  the 
epigastrium  ;  fingers  stiff;  dull  pains  in  the  ankles.  Took  the  bal- 
ance of  the  extract  an  hour  before  eating  breakfast  ;  9  a.  m.,  distress 
in  the  hypogastric  region  for  ten  minutes,  followed  by  stool,  first  part 
dry  and  lumpy,  last  part  mushy  ;  vertigo  when  walking  ;  face  con- 
gested. 1  p.  m. — For  the  first  three  hours  had  hard,  sickening  pains 
in  the  hypogastric  regions  ;  then  remained  quite  easy  for  two  hours, 
when  those  hard  pains  came  on  again  every  few  minutes  ;  the  pains 
would  last  from  five  to  ten  minutes  at  a  time,  and  produce  great  faint- 
ness  ;  after  they  had  lasted  two  hours  had  a  stool  that  run  from  my 
bowels  a  stream,  of  a  deep  yellow  color  ;  the  last  part  was  frothy  and 
mixed  with  bile.  It  was  just  six  hours  from  the  time  I  took  the  medi- 
cine until  I  had  the  stool.  This  stool  was  followed  by  dull  pains  in 
the  bowels,  aggravated  by  walking,  with  distress  in  the  liver  ;  dull 
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pains  in  the  lumbar  and  dorsal  regions.  Took  half  an  ounee  of  the 
tincture.  This  was  a  tongh  dose  to  get  down,  fearing  the  effects 
would  be  more  than  I  could  bear,  I  drank  a  pint  of  milk.  9  p.m. — 
Had  but  slight  distress  in  the  bowels,  but  was  very  languid. 

17. — Had  a  restless  night ;  had  such  severe  pains  in  the  wrists 
and  left  knee  that  I  could  not  sleep  ;  throat  troubled  me  greatly  all 
night ;  sweet,  flat  taste  ;  tongue  coated  white ;  tonsils  congested 
slightly,  but  the  great  suffering  is  in  the  epigastrium.  There  h  a 
constant,  very  severe  distress  in  the  lower  part;  of  the  epigastrium 
that  produces  great  faintness ;  if  I  press  on  it  or  walk  it  is  greatly 
aggravated.  This  awful  distress  lasted  until  noon,  when  it  became 
quite  easy ,  violent,  dull,  aching  distress  in  the  lumbar  region  all 
day,  with  frequent  pains  in  the  bowels ;  no  stool. 

28. — Throat  feeling  very  sore,  with  dryness  of  the  fauces  and  fre- 
quent inclination  to  swallow  ;  stool  at  8  a.  m.,  first  part  natural,  last 
part  mushy,  and  exceedingly  yellow ;  frequent  pains  in  the  bowels  all 
day,  with  great  lassitude  ;  urine  scanty  and  high-colored  for  the  last 
two  days. 

29. — Tonsils  and  fauces  feeling  very  sore  and  stiff,  with  great  dry- 
ness and  frequent  inclination  to  swallow,  for  two  hours  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  then  in  the  evening;  natural  stool ;  frequent  pains  in  the 
bowel 8  through  the  day. 

30. — Tonsils  very  much  congested  and  enlarged  ;  the  soft  palate 
and  fauces  are  also  greatly  congested  ;  deglutition  quite  painful ;  for 
the  last  four  days  the  nostrils  are  constantly  filled  with  a  thick,  yel- 
low mucus ;  severe  pains  in  the  epigastrium  all  the  morning ;  very 
languid  ail  day  yesterday  and  this  morning.  For  ten  days,  every  day 
about  10  a.  m.  my  head  would  commence  to  ache,  with  severe  aching 
pains  in  the  back,  but  more  especially  in  the  legs ;  would  gradually 
increase  until  3  p.  m.,  when  the  pains  in  the  legs  were  so  severe  I  had 
to  lie  down  to  get  relief;  with  this  there  was  a  great  despondency  and 
weakness  ;  from  3  p.  m.  to  6  p.  m.  it  would  gradually  pass  away,  and 
all  the  evening  I  would  feel  perfectly  well.  The  effects  in  the  legs 
did  not  entirely  leave  until  four  weeks  subsequent  to  taking  the 
medicine. 

RESUME. 

Fever. — 1.  Great  lassitude. 

2.  Congestion  of  blood  to  the  head  with  vertigo. 

3.  Face  hot  and  flushed,  with  prickling  sensation  all  over  it. 

4.  Restlessness  at  night,  from  pains  in  the  wrists  and  left  knee. 

5.  Rheumatic  pains  in  every  part  of  the  body,  excepting  the  back, 
with  restless  nights. 

6.  Pulse  84,  soft  and  feeble. 

7.  For  three  nights  perspired  profusely. 

8.  For  ten  days  after  taking  the  medicine,  every  day  about  10  a. 
m.  my  head  would  commence  to  ache,  with  severe  aching  pains  in  the 
back  and  especially  in  my  legs  and  ankles  ;  the  pain  would  gradually 
increase  until  3  p.  m.,  when  the  pains  in  the  legs  became  so  severe  I 
was  compelled  to  lie  down  to  get  relief ;  with  this  there  was  great 
despondency  and  debility  of  the  muscular  system.    From  3  to  6  p.  n 


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it  would  gradually  pass  away,  and  all  the  evening  I  would  feel  per- 
fectly well. 

CLINICAL  REMARKS. 

The  Polyporus  pinioola  is  a  sovereign  remedy  in  remittent,  inter- 
mittent and  bilious  fevers.  I  have  used  it  the  last  two  years  in  an 
immense  number  of  eases,  with  the  most  happy  results.  Other  physi- 
cians have  used  it  in  intermittent  fevers  with  good  effect. 

Case  1. — Dr.  O.  P.  Mann,  of  Ottawa,  Illinois,  reports  as  follows  : 
A  few  weeks  sinee  I  received  from  Dr.  E.  M.  Hale,  of  Chicago,  s 
small  quantity  of  the  first  decimal  dilution  of  the  Boletus  Pinus  (Poly- 
poms  pinioola),  with  the  request  that  I  should  test  its  alleged  effi- 
cacy in  some  cases  of  obstinate  intermittents.  Luckily  such  a  case 
was  found.  A  gentleman  about  30  years  old  came  to  me  in  July  ; 
said  he  was  laboring  under  attacks  of  intermittent  fever  every  few 
weeks  ;  sometimes  Quinine  would  break  it  up,  sometimes  it  would  not. 
I  prescribed  for  him  twice,  but  did  not  benefit  him  any.  About  two 
weeks  ago  he  informed  me  chat  he  still  had  the  ague,  and  feared  he 
would  have  to  leave  the  country  or  die  with  it.  1  obtained  permis- 
sion to  try  the  new  remedy.  Gave  him  five  drops  of  the  second  dilu- 
tion every  three  hours.  Yesterday  he  called  and  informed  me  that 
be  had  had  no  paroxysms  of  ague  since  beginning  the  medicine.  The 
first  dose  seemed  to  give  him  new  strength  and  vitality.  The  symp- 
toms of  the  case  were  as  follows  .  During  the  chill  sudden  darting 
pains  in  the  back  and  limbs  ;  strictly  uneasy  feelings  ;  great  prostra- 
tion ;  cold,  pinched  sensation  ;  great  desire  to  get  near  the  stove ;  un- 
able to  get  warm  ;  numbness  and  dead  feeling  of  the  surface,  with 
desire  to  use  friction  to  get  a  proper  warmth.  During  the  heat  gets 
gradually  warm  in  two  or  three  hours ;  headache ;  flushing  of  the 
face  ;  heat  of  surface ;  great  languor  ;  no  inclination  to  stir.  After 
the  paroxysm,  dull,  numb  sensation ;  no  sweating.  During  the  apyr- 
exia,  bowels  constipated ;  putrid  taste ;  loss  of  appetite ;  feeling  of 
weakness  at  epigastrium.  The  paroxysms  came  on  every  second  day, 
or  every  seventh. — American  Homoeopathic  Observer,  vol.  II.,  page  37. 

In  the  Medical  Investigator,  2d  vol.,  page  78,  Dr.  M.  D.  Coe  re- 
ports two  cases  treated  with  the  Polyporus  pinioola. 

Case  2. — W.,  set  60,  was  attacked  with  a  severe  chill  about  5  a.k.; 
shook  severely  for  two  hours,  with  much  pain  in  his  back.  This  was 
followed  by  high  fever,  with  severe  headache  and  thirst ;  a  profuse 
perspiration  succeeded,  and  he  was  left  with  a  great  deal  of  muscular 
soreness  ;  he  said  he  felt  sore  inside.  The  next  day  at  10  a.  m.  I  left 
him  ten  two-grain  powders  of  Boletus  pinus  (Polyporus  pinicola),  to 
be  taken  once  in  three  hours.  Had  no  return  of  the  chill.  Four  days 
after  gave  Rhus  tox  for  the  soreness.     Has  remained  well  since. 

Case  3. — L.  Had  tertian  ague,  chills,  fever  and  sweat.  After 
third  paroxysm  called  for  some  medicine ;  said  he  had  thirst  during 
the  chill  and  fever  ;  much  pain  in  back  and  head  ;  loss  of  appetite 
and  general  prostration.  Gave  Boletus  pini  (Polyporus  pinicola)  as 
in  the  other  case.  Has  had  no  return  of  the  chills,  and  is  now  in 
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In  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer,  vol.  II.,  page  2,  Dr.  E. 
M.  Hale  says  :  *'  I  have  used  it  (Polyporus  pinioola)  in  three  cases 
of  tertian  intermittents,  two  of  which  were  arrested  under  its  use, 
but  came  on  again  in  fourteen  days.  The  third  case  did  not  seem  to 
be  influenced  by  its  action.  It  was  given  in  the  form  of  tincture ; 
ten  drops  of  the  first  decimal  dilution  every  two  hours." 

Dr.  T.  Cation  Duncan,  of  Chicago,  Illinois,  has  sent  me  the  follow- 
ing cases,  treated  with  Polyporus  Pinioola : 

Case  4. — Mr.  P.;  bilious  temperament ;  good  constitution  ;  had  al- 
ways been  well.  Aug.  4. — Had  been  out  in  the  country  working  in 
the  harvest  field  ;  was  taken  with  the  chills  two  weeks  ago  ;  at  first 
the  attacks  were  every  day  ;  he  now  has  a  paroxysm  every  other  day. 
The  chills  commence  at  10  a.  m.,  last  one  hour  ;  this  is  followed  by  a 
fever  that  lasts  about  the  same  length  of  time  ;  then  the  sweating 
stage  supervenes  and  the  paroxysms  terminate,  to  be  again  repeated 
the  alternate  day.  The  paroxysm  on  every  fourth  day  is  much  more 
severe.  His  appetite  remains  good  ;  at  times  voracious.  Feels  well 
during  the  apyrexia ;  has  taken  no  medicine.  I  ordered  China  4  and 
Ars.  3,  to  be  taken  every  two  hours  during  the  apyrexia.  Aug.  12. — 
Improving  ;  continued  same  remedies.  18. — No  improvement.  I 
now  thought  I  would  try  what  virtue  there  was  in  the  Polyporus 
pinioola.  I  ordered  four  pills,  No.  5,  saturated  with  the  2d  dec,  to 
be  taken  every  two  hours.  22 — No  better.  I  now  give  the  remedy 
every  hour.  25. — Improving ;  continued  treatment  every  two  hours. 
28. — still  improving  ;  continued  treatment.  Sept.  1 1. — Is  entirely 
relieved  of  the  disease,  but  is  still  very  weak ;  his  appetite  is  vor- 
aoious ;  can  eat  all  the  time ;  complains  of  pain  in  the  region  of  the 
spleen  which  is  tender  upon  pressure ;  so  also  is  the  epigastric 
region.  Oct.  13. — Incontinence  of  urine.  Gave  Cantharis  3.  Nov. 
4. — A  good  deal  of  pain  in  region  of  spleen.  The  organ  is  much  en- 
larged, which  gives  rise  to  severe  pleuritis  pain.  Ordered  Bryonia 
and  China.  March  20. — The  patient  is  now  well.  I  think  he  would 
not  have  had  that  enlarged  spleen  had  I  removed  the  medicine  at  the 
disappearance  of  the  chills.  1  consider  the  enlargement  of  the  spleen 
an  effect  of  the  Polyporus  pinioola.  He  was  pale  and- anaemic,  while 
his  appetite  was  voracious.  This  seems  to  be  an  excess  of  the  white 
corpuscles  of  the  blood 'being  perfect  cells  thrown  off  from  the  spleen, 
and  perhaps  other  glands,  and  due  to  their  continued  over-nutrition 
and  stimulation. 

Case  5. — A.;  has  intermittent  fever  of  the  tertian  type.  All  of  the 
usual  symptoms  present.  I  ordered  China  4,  to  be  given  every  two 
hours  during  the  apyrexia.  Aug.  14. — No  improvement ;  ordered 
Arsenicum  3.  Aug.  20. — Still  no  improvement.  Ordered  Boletus 
(polyporus)  to  be  taken  every  two  hours.  Jan.  12. — The  polyporus 
cured  his  ague  at  once. 

Case  6. — Aug.  29.  Mr.  A.,  sat  24,  suffers  with  the  ague  of  the 
quotidian  type  ;  has  all  the  usual  symptoms  ;  feels  well  during  the 
apyrexia.  Ordered  polyporus  pinioola  second,  to  be  taken  every  two 
hours ;  was  to  return  if  not  cured.     I  have  never  seen  him  since. 

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profuse  perspiration  every  day,  accompanied  with  headache  and 
thirst.  1  ordered  poiyporus  pinioola  2,  every  two  hours,  until  better, 
with  orders  to  return  again  in  a  few  days  if  not  better.  Never  saw 
the  ease  after. 

Cases  one  and  two  I  know  were  cured  by  the  remedy,  but  the  last 
two  I  cannot  be  certain  about ;  but  I  believe  they  were  cured  or  they 
would  have  returned  again.  That  the  Boletus  (poiyporus  pinicola) 
has  medicinal  virtues  is  evident,  and  it  merits  a  careful  proving  from 
the  profession. 

CASES  TREATED  BY  MYSELF  WITH  THE  POLYPORUS  PINICOLA. 

Case  8. — Mr,s.  B.,  »t  22  ;  nervous  temperament.  Deo.  28, — For 
the  last  month  has  been  feeling  very  languid  all  the  time ;  9  p.  m ., 
had  a  hard  chill ;  lasted  until  midnight ;  hands,  feet,  and  whole  body 
very  cold ;  great  restlessness  ;  could  not  sleep  any ;  by  spells  severe 
rigors  would  take  place ;  hard  pains  in  her  back  and  legs  ;  nausea, 
with  great  efforts  to  vomit,  but  no  vomiting,  followed  by  fever  all 
night  but  no  perspiration ;  every  few  minutes  all  night  had  sharp, 
colicky  pains  in  the  bowels  ;  stomach  sour.  Treatment :  poiyporus 
pinicola  1st  trit.,  two  grs.  every  two  hours,  for  thirty-six  hours,  Had 
no  more  chills'or  fever,  but  rapidly  convalesced. 

Case  9.— Intermittant  fevi-r,  quotidian  type.  Aug.  1. — Little 
Eva  ;  temperament  nervo-bilious  ;  living  on  an  island  in  the  Missis- 
sippi River.  For  the  last  three  weeks  has  been  growing  weak  ;  com- 
plains of  great  lassitude ;  bowels  loose  for  a  long  time  ;  stools  slimy ; 
for  the  last  few  days  every  night  at  10  p.  m.  commences  to  be  sick  at 
the  stomach  and  vomits  freely  a  number  of  times  for  three  hours ; 
then  has  quite  a  fever  until  daylight ;  perspires  slightly  ;  tongue 
coated  white,  with  the  papilla  very  prominent  ;  no  appetite ;  drinks 
large  quantities  of  cold  water  ;  is  excessively  irritable ;  looks  very 
pale ;  vomiting  is  the  most  severe  symptom  in  her  case.  Treatment : 
poiyporus  pinicola,  ten  drops  in  half  tumbler  of  water,  with  Ipecac. 
2d,  in  alternation,  every  hour,  teaspoonful  at  a  dose,  second  day  every 
two  hours,  third  day  every  three  hours.  Had  no  more  fever  after 
the  first  night,  but  rapidly  convalesced  ;  staid  away  two  weeks ; 
eame  on  again ;  had  three  paroxysms,  when  the  poiyporus  cured  it 
again  ;  remained  away  one  week  ;  came  on  stronger  than  ever.  The 
poiyporus  would  not  control  it  any  more  ;  had  to  resort  to  quinine. 

Case  10.  Intermittent  fever ;  type,  quotidian.  Mr.  L.  called  on  me 
and  said  his  little  girl  had  the  ague  ;  every  night  complained  of  be 
ing  chilly,  with  a  good  deal  of  yawning,  for  about  two  hours ;  then 
had  high  fever  all  night,  with  profuse  perspiration  in  the  morning ; 
played  about  every  day,  feeling  quite  well.  Treatment :  poiyporus 
pinicola  1st  dilution,  two  drops  every  two  hours.  Had  no  more  fever 
after  taking  the  medicine  one  day.  In  this  case  fever  was  the  lead- 
ing symptom. 

Case  11. — Tertian  intermittent  fever.     Miss   T.,   set   19 ;  bilious 

temperament.     For   the  last  three  months  has  been   troubled  with 

colic  and  diarrhoea.     Has   had  the   paroxysms   of  ague,   coining  on 

every  other  day  at  2  p.  m.;  chill  lasts  one  hour  ;  has  fever  until  dark  ; 

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sweats  profusely  at  night ;  tongue  coated  thickly,  yellow  ;  vomits  a 
number  of  times  during  the  fever ;  complains  of  severe  headache 
and  pain  in  her  bones  ;  very  thirsty  during  the  fever  .  Treatment : 
polyporus  pinicolo  1st,  three  drops  every  two  hours  Had  no  more 
fever  after  commencing  the  remedy.  The  bowels  continued  to  trouble 
her.     Gave  Sulphur  and  Collinsonia,  which  completed  the  cure. 

Case  12. — Tertian  ague  in  a  little  babe.  For  ten  days  past,  every 
other  day  has  a  slight  chill  in  the  morning  ;  vomits  frequently 
through  the  forenoon  ;  very  thirsty  ;  bowels  loose;  fever  lasts  all  day  ; 
sweats  slightly  at  night ;  is  very  pale  and  fretful.  Tretment :  Poly- 
porus pinicola,  while  the  fever  was  on ;  missed  the  next  paroxysm, 
but  vomited  the  next  day  ;  gave  Ipecac,  with  the  polyporus  ;  cured 
the  patient  for  two  weeks,  when  it  returned.  Its  mother,  living  in 
the  country,  six  miles  from  me,  gave  it  Quinine,  which  cured  it. 

Case  13. — Tertian  intermittent  fever.  A  little  girl,  aBt  12  ;  nervo- 
bilious  temperament.  For  two  weeks  has  had  the  ague  every  other 
day  at  noon.  Is  chilly  for  three  hours,  followed  by  high  fever  all 
the  afternoon  and  sweat  at  night ;  drinks  large  quantities  of  water. 
In  the  last  two  paroxysms  her  lower  extremities  have  been  completely 
paralysed.  This  alarmed  her  parents,  who  had  been  giving  her 
Quinine,  and  I  was  sent  for.  Says  her  stomach  pains  her  all  the 
the  time ;  tongue  not  coated,  but  red  at  the  tip ;  poor  appetite ;  cried 
all  the  time  during  my  visit.  Treatment  :  Polyporus  pinicola,  and 
Gelseminum  iL,  one  drop  every  two  hours,  in  alternation ;  had  but  one 
slight  paroxysm  after  commencing  the  remedies.  The  Gelseminum 
had  something  to  do  with  this  cure.  It  is  purely  homoeopathic  to  the 
above  symptoms. 

Case  14. — Miss  F.,  set  9.  For  the  last  four  days,  every  afternoon 
at  3  p.  m.  commences  to  have  severe  frontal  headache,  with  hard  neu- 
ralgic pains  in  the  left  temple  ;  the  pain  is  so  severe  she  cries  most 
of  the  time  with  it.  After  the  pain  has  lasted  from  one  to  two  hours 
she  becomes  very  sick  at  her  stomach  and  vomits  a  green,  ropy  fluid. 
The  headache  lasts  until  10  p.  m.;  then  she  falls  asleep  and  perspires. 
Last  night  had  fever  with  the  headache  ;  every  forenoon  she  has 
been  quite  well,  but  to-day  has  a  dull  headache,  and  has  not  been 
able  to  sit  up ;  tongue  furred  white  ;  bowels  costive ;  stools  dark 
color.  Treatment :  Polyporus  pin.  2d,  five  drops  every  two  hours. 
Bad  her  usual  paroxysm  in  the  afternoon.  Next  day  missed  the  neu- 
ralgia and  headache  altogether.  Discharged  her  convalescent.  In 
this  case  neuralgia  of  the  left  side  of  the  head  and  temple  was  the 
leading  symptom. 

Case  15. — Intermittent  fever,  quotidian  type  ;  temperament  bil- 
ious ;  set  30.  May  6. — For  the  last  eight  days  has  had  the  regular 
shaking  ague.  11  a.  m.,  is  chilly  for  half  an  hour,  with  constant  and 
hard  rigors.  Severe  pain  in  the  head,  back  and  limbs  ;  her  knees 
and  shoulders  ache  more  than  any  other  part  of  the  body.  This  is 
followed  by  high  fever  all  day,  but  no  sweat  at  night.  Is  very  rest- 
less all  night ;  her  shoulders  and  knees  ache  so  she  cannot  sleep  ; 
tongue  coated  white ;  flat  taste  in  the  mouth  ;  no  gastric  symptoms ; 
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Polyporus  pin.  *,  one  drop  every  two  hoars.  Had  but  one  slight  par- 
oxysm afterward*. 

I  have  taken  notes  of  17  more  cases  where  the  polyporus  pin.  had 
ntade  just  as  rapid  cures  as  it  did  in  those  above  given .  It  is 
useless  to  give  them  here.  Enough  has  been  said  to  call  the  parti- 
catapj  attention  of  the  profession  to  the  anti-miasmatio  properties  of 
therol  jporus  pin.  I  have  given  it  in  a  very  large  number  of  cases 
for  the  last  two  years  with  the  most  favorable  results.  I  do  not  think 
it  has  failed  in  more  than  20  eases  in  two  years  in  my  hands,  but  it 
has  failed  in  cases  similar  to  those  I  have  cited  above.  I  am  not  able 
to  give  the  exact  symptoms  it  is  homoeopathic  to  in  intermittents,  but 
the  remarks  I  have  made  on  Polyporus  off  will  apply  to  the  Poly- 
porus pinicola.  Which  is  the  best  anti-miasmatic  remedy  ?  I  think 
the  polyporus  off.  is  more  to  be  relied  on  in  intermittents,  but  the 
action  of  both  remedies  are  so  near  alike  it  is  hard  to  tell  really 
which  of  the  two  is  the  best. 

In  remittent  and  bilious  fevers  it  will  be  found  very  useful. 

Case  1. — A  little  babe,  aged  four  months  ;  has  two  teeth ;  no  signs 
of  any  more  coming.  May  7. — Yesterday  commenced  to  have  fever ; 
has  continued  ever  since ;  tongue  coated  white ;  green,  slimy  stools 
every  hour  ;  cries  and  moans  all  the  time.  Treatment :  Gave  poly- 
porus pinicola  30.  8. — At  7  a.  m.  called  and  found  my  little  patient 
much  better ;  vomited  four  times  yesterday  ;  fever  left  it  in  the  night; 
bowels  much  better.     Continued  treatment.     9. — Convalescent. 

Case  2. — John  H.,  set  8  ;  bilious  temperament.  April  26. — Was 
called  to  visit  him,  and  found  the  following  symptoms  :  Yesterday 
had  a  bard  chill,  lasting  two  hours,  with  severe  pain  in  the  head  and 
stomach  ;  frequent  nausea,  followed  by  high  fever  that  has  not  left 
him  yet,  now  noon  :  perfect  loss  of  appetite  ;  has  severe  nausea  to- 
day ;  very  weak  ;  pulse  122.  Treatment :  Polyporus  pin.  2d  dilu- 
tion, two  drops  every  two  hours  in  water.  April  27. — Feeling  bet- 
ter ;  pulse  100  ;  no  nausea ;  continued  treatment.  April  28. — No 
fever  ;  pulse  86  ;  skin  moist ;  tongue  cleaning  off ;  continued  treat- 
ment every  three  hours.  April  29. — Convalescent.  Had  a  good 
stool  this  morning.     Calls  for  something  to  eat.     Discharged  cured. 

Case  3. — A  little  boy,  est  6,  was  taken  with  vomiting  and  high 
fever,  Aug.  3.  I  was  called  on  the  4th,  and  found  the  following 
symptoms :  Pulse  130 ;  tongue  coated  yellow  ;  vomits  about  every 
hour  ;  says  his  bowels  pain  him  severely  ;  bowels  loose ;  no  appetite ; 
has  not  slept  much  through  the  night.  Treatment :  polyporus  pin. 
■^  six  drops  in  twelve  spoonfuls  of  water,  one  every  two  hours.  Aug. 
5. — Much  better  ;  pulse  116 ;  has  not  vomited  any  since  midnight ; 
continued  same  treatment.  Aug.  6. — No  fever  ;  is  trying  to  play 
about  the  house.     Discharged  cured. 

Case  4. — Mr.  B.,  set  21 ;  bilious  temperament.  March  23. — Was 
called  to  attend  him  for  the  following  symptoms:  Yesterday  noon 
commenced  to  be  chilly  ;  has  continued  to  be  chilly  ever  since  ;  was 
so  cold  and  restless  could  not  sleep  through  the  night  ;  severe  head- 
ache ;  tongue  coated  white  ;  loss  of  appetite  ;  bowels  regular.  Treat- 
ment :  polyporus  p.,  first  fodr  drops  every  two  hours.  24. — Soon  af- 
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be  sweat  profusely  afterwards.    Had  no  more  chills  or  fever,  but 
went  to  work  in  two  days,  feeling  well. 

Head. — 9.  Pull  frontal  headache,  constant  symptom  '  during  the 
whole  proving. — B.  * 

10.  Severe  frontal  headache  while   in  bed  in   the  morning,  with 
vertigo  when  moving.  A 

11.  Fullness  of  the  head,  with  flushed  face.  4     ^ 

12.  Severe  congestion  of  blood  to  the  head,with  vertigo  whea  walking. 

13.  Fullness  of  the  head  all  day,  with  a  burning  sensation  in  the 
eyes  and  face. 

14.  Severe  aching  distress  in  the  malar  bone  (right)  with  neural- 
gic pains  in  the  right  temple. 

Eyes. — 15.  Smarting  of  the  eyes. 

16.  Congestion  of  the  conjunctiva. 

17.  Agglutination  of  the  eyelids  every  morning. 
Mouth. — 18.  Flat  taste  in  the  mouth. 

19.  Sweet  taste. 

20.  Tongue  coated  white,  with  a  flat,  rough  taste. 

Fauces. — 21.  Dryness  of  fauces,  with  pressing  sensation  in  larynx. 

22.  Great  dryness  of  fauces,  with  a  constant  inclination  to  swallow. 

23.  Dryness  of  the  fauces  all  day. 

24.  Pressing  distress  in  the  fauces. 

25.  Stiff,  dry  feeling  in  the  fauces. 

26.  Severe  congestion  of  the  tonsils  and  fauces. 

27.  Painful  deglutition. 

28.  Enlargement  of  the  tonsils. 

29.  For  a  week,  every  morning  and  evening,  there  was  great  sore- 
ness and  dryness  of  the  tonsils  and  fauces. 

CLINICAL  REMARKS. 

I  have  given  the  polyporus  in  one  case  of  angina  tonsillaris ;  a 
married  lady  who  had  been  subject  to  inflammation  and  suppuration  of 
the  tonsils  every  month  for  years.  By  taking  the  remedy  as  soon  as 
she  would  feel  the  disease  commencing  it  would  invariably  drive  it 
away.  She  kept  it  away  seven  months  with  the  polyporus.  When  I 
left  Lyons  I  gave  her  a  supply  of  the  remedy,  and  I  hope  it  will  even- 
tually cure  her.  This  is  the  only  case  I  have  tried  it  in,  and  from 
the  good  results  it  has  produced  in  this  one  case  I  have  no  doubt  it 
will  prove  to  be  a  valuable  remedy  in  such  diseases,  especially  if 
the  patient  has  a  rheumatic  diathesis 

Gastric  Symptoms. — 30.  Nausea  for  half  an  hour. 

31.  Eructations  of  tasteless  air. 

32.  Canine  hunger.  This  last  symptom  I  have  cured  a  number  of 
times  with  the  Polyporus  pinioola. 

Stomach. — 33.  Severe  distress  in  the  region  of  the  stomach. 

34    Frequent  pains  in  epigastrium,  with  loud  rumbling  of  bowels. 

35.  Gutting  pains  in  stomach  several  mornings  after  taking  medicine. 

86.  Pressure  produces  pain  in  the  stomach. 

37.  Constant,  very  severe  distress  in  the  lower  part  of  the  epigas- 
trium that  produces  great  faintness,  aggravated  by  pressure  and 
walking ;  lasted  seven  hours.  This  symptom,  without  a  doubt,  was 
due  to  portal  congestion. 

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Liver. — 88.  Frequuent  drawing  pains  in  the  right  hypoohondrium. 
19.  Severe  drawing  pains  in  the  left  hypoohondrium. 

40.  Sharp  pains  in  the  left  hypoohondrium. 

41.  Dull,  heavy,  aohing  pains  in  the  right  hypoohondrium. 

42.  Deep,  yellow,  stools,  about  the   oonsistenoe  of  cream,  mixed, 
with  mucus  and  bile. 

43.  Dark,  dry,  lumpy  stools. 

It  will  be  seen  by  the  above  symptoms  that  the  polyporus  pin.  has 
a  very  great  effect  upon  the  hepatic  system. 

Abdomen. — 44.  Drawing  pains  in  the  abdominal  muscles. 

45.  Great  and  constant  distress  in  the  whole  abdomen. 

46.  Frequent  dull  pains  in  the  abdomen  all  the  afternoon. 

47.  Drawing  pains  in  the  right  groin. 

48.  Five  or  six  hard,  distressing  spells  of  pain  in  the  hypogas- 
trium,  followed  by  a  dry,  hard,  lumpy  stool. 

49.  For  the  first  three  hours  had  hard,  sickening  pains  in  the  hy- 
pogastrium,  then  remained  easy  for  two  hours,  followed  by  the  same 
hard  sickening  pains  in  the  same  region.  The  pains  would  last  from 
five  to  ten  minutes  at  a  time,  and  produce  great  faintness,  followed  by 
a  copious  deep  yellow  stool  that  run  a  stream  from  my  bowels  ;  the 
last  part  was  bile,  and  frothy  mucus,  followed  by  dull  pains  in  the 
bowels,  aggravated  by  walking. 

Stool. — 50.  Constipation  for  two  days;  then  hard,  dry,  lumpy, 
dark-colored  stool. 

51.  Natural  stool. 

52.  Papescent,  yellow  stools. 

53.  Deep,  yellow,  papescent,  frothy  stool,  that  run  a  stream  from 
the  bowels,  last  part  mixed  with  bile  and  frothy  mucus,  preceded  by 
hard,  sickening  pains  in  the  hypogastrium,  and  followed  by  the  same 
symptoms. 

CLINICAL  REMARKS. 

I  have  given   the  polyporus  pin.  a  number  of  times  in   bilious 
diarrhoea  with  good  results 
Urinary  Organs. — 54.  Urine  scanty  and  high-colored  for  three  days. 
Back. — 55.  Dull  pains  in  the  lumbar  region. 

56.  Severe,  dull,  aching  pains  in  the  lumbar  region  all  day. 

57.  Dull  pains  in  the  lumbar  and  dorsal  regions. 

Arms. — 58.  Severe  drawing  pains  in  the  elbows  and  flexor 
muscles  of  both  arms. 

59.  Severe  sticking  pains  in  the  elbows  and  fingers  of  both  hands 
and  arms. 

60.  Stiffness  of  the  fingers  in  the  morning. 

61.  Stiffness  of  the  fingers,  with  hard,  dull  aching  pains  in  them. 

62.  Fingers  stiff,  with  frequent  stitching  pains  in  the  joints, 

63.  Sharp  pains  in  the  finger  joints  when  closing  them. 

Legs — 64.  Sharp,  drawing  pains  in  the  inside  of  the  right  thigh. 

65.  Hard,  aching  pains  in  the  right  tibia  a  number  of  days. 

66.  Great  aching  distress  in  the  ankles  and  feet  a  number  of  days. 

67.  Great  weakness  of  the  feet  and  ankles. 

68.  Sharp  pains  in  the  toes. 


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POLYPORUS    PINICOLA,    T. 

FROM  THE  AMERICAN  TAMARACK  OR  LARCH. 


The  Key.  Dr.  M.  A.  Curtis,  in  a  letter  to  me  says :  "  A  species  of 
plant  is  determined  by  its  own  elements  and  not  by  its  habitat.  Many 
species  of  polyporus  grow  upon  very  different  kinds  of  trees.  Thus 
polyporus  pinicola  grows  upon  the  pine,  tamarack,  birch,  fir,  etc. 
Polyporus  igniarius  is  found  upon  the  willow,  ash,  cherry,  etc."  I 
sent  him  some  of  the  fungus  for  analysis  that  grew  on  the  tamarack. 
He  named  it  polyporus  pinicola.  I  was  fearful  that  he  had  made  a 
mistake  and  wrote  him  about  it,  and  the  above  is  the  answer  I  re- 
ceived, so  I  have  no  doubt  he  has  named  it  correctly.  That  it  can 
be  distinguished  from  the  polyporus  that  grows  on  the  pine  tree  I 
have  placed  a  T  after  it.  Whenever  the  T  is  found  after  the  polyporus 
pinicola  it  will  be  understood  to  be  that  species  of  the  polypori  that 
is  found  upon  the  tamarack. 

The  specimen  used  to  make  this  proving  was  taken  from  a  dry 
tamarack  tree  in  Canada,  Oct.  1st,  by  my  brother,  and  sent  to 
me.  The  fungus  was  alive  when  taken  from  the  tree,  I  cut  it  into 
thin  shavings. and  put  it  into  pure  alcohol,  and  let  it  macerate  three 
weeks  before  using.    For  botanical  description  see  polyporus  pinicola. 

PROVING. 

Nov.  7. — Am  in  perfect  health ;  6a.m,  took  100  drops  of  the  2d 
dec,  prepared  in  water  ;  12  m„  all  the  forenoon  have  had  frequent 
drawing  pains  in  the  region  of  the  spleen ;  burning  distress  in  the 
praecordial  region ;  a  full  inspiration  produces  sharp  pains  in  the 
region  of  the  heart ;  distress  in  the  umlnlicus,  with  frequent  draw- 
ing pains  in  the  same  region  ;  several  times  had  a  feeling  as  if  the 
small  intestines  were  being  tied  in  knots  ;  frequent  drawing  pains  in 
the  right  hypochondrium  ;  drawing  pains  in  the  wrists  and  left  knee 
and  ankle  joint ;  walking  makes  the  pain  in  the  ankle  of  a  sharp, 
cutting  character.  9  p.  m. — This  afternoon  have  had  frequent  cutting 
pains  in  the  temples  ;  buraing  in  the  stomach,  with  a  dragging  sen- 
sation in  the  right  hypochondrium  ;  frequent  cutting  pains  in  the 
bowels  ;  natural  stool. 

8. — Feeling  well ;  took  100  drops  at  6  a.  m.  9  p.  m. — Have  had 
frequent  neuralgic  pains  in  the  temples ;  face  hot  and  flashed  ;  palms 
of  the  hands  hot  and  dry  :  same  pains  in  the  spleen,  liver  and  bowels, 
of  yesterday  ;  natural  stool ;  very  gloomy  all  day. 

9. — Slept  good  until  3  a.  m.;  very  restless  after  that ;  light  feeling 
of  the  head,  with  dull  pains  in  the  forehead  ;  worse  by  moving  ;  dull 
aching  pains  in  the  back  and  hips  ;  dull  pains  in  the  wrists  ;  feel  very 
cold ;  disposition  to  yawn  and  stretch  ;  tongue  ooated  white  ;  took  100 
drops  at  8  a.  m.;  9  p.  m.,  had  a  severe  headache  all  day,  aggravated  by 
reading  or  walking ;  frequent  sharp  pains  in  the  region  of  the  spleen 


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occasional  sharp  pains  in  the  bowels  ;  my  wrists,  back  and  hips  ached 
all  day  ;  no  stool. 

10. — Feeling  well ;  tongue  coated  yellow  ;  had  lumpy  stool  at  7  a. 
m.;  11a.  m.,  took  50  drops  of  the  1st  dilation ;  had  hard  drawing 
pains  in  the  region  of  the  spleen  and  left  epigastrium  all  day. 

11. — Slept  good,  feeling  very  languid  ;  light  feeling  of  the  head, 
with  dull  pains  in  it;  sweet,  flat  taste  ;  tongue  coated  yellow;  slight 
pains  in  the  bowels;  8  a.  m.  took  100  drops  ;  9  p.  m.,  had  the  same 
pains  in  the  head,  stomach,  spleen,  liver  and  bowels  as  on  the  7th, 
with  a  stool,  first  part  dry  and  lumpy,  last  part  mushy,  very  yellow, 
and  mixed  with  bile,  followed  by  dragging  pains  in  the  liver. 

12. — Took  150  drops ;  had  the  same  symptoms  of  yesterday  ;  no 
stool. 

13. — Hard,  lumpy  stool,  mixed  with  mucus  and  bile  ;  was  costive 
for  three  days. 

Nov.  22. — Took  50  drops  of  the  tincture  at  10  a.  m.;  3  p.  m.,  for 
the  last  four  hours  have  had  frequent  sharp  pains  in  the  temples.with 
dull  frontal  headache;  burning  distress  in  the  epigastrium,  with 
dragging  pains  in  the  right  hypochondrium ;  frequent  drawing  pains 
in  the  abdomen  ;  several  times  have  had  sharp  pains  in  the  region  of 
the  spleen  ;  natural  stool  at  noon  ;  very  suddenly  had  severe  distress 
in  the  hypogastric  region,  with  great  desire  for  stool  ;  light-colored 
papescent  stool,  followed  by  severe  pulling  pains  in  the  liver  ;  draw- 
ing pains  in  the  left  forearm  and  fingers  all  the  afternoon  ;  dull  pains 
in  the  small  of  the  back ;  9  p.  m.,  dull  headache,  with  frequent  eruc- 
tations of  sour  air ;  had  sharp,  colicky  pains  in  the  umbilical  and 
hypogastric  regions  all  the  evening,  every  few  minutes  ;  frequent 
sharp  pains  in  the  region  of  the  spleen ;  dull  drawing  pains  in  the 
liver ;  dull  backache. 

23  — Slept  well  ;  slimy,  coppery  taste  in  the  mouth  ;  tongue  coated 
yellow ;  7  a  m.,  very  suddenly  had  severe  distress  in  the  hypogas- 
trium,  with  great  desire  for  stool ;  papesent  light-colored  stool,  with 
great  relief  of  all  the  pains.  10  a.  m.,  took  100  drops ;  profuse 
papescent  stool  at  noon  ;  9  p.  m.,  all  the  afternoon  and  evening  had 
all  the  symptoms  of  yesterday  ;  the  aching  distress  in  the  liver  was 
much  more  severe  ;  extended  over  the  whole  dorsal  region ;  dull, 
drawing  pains  in  the  knees  and  ankles. 

24. — Had  hard  drawing  pains  in  the  knees  and  ankles  ail  night, 
which  made  me  very  restless  ;  feeling  very  tired  and  languid  ;  slimy, 
coppery  taste  ;  tongue  coated  thickly  yellow.  Took  200  drops  at  10 
a.  m.  4  p.  M. — Half  an  hour  after  taking  the  medicine  commenced  to 
have  dull  frontal  headache  ;  dull  pains  in  the  eyeballs  ;  dull,  heavy, 
drawing,  aching  pains  in  the  whole  liver  and  spleen  ;  severe  draw- 
ing pains  in  the  elbows,  wrists,  fingers,  knees,  ankles,  feet  and  toes ; 
have  continued  ever  since  in  a  most  violent  form ;  my  ankles,  feet 
and  toes  ache  and  pain  me  so  severely  I  cannot  walk  without  great 
difficulty ;  the  pain  in  the  eyeballs  is  also  very  severe ;  all  the  pains 
are  aggravated  by  motion  ;  dull  aching  pains  in  the  dorsal  and  lum- 
bar regions.  Took  one  quarter  of  an  ounce  ;  9  p.  m.,  all  the  above 
symptoms  hvue  continued  in  a  most  violent  form,  with  the  addition  of 


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a  rery  sore  throat,  with  frequent  inclination  to  swallow  ;  walking  pro- 
duces sharp  pains,  deep  in  the  liver  ;  fingers  are  very  stiff ;  the  bot- 
tom of  my  feet  and  heels  felt  as  if  they  had  been  pounded;  cannot 
bear  to  have  my  boots  on. 

*25. — Had  a  restless  night,  my  ankles  and  feet  pained  me  so  se- 
verely ;  my  feet  are  feeling  as  if  they  had  been  pounded ;  tongue 
coated  yellow  ;  bitter  taste  ;  deep  frontal  headache ;  dull  pains  in  the 
right  hypoohondrium  ;  soft  papescent,  very  light  colored  stool  ;  back 
is  very  stiff.  9  p.  m. — Ail  day  have  had  drawing  pains  in  the  wrists, 
knees,  ankles  and  feet,  with  deep,  dull,  aching  pains  in  the  tibial 
bones ;  hands  hot  and  dry  ;  burning,  aching  pains  in  the  liver. 

Dec.  1. — Those  rheumatic  symptoms  have  all  contiuued  since  the 
25th  ;  the  last  three  days  it  has  rained  most  of  the  time  ;  the  damp- 
ness of  the  air  has  aggravated  the  symptoms  most  wonderfully,  es- 
pecially nights;  the  pains  in  the  shin-bones  are  very  hard  to  endure; 
Dowels  have  been  very  costive  ;  stools  of  a  dark  color,  and  in  hard 
dry  lumps.  The  stools  are  so  hard  that  it  has  brought  on  a  slight  at- 
tack of  piles,  which  pain  me  all  the  time,  with  slight  prolapsis  ani ;  flat 
bitter  taste ;  tongue  coated  yellow  ;  rheumatic  pains  in  the  bowels  ; 
spells  of  great  depression  of  spirits.  The  rheumatic  symptoms  lasted 
eight  weeks. 

Fever. — 1.  Very  light  hollow  feeling  of  the  head,  with  severe  'dull 
headache. 

2.  Great  prostration  of  strength. 

3.  Great  restlessness  at  night. 

4.  Disposition  to  yawn  and  stretch. 

5.  Hands  hot  and  dry. 

CLINICAL     REMARKS. 

I  have  not  used  the  Polyporus  pinicola  from  the  tamarack  enough 
to  know  how  reliable  it  is  as  an  anti-miasmatic,  but  think  it  is  not 
equal  to  the  Polyporus  off.  or  Polyporus  pinioola,  I  will  give  a  few 
oases,  and  leave  it  in  the  hands  of  the  profession,  hoping  it  will 
receive  a  careful  investigation,  for  it  certainly  merits  it. 

Case  1. — Intermittent  fever;  type,  quotidiana  duplex.  Little 
Nellie,  set  5.  For  the  last  seventeen  days  she  has  had  the  ague ;  has 
a  chill  every  morning  and  evening ;  chills  last  about  one  hour  at  a 
time,  followed  by  high  fever.  The  fever  does  not  leave  her  before 
she  has  another  chill ;  does  not  perspire  any ;  wants  to  drink  all  the 
time  ;  at  first  she  vomited  a  good  deal,  but  does  not  now ;  perfect  loss 
of  appetite  ;  bowels  costive  ;  very  weak ;  cannot  sit  up  any  ;  does  not 
complain  of  anything ;  when  spoken  to  says  her  head  hurts  ;  very 
irritable.  These  symptoms  were  related  to  me  by  her  sister,  the 
child  being  fourteen  miles  from  me  in  the  country.  Treatment : 
Polyporus  pinicola  T.,  two  drops  every  two  hours.  The  fever  was 
cured  in  three  days  after  commencing  the  remedy.  The  first  day  the 
fever  came  on  as  usual ;  the  second  day  had  but  one  chill,  and  the 
third  day  no  chill  or  fever.  No  known  remedy  could  have  cured 
this  case  sooner. 

Case  2.  Intermittent  fever,  quotidian  type  ;  Mrs.  B  ,  set  56  ;  tem- 
perament nervous  ;  consumption  for  the  last  ten  years.  Three  weeks 


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since  had  an  abscess  in  her  left  ear,  which  made  her  quite  sick ;  since 
then  has  had  a  fever  every  afternoon  and  night ;  feels  chilly  when- 
ever she  moves  ;  walking  produces  nausea ;  does  not  perspire  any ; 
tongue  coated  white ;  loss  of  appetite ;  bowels  loose ;  restless  at 
night ;  is  very  weak.  Treatment :  Polyporus  pinicola,  T.,  tincture, 
two  drops  every  two  hours.  Had  the  fever  but  one  day  after  com* 
mencing  the  remedy. 

Case  3. — Mr.  M.,  auotidian  intermittent  fever.  Dec.  26.— Came 
to  my  office  and  complained  of  the  following  symptoms :  For  the  last 
two  weeks  has  had  a  great  d«al  of  pain  in  his  back  and  legs,  with  a 
constant  headache.  For  the  last  four  days  at  10  a.  m.  commences  to 
yawn  and  stretch,  and  feels  chilly  for  two  hours,  followed  by  fever  all 
day,  and  profuse  perspiration  at  night.  Has  a  constant  headache 
night  and  day,  but  worse  in  the  afternoons  ;  great  pain  in  the  knee- 
joints  ;  tongue  coated  white ;  canine  hunger  ;  bowels  regular  ;  tem- 
perament bilious.  Treatment:  Polyporus  pinicola  T.,  three  drops 
of  the  first  dilution  every  two  hours.  This  one  prescription  cured 
him  in  three  days. 

I  gave  it  in  two  more  cases  of  quotidian  intermittent,  where  all 
the  stages  were  well  marked,  and  it  failed,  and  then  I  gave  the  poly- 
porus  off.  and  cured  one  of  them  ;  the  other  I  had  to  resort  to  Qui- 
nine. 

From  the  symptoms  it  produced  in  my  system  it  ought  to  prove  a 
valuable  remedy  in  rheumatic  fever,  and  in  those  cases  of  intermit- 
tent fever  where  great  pains  in  the  bones  are  the  most  marked  symp- 
tom.    It  will  be  found  the  true  homoeopathic  remedy. 

Case!. — Inflammatory  rheumatism.  John  H ,  »t7;  bilious  tem- 
perament. April  29,  was  called  to  see  him,  and  found  the  following 
symptoms  :  About  daylight  this  morning  commenced  complaining  of 
a  pain  in  his  right  knee  and  elbow.  The  pain  has  been  increasing 
all  day  ;  now,  12  m .,  has  high  fever ;  pulse  126,  soft  and  full ;  his  knee 
is  much  swollen,  but  his  elbow  is  not  swollen ;  cannot  bear  to  have 
his  knee  touched  ;  cries  all  the  time ;  the  knee  is  quite  red  ;  tongue 
coated  white;  poor  appetite ;  bowels  regular.  Treatment :  Polyporus 
pinicola  T.,  2d  dec,  five  drops  every  two  hours.  April  30,  8  a.  m., 
pulse  100.  The  pain  in  the  right  knee  and  elbow  is  all  gone,  but  has 
hard  pains  in  his  left  knee.  The  right  knee  is  much  swollen  and 
only  pains  when  moved  ;  the  elbow  can  be  moved  without  pain.  Con- 
tinued same  treatment.  May  1,  6  p.  m. — Called  and  found  my 
{►atient  up  and  out  doors  playing ;  his  knee  was  still  swollen  and  a 
ittle  stiff,  but  had  no  pain.  Gave  no  more  medicine,  and  the  boy  had 
no  more  of  the  rheumatism.  Other  remedies  might  have  cured  this 
patient  just  as  soon,  but  not  more  satisfactorily. 

Case  2. — Mrs.  B.,  set  46 ;  bilious  temperament ;  has  had  consump- 
tion for  years.  April  26. — Eight  days  since  commenced  to  have  pains 
in  the  shoulders  and  ankle  joints.  The  ankles  are  much  swollen ;  her 
legs  are  covered  with  black  petechial  spots  about  the  size  of  split 
peas ;  the  pain  in  the  ankles  is  of  a  dull,  heavy,  aching  character  ;  in 
the  shoulder  the  pain  is  very  sharp ;  the  pain  is  much  worse  in  the 
afternoon  and  evening ;  poor  appetite ;  bowels  regular.    Treatment : 


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Polyporus  pinicola  T.,  five  drops  of  the  1st  dec.  every  two  hours. 
Hade  a  perfect  care  of  her  in  three  days.  These  are  the  only  cases 
of  rheumatism  I  have  given  it  in,  and  it  certainly  acted  well.  No 
remedy  could  have  given  better  satisfaction. 

Mind. — 6.  Great  depression  of  spirits  for  a  number  of  days. 

7.  Very  gloomy  and  desponding. 

Head. — 8.  Frequent  cutting  pains  in  the  temples. 
9.  Severe  neuralgic  pains  m  the  temples. 

10.  Light  feeling  of  the  head,  with  severe,  dull,  frontal  headache, 
aggravated  by  walking. 

11.  Severe  dull  frontal  headache  for  a  number  of  days,  aggravated 
by  reading  or  walking. 

12.  Face  hot  and  flushed. 

Eyes. — 13.  Dull  pain  in  the  eyeballs. 
14.  Severe  pains  in  the  eyeballs. 
Mouth. — 15.  Bitter  taste  in  the  mouth. 

16.  Slimy,  coppery  taste. 

17.  Sweet  taste. 

18.  Tongue  coated  white. 

19.  Tongue  coated  thickly  yellow. 

20.  Sore  throat,  with  frequent  inclination  to  swallow.  ' 
Gastric  Symptoms. — 21.  Sour  eructations,  with  dull  headache. 
Stomach. — 22.  Burning  distress   in   the  stomach,  with   dragging 

pains  in  the  right  hypoohondrium. 

23.  Sharp,  cutting  pains  in  the  stomach. 

Liver. — 24.  Frequent  dragging  pains  in  the  right  hypochondrium. 

25.  Dragging  sensation  in  the  right  liver,  with  burning  distress  in 
the  stomach. 

26.  Severe  pulling  pains  in  the  liver  after  stool. 

27.  The  aching  distress  in  the  liver  was  very  severe,  and  extended 
over  the  whole  dorsal  region. 

28.  Walking  produoes  severe  pains,  deep  in  the  liver. 

29.  Burning,  aching  pains  in  the  liver. 

Spleen. — 30.  All  the  forenoon  had  frequent  drawing  pains  in  the 
region  of  the  spleen. 

31.  Sharp  cutting  pains  in  the  region  of  the  spleen. 

32.  Hard  drawing  pains  hi  the  region  of  the  spleen  and  epigastri- 
um, left  side. 

Abdomen. — 33.  Constant  distress  in  the  umbilicus,  with  frequent 
dragging  pains  in  the  same  region. 

34.  Several  times  had  a  feeling  as  if  the  small  intestines  were 
being  tied  into  knots. 

35.  Frequent  cutting  pains  in  the  bowels,  followed  by  a  natural 
•tool. 

36.  Sudden  distress  in  the  hypogastric  region,  with  great  desire 
for  stool,  light  colored  papescent  stool,  followed  by  dragging  pains  in 
the  liver. 

87.  All  the  evening,  every  few  minntes,  had  sharp  colicky  pains 
in  the  umbilical  and  hypogastric  regions. 

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39.  Stool,  first  part  dry  and  lumpy,  the  last  part  papesoent  and 
mixed  with  bile  and  mucous,  followed  by  dragging  pains  in  the  liver. 

40.  Constipation  for  three  days. 

41.  Sudden  desire  for  stool,  with  great  distress  in  the  hypogastriam, 
deep  yellow  papesoent  stool. 

42.  Copious  papesoent  stool. 

43.  Slight  attack  of  piles. 

Back. — 44.  Dull  aching  pains  in  the  back  and  hips,  with  constant 
pain  in  the  wrists. 

45.  Dull  pains  in  the  lumbar  region. 

46.  Great  aching  distress  over  the  whole  dorsal  region. 

47.  Stiffness  of  the  back. 

Arms. — 48    Drawing  pains  in  the  wrists. 

49.  Aching  distress  in  my  wrists  night  and  day. 

50.  Constant  drawing  pains  in  my  forearms  and  fingers. 

51.  Severe  drawing  pains  in  my  elbows,  wrists  and  fingers.  * 

52.  Great  stiffness  of  the  fingers 

53.  Palms  of  the  hands  hot  and  dry. 

Legs. — 54.  Great  coldnesss  of  my  legs  and  feet,  with   disposition 
to  yawn  and  stretch. 

55.  Deep,  dull,  very  severe  drawing  'pains  in   my  shin  bones,  all 
night,  that  prevented  me  from  sleeping  for  two  weeks. 

56.  Severe  drawing  pains  in  my  knees,  ankles,  feet  and  toes. 

57.  My  ankles  and  feet  pain  me  so  severely  T  cannot  walk  without 
tho  greatest  agony. 

58.  The  bottoms  of  my  feet  felt  as  if  they  had  been  pounded,  and 
were  so  sore  I  could  not  bear  my  boots  on. 

59.  For  eight  weeks,  whenever  it  would  rain,  my  feet  would  pain 
me  severely. 

Chest. — 60.  Burning  distress  in  the  prsecordeal  region. 
61.  Full  inspiration  produce  sharp  pains  in  the  region  of  the  heart. 
These  are  rheumatic  symptoms. 

PHYTOLACCA    IN    ASTHMA. 

Dr.  Hunt  (in  College  Journal  of  Medical  Sciences)  says  he 
has  used  Phytolacca  in  the  treatment  of  Asthma  with  such 
uniform  success  as  to  induce  him  to  regard  it  as  almost  a  spe- 
cific in  that  dreadful  malady.  In  the  provings  found  in  u  New 
Remedies,"  are  many  characteristic  symptoms  pointing  to 
Asthma.  ^ H. 

BBOMIDE    OF    POTASSIUM    IK    ACNE. 


Prof.  H,  R.  Storer,  says  the  Bromide  invariably  causes  an 
u  acnoid  eruption,  which  passes  away  voluntarily  as  soon  as 
the  medicine  is  suspended/1  It  ought  to  cure  achne— in  small 
doses.  H. 


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THE    CHOLERA    IK    BERLIN. 


by  ml  some*,  (hibichkl'8  klimix.)    Translated  by  S.  Idlienthal,  M.  D. 


I  treated  from  the  middle  of  June  to  the  end  of  August, 
1866,  about  100  cases  whose  origin  I  could  ascribe  to  the  chol- 
era poison,  and  most  of  the  cases  would  have  gone  on  to  the 
stage  of  full  cholera,  if  neglected  or  wrongly  treated. 

Ipecacuanha  2d,  decimal  dilution,  a  dose  from  one  to  three 
hours,  cured  a  feeling  of  fulness  in  the  pit  of  the  stomach,  loss 
of  appetite,  bad  taste,  nausea  with  more  or  less  coated  tongue, 
with  gurgling  in  the  bowels  and  the  sensation,  as  if  a  thin  stool 
would  come  on  every  minute. 

Rhus  toxicodendron  1  or  2,  is  frequently  specific  in  summer 
diarrhoea.  The  patients  complain  that  they  have  to  go  to  stool 
every  minute,  less  at  night  while  lying  quiet  :  the  stools  are  at 
first  thin,  mushy,  then  watery,  brown,  but  getting  lighter  by 
degrees,  more  or  less  painful,  appetite  very  little  altered  ;  the 
thirst,  moderate  in  the  beginning,  increases  with  the  frequency 
of  the  stools. 

Acidum  phosphoricum  £d,  5  drops  every  one  or  two  hours.  B, 
a  weakly,  thin  man  of  mild  temperament,  suffered  since  July 
3d  with  increasing  painless  diarrhoea,  with  much  rolling  and 
gurgling  in  abdomen.  Tongue  coated,  no  appetite,  great  thirst, 
pulse  is  soft,  and  skin  perspires  quickly  in  bed.  Great  malaise 
and  mental  depression.  P.  a.  6  No.  2,  cured  the  case  in  less 
than  three  days. 

The  indication  for  P.  a.  6  we  get  from  the  painlessness  of 
the  stools,  the  conspicuous  gurgling  in  abdomen,  as  if  the  bow- 
els could  not  withstand  by  any  contractions  the  motions  of  the 
fluid,  the  easy  perspiration,  the  softness  of  the  pulse  and  the 
great  depression  of  the  mind. 

Ferrum  muriaticum.  Mrs.  B.,  a  tender,  slender,  shy  blonde, 
lost  on  the  first  of  July  her  only  child  by  an  attack  of  cholera. 
On  the  second  she  was  taken  down  with  a  painless  diarrhoea, 


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and  the  watery  passages  lost  their  color  more  and  more.  P.  a. 
5,  given  up  to  the  5th,  only  reduced  the  number  of  the  stools. 
Menstruation  appeared  now  profusely  and  threatened  to  ex- 
haust the  patient.  Liquor  ferri  sesqui-chlorid,  2d  dilution,  5 
drops  every  one  or  two  hours  stopped  the  diarrhoea  and  the  mon- 
orrhagia. 

W.,  a  thin  man  in  poor  circumstances,  suffered  from  greenish, 
painless,  watery  diarrhoea,  increased  after  any  kind  of  food.  He 
has  good  appetite,  little  thirst,  and  except  some  debility  feels 
well  enough  in  bed.  For  several  days  he  received  Veratrum, 
P.  a.  5,  Arsenicum  without  any  benefit.  The  muriate  of  iron 
cured  him  then  quickly. 

Veratrurh  album.  A  robust  watchman,  60  years  old,  living 
in  a  basement,  where  already  fifteen  cases  of  cholera  had  died. 
At  9  p.  m..  I  found  him  suffering  with  severe  vomiting  and 
purging  of  watery  masses  with  precordial  anxiety,  pulse  and 
temperature  not  materially  altered.  Verat.  alb.  x  5  drops  every 
five  to  fifteen  minutes.  Towards  morning  vomiting  and  purg- 
ing were  nearly  stopped,  but  the  bowels  rolled  yet  considerably, 
the  skin  transpired  profusely,  pulse  soft  and  full  This  last 
symptom  is  probably  caused  by  weakness  or  paresis  of  the 
nerves  going  to  blood  vessels  or  muscles,  and  is  well  met  by  P. 
a.  6,  which  sufficed  for  a  perfect  cure. 

A  severe  attack  of  vomiting  and  painful  purging  of  watery 
stools  was  removed  in  a  few  hours  by  Verat.  alb.  2  5  gtt.  every 
J  hour. 

Veratum  alb.  2,  5  gtt.  every  \  hour  cured  also  a  severe  case 
of  vomiting  of  watery  masses  without  diarrhoea. 

A  poor  woman,  46  years  old,  living  in  a  cellar,  was  attacked 
with  cholera  asphyxia.  She  had  already  the  vox  cholerica,  se- 
vere muscular  spasms  in  the  extremities,  skin  cold  with  the 
fold  remaining,  filiform  pulse,  painful  diarrhoea  and  vomiting 
of  watery  masses.  Verat.  2  every  J  hour.  In  24  hours  great 
improvement,  the  pulse  better  and  had  twice  ^urinated.  Com- 
plained mostly  about  restlessness  with  abdominal  and  lumbar 
pains.  Ars.  4,  5  gtt.  every  £  hour.  Impioved  steadily  now 
and  the  remaining  vertigo  was  quickly  removed  by  Phosphor  8 
every  two  hours. 

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THE  CHOPRA  IN  BERLIN. 

Arsenicum.  A  delicate  woman,  who  had  lost  her  child  from 
cholera  and  hydrocephalus  was  attacked  with  diarrhoea  on 
the  13th  of  July,  increasing  in  severity  in  spite  of  Ipecac,  P. 
a.  6,  Ver.  alb.  and  Gratiola.  On  the  18th  of  July  the  stools 
were  greenish,  watery,  little  painful,  great  thirst  with  scanty  uri- 
nation and  anxious  feelings  in  prsecordia,  the  tongue  from  the 
beginning  moderately  coated,  appetite  entirely  gone.  Arsenic. 
4,  5  drops  every  two  hours  up  to  the  20th  brought  improve- 
ment, when  I  changed  to  China  f.  *  in  the  same  dose,  to  aid 
nature  in  removing  the  remaining  great  debility. 

Mrs.  S.,  about  30  years  old,  confined  five  days  ago,  took 
sick  on  the  21st  of  July  in  consequence  of  errors  in  her  diet 
being  attacked  by  a  rice  water  diarrhoea,  with  severe  pains 
in  bowels,  muscular  cramps  in  extremities  and  loius,  great 
thirst,  nausea  without  vomiting,  anxiety  and  shivering.  Ars, 
8,  5  drops  every  J  hour  removed  all  danger  in  24  hours, 
and  a  relapse,  caused  by  cold  beer  was  removed  by  the  same 
remedy. 

My  own  daughter,  four  years  old,  always  disposed  to  diar- 
rhoea, got  febris  catarrhalis  in  August,  1866,  when  two  per- 
sons lay  sick  with  cholera  in  our  house.  The  bronchial  ca- 
tarrh was  combined  with  a  diarrhoea,  the  stools  getting 
daily  of  a  lighter  color,  consisting  only  of  mucus  and  in- 
testinal shreds  with  single  streaks  of  blood.  She  complained 
of  very  little  pain.  Great  thirst,  but  no  appetite.  Aconite 
and  then  Bryonia  removed  the  bronchial  affection,  but  it  needed 
Arsenic  *  for  the  cure  of  the  abdominal  symptoms. 

GELSEMINTJM    IN    GONORRHOEA. 


Dr.  O'Brien,  of  South  Shields,  reports  to  British  Journal  of 
Homoeopathy,  that  "  This  disease  is  treated  with  Gels.  1st  dec, 
drop  doses  every  two  hours,  and  out  of  thirty  cases  I  cannot 
report  one  unsuccessful ;  the  disease,  in  the  majority  of  these 
cases,  being  cured  in  about  ten  days  at  the  furthest. 

In  spermatorrhoea  I  can  report  two  cases  successfully  treated 
by  Gels.  2  dec,  but  where  the  condition  was  complicated  with 
diuresis,  I  found  a  dose  of  Sulphur  3  at  bedtime  a  useful  auxil- 
iary." 


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*T  TKMFL1  8.  HOTMB,  A.  M.,  M.  ».,  OHXCAOO. 


Tt  is  my  intention  in  this  monograph  to  give  all  the  symptoms  of  a 
fever  under  its  proper  heading,  but  as  many  fevers  have  a  few  symp- 
toms in  common,  I  have  arranged  these  under  the  head  of  "  symp- 
toms common  to  all  fevers*9  in  order  to  save  useless  repetition. 


MEDICINES   MENTIONED   AND   THEIR   ABBREVIATIONS. 


Aconite,  Aeon. 

Ammoniaoum,  A  mm. 

Ammonium  muriaticum,  Amm  mur 
Angustura,  Ang 

Antimonium  crudum,  Ant  c. 

Antimonium  tartaricum,       Ant  t. 
Apis  mellifioa,  Apis. 

Apoeynum  androsemifolium,Apoo  a 


Arnica  montana,  Arn. 

Arum  triphyllum,  Arum. 

Baptisia  tinctoria,  Bapt, 

Baryta  carbonioum,  Bar. 

Belladonna,  Bell. 

Bryonia  alba,  Bry. 

Oalcarea  carbonica,  Calc. 

Camphora,  Oamph 

Cantharis,  Canth. 

Oapsioum,  Caps 

Oarbo  vegetabilis,  Carb  veg. 

Caustieum,  Caust. 

Chamomilla,  Cham. 

China  officinalis,  Chin 

Cicuta  virosa,  Cic 

Cimicifuga  raoemosa,  Cimicif. 

Cina,  Cina, 

Cocculus,  Cooc. 

Coffea  cruda,  Coff. 

Cornus  circinata,  Cor  cir 

Crocus,  Croc 

Cuprum,  Cupr. 

Dulcamara,  Dulc. 

Eupatorium  perforatum,  Eup  perf. 

Euphorbium  officinarum,  Euphorb. 
Oelseminum  semper  virens,  Gels. 
Hepar  sulphuris  calcarea,       Hep. 

Hyosciamus,  Hyos. 

Hydrastis  canadensis,  Hyd. 

lodium,  Iod. 


Ignatia, 

Ipecacuanha, 

Iris  versicolor, 

Leptandra  virginioa, 

Lachesis, 

Lycopodium, 

Mercurius, 

Moschus, 

Muriatic  acid, 

Natrum  muriaticum, 

Nitric  acid, 

Nux  mosohata, 

Nux  vomica, 

Opium, 

Phosphorus, 

Phosphoric  acid, 

Platina, 

Podophyllum  peltatum, 

Pulsatilla, 

Rhus  toxicodendron, 

Sabadilla, 


x 

Iris. 

Lept. 

Lach, 

Lye. 

Merc. 

Mosch. 

Mur  ao. 

Natr  mur. 

Nit  ao. 

Nux  mosch. 

Nux  vom. 

Op. 

Phos. 

Phac. 

Plat. 

Podo. 

Puis. 

Rhus. 

Sabad. 


Sanguinaria  canadensis,  Sang  can. 

Sambucus,  Samb. 

Secale  cornutum,  Sec  cor. 

Sepia,  Sep. 

Silicia,  Sil. 

Spigelia,  Spig. 

Stannum,  Stan. 

Stramonium,  Stram. 

Sulphur,  Sulph. 

Sulphurio  acid,  Sulph  ao. 

Thuja,  Thuj. 

Veratrum  album,  Verat  a, 

Veratrum  viride,  Verat  v. 

Xanthoxylum  fraxineum,  Xan', 

Zincum  metallicum,  Zinc. 

Zisia  aurea,  Zis. 


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SECTION  1. 

SYMPTOMS  COMMON  TO  ALL  FEVERS. 

[The  most  important  remedies  are  in  italics.] 

MENTAL   8TMPTOMS. 

Anxiety. — Aeon,  amm,  amm  mur,  ant  o,  ant  t,  apis,  am,  airs %  bar % 
beHy  bry%  cole,  canth,  carb  veg,  caust,  cham,  chin,  oic,  cocc,  coff,  oupr, 
gelsem,  hep,  hyos,  tgn,  laoh,  lye,  mere,  mar  ac,  nit  ac,  nux  vom,  op 
phos,  ph  ao,  plat,  puis,  rhus,  sabad,  samb,  sang  can,  sep,  sil  spig,  stan, 
stram,  sulph,  thuj,  verat  a,  xan. 

Gayety — Ang,  ant  t,  apis,  fe#,  caps,  oio,  cimieif,  coff,  croc,  gelsem 
hyos,  ign,  iod,  lach,  lye,  natr  mur,  nux  mosoh,  op,  phos,  ph  ao,  plat, 
sabad,  spig,  stram,  verat  a,  zino,  sis. 

Hopelessness — Aoon,  amm  mur,  apis,  am,  ars,  bar,  bell,  bry,  ealo, 
camph,  canth,  earb  veg,  caust,  cham,  chin,  coff,  hep,  ign,  iod,  lye, 
mere,  nit  ao,  nux  vom,  phos,  ph  ao,  pod,  puis,  rhus,  sep,  sil,  spig, 
stram,  sulph,  sulph  ao,  thuj,  ziz. 

Indifference — Amm  mur,  apis,  am,  ars,  bell,  oale,  caust,  cham, 
chin,  oio,  ooo,  cor  eir,  ign,  ip,  lyo,  mero,  mur  ao,  natr  mur,  nit  ao,  nux 
vom,  op,  phos,ph  ac,  plat,  puis,  sep,  sil,  stram,  sulph,  zinc,  ziz. 

Irritability — Aeon,  amm  mur,  ang,  ant  o,  apis,  am,  ars,  arum,  bar, 
bell,  bry,  oalc,  oamph,  canth,  carb  veg,  caust,  cham,  chin,  cooc,  coff, 
oor  oir,  oroo,  oupr,  dulo,  gelsem,  hep.  hyos,  ign;  iod,  ip,  iris,  laoh,  lept, 
lyo,  mero,  natr  mur,  nit  ac,  nux  vom,  op,  phos,  ph  ac,  puis,  sang  can, 
sep,  stan,  stram,  sulph,  sulph  ao,  verat  a,  xan,  ziz,  zino. 

Comprehension  Difficult — Amm,  ant  o,ars,  bar,  bapt,  bell,  bry,  oalc, 
camph,  caps,  carb  veg;  caust,  oham,  chin,  coco,  coff,  cor  cir,  caps,  dulo, 
gelsem,  hep,  hyos,  ign,  iris,  lept,  lye,  mero,  mosch,  mur  ao,  natr  mur, 
nit  ao,  nux  mosch,  nux  vom,  op,  phos,  ph  ac,  plat,  puis,  rhus,  sabad, 
see  oor,  sep,  sil,  spig,  stan,  stram,  sulph,  thuj,  verat  a,  zinc. 

Delirium — Aeon,  amm,  ant  o,  apis,  am,  ars,  arum,  bapt,  bell,  bry, 
oalc,  camph,  canth,  cham,  ohin,  oic,  cimicif,  cina,  oroc,  oupr,  dulo, 
gelsem,  hyos,  ign,  iod,  laoh,  lyo,  mere,  nux  mosoh,  nux  vom,  op,  phos, 
ph  ao,  plat,  podo,  puis,  rhus,  sabad,  samb,  sang  can,  see  cor,  stram, 
sulph,  sulph  ac  verat  a,  verat  v,  ziz. 

Imbecility — Ant  o,  ars,  bapt,  bar,  bell,  calc,  caps,  oham,  cooc,  dulo, 
gelsem,  hjd,  hyos,  ign,  iris,  lach,  lye,  mere,  mosch,  mur  ao  natr- 
mur,  nux  mosoh,  nux  vom,  op,  ph  ox,  puis,  rhus,  sabad,  seo  cor,  sep, 
sil,  stan,  stram,  sulph  ao,  verat  a. 

Insensibility— Aeon,  amm,  ant  t,  am,  ars,  bar,  bell,  bry,  oalo,  oamph, 


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canth,  chain,  chin,  cio,  cocc,  cupr,  hyos,  ip,  lach,  lye,  mere,  mosch, 
mar  ac,  natr  mar,  nit  ac,  dux  mosch,  nux  vom,  op.  phos,  ph  ac,  plat, 
puis,  rhus,  sec  cor,  sep,  sil,  spig,  stan,  stram,  sulph,  verat  a,  xan. 

Dizziness — Aeon,  amm,  amm  mur,  ang,  ant  c,  ant  t,  apis,  am,  ars, 
arum,  bapt,  bar,  bell,  bry,  calc,  camph,  cantb,  caps,  carb  veg,  canst, 
oham.  chin,  cic,  cimicif,  coff,  croc,  cupr,  dulc,  eup  perf,  euphorb, 
gelsem,  hep,  hyos,  ign,  ip,  iod,  laeh,  lept,  lye,  mere,  mosch,  mur  ac, 
natr  mur,  nit  ac,  nux  mosch,  nux  vom,  op,  phos,  phac,  plat,  podo, 
puis,  rhus,  sabad,  samb,  sang  can,  sec  cor,  sep,  sil,  spig,  stan,  stram, 
sulph,  sulph  ac,  thuj,  verat  a,  verat  v,  xan,   zinc,  ziz. 

HEAD. 

Headache  in  General — Aeon,  amm,  amm  mur,  ang,  ant  c,  ant  t, 
apis,  apoc  a,  am,  ars,  arum,  bapt,  bar,  bell,  bry,  calc,  camph,  cauth, 
caps,  carb  veg,  caust,' cham,  chin,  cic,  cimicif,  cina,  cocc,  coff,  cor  cir, 
croc,  cupt,  dulc,  eup  perf,  euphorb,  gelsem,  hep,  hyos,  ign,  iod,  ip, 
iris,  lach,  lept,  lye.  mere,  mosch,  mur  ac,  natr  mur,  nit  ac,  nux  mosch 
nux  vom,  op,  phos,  ph  ac,  plat,  podo,  puis,  rhus,  sabad,  samb,  sang 
can,  sec  cor,  sep,  sil,  spig,  stan,  stram,  sulph,  sulph  ac,  thuj,  verat  a, 
verat  v,  xan,  zinc,  ziz. 

In  the  Forehead  -Aeon,  amm,  amm  mur,  ang,  ant  c,  ant  t,  ars, 
arum,  ars,  bar,  bell,  bry,  calc,  camph,  canth,  caps,  carb  veg,  bapt, 
oaust,  cham,  chin,  cic,  cimicif,  cina,  coce,  coff,  croc,  cupr,  dulc,  eup 
perf,  euphorb,  gelsem,  hep,  hyos,  hyd,  ign,  iod,  ip,  iris,  lach,  lept, 
lye,  mere,  mosch,  mur  ac,  natr  mur,  nit  ac,  nux  mosch,  nux  vom,  op, 
phos,  ph  ac,  plat,  podo,  puis,  rhus,  sabad,  samb,  sang  can,  sec  cor, 
sep,  sil,  spig,  stan,  stram,  sulph,  sulph  ac,  thuj,  verat  a,  verat  v, 
zinc. 

In  the  Temples — Aeon,  amm,  amm  mur,  ang,  ant  c,  ant  t,  apis,  am, 
ars,  arum,  bapt,  bar,  bell,  bry,  calc,  camph,  canth,  caps,  carb  veg, 
caust,  cham,  chin,  cimicif,  cina,  cocc,  coff,  croc,  cupr,  dulc.  eup  perf, 
euphorb,  gelsem,  hep,  hyos,  hyd,  ign,  iod,  ip,  iris,  lach,  lept,  lyo, 
mere,  mosch,  mur  ac,  natr  mua,  nit  ac,  nux  mosch,  nux  vom,  phos,  ph 
ac,  plat,  podo,  puis,  rhus,  sabad,  samb,  sang  can,  sep,  sil,  spig,  stan, 
stram,  sulph,  sulph  ac,  thuj,  verat  a,  verat  v,  zine,  ziz. 

In  the  Sides  of  the  Head — Aeon,  amm,  amm  mur,  ang.  ant  t,  apoo 
a,  am,  ars,  arum,  bapt,  bar,  bell,  bry,  calc,  camph,  canth,  caps,  carb 
veg,  caust,  cham,  chin,  cic,  cimicif,  cina,  cocc,  coff,  croc,  cupr,  dulce, 
eup  perf,  euphorb,  gelsem,  hep,  hyos,  ign,  iod,  iris,  lach,  lye,  mere, 
mosch,  mur  ac,  natr  mur,  nit,  ac,  nux  mosch,  nux  vom,  phos,  ph  ac, 
plat,  puis,  rhus,  sabad,  sang  can,  sep,  sil,  sulph,  sulph  ac,  thuj,  verat 
a,  zinc,  ziz. 

In  the  Crown — Aeon,  amm,  amm  mur,  ant  c,  ant  t,  am,  ars,  bar, 
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bell,  bry,  calc,  canth,  caps,  carb  veg,  canst,  chin,  cimioif,  cina, 
coco,  croo,  cupr,  dale,  eup  perf,  glsem,  hep,  hyos,  ign,  iod,  ip,  lach, 
lye,  mere,  mosch,  mar  ao,  natr  mur,  nit  ao,  nux  mosch,  nux  vom, 
phos,  ph  ao,  plat,  podo,  pals,  rhus,  sabad,  samb,  sep,  ail,  spig, 
stan,  strain,  salph,  sulph  ao,  thuj,  vet  at  a,  zino. 

In  the  Back  of  the  Head — Aeon,  amm,  amm  mar,  ang,  ant  t, 
apoo  a.  am,  ars,  arum,  bapt,  bar.  bell.  bry.  oalo  cam  ph.  canth. 
caps,  carb  veg.  caast.  chin.  cio.  oimicif.  cina.  coff.  croc.  cupr.  dale 
eup  perf.  gehem.  hep.  hyd.  ign.  iod.  ip.  iris.  lyo.  mere,  mosch. 
mar  ao.  natr  mur.  nit  ao.  nux  mosoh.  nux  vom.  op.  phos.  ph  ao. 
plat.  pals.  rhus.  sabad.  samb.  sec  cor.  sep.  sil.  spig.  stan.  sulph. 
sulph  ao.  thuj.  verat  a.  zinc. 


Photophobia — Aeon.  amm.  amm  mur.  ant  o.  apis.  am.  ars.  bar. 
bell.  bry.  calc.  camph.  caust.  cham.  chin.  cio.  cina.  coff.  oroc.  cupr. 
oup  perf.  gelsem.  hep  hyos.  ign.  lye.  mere,  mur  ao.  natr  mur.  nit 
ac.  nux  mosch.  nux  vom.  phos.  ph  ao.  puis.  rhus.  sep.  sil.  spig. 
strain,  sulph.  sulph  ac.  ziz. 

Pupils  Dilated — Aeon.  ang.  arn.  ars.  bell.  calc.  camph.  canth. 
caps,  oaust.  chin.  cic.  cina.  *  croc.  cupr.  dulc.  euphorb.  gelsem,  hep. 
hyos.  ign.  ip.  lye.  mere,  mosch.  mur  ac.  nit  ao.  nux  vom.  op.  phos. 
ph  ao.  puis.  rhus.  samb.  sang  can.  sec  cor.  spig.  stan.  stram.  thuj. 
verat  a.  verat  v.  zino, 

EARS. 

Hardness  of  Hearing — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-o  arn  ars 
bapt  bar  bell  bry  calc  canth  caps  carb-veg  caust  cham  chin  cio 
coff  cooo  oroo  dulc  euphorb  hep  hyos  ign  iod  ip  lach  lye  mere 
mosch  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  plat  puis 
rhus  sabad  sec-cor  sop  sil  spig  stan  stram  sulph  sulph-ac  thuj 
verat- a  zino. 

NOSE. 

Epistaxis — Aeon  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  arn  apis  arum  bar 
bell  bry  calc  oupr  dulc  hep  hyd  hyos  ign  iod  ip  lach  lyo  mere 
mosch  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-mosoh  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ao 
plat  puis  rhus  sabad  samb  sec-oor  sep  sil  stan  stram  sulph  sulph* 
ac  thuj  verat-a  zino. 

FACE. 

Face  Pale — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ant-t  apis  arn  ars  bell  bry  oalo 
oamph  oanth  caps  carb-veg  caust  cham  chin  cio  cina  coff  oroo 
oupr  dulo  eup-perf  euphorb  gelsem  hep  hyos  ign  iod  ip  lach  lyo 
mere  mosoh    natr-mur    nit-ac    nux-mosoh    nux  vom  op  phos  ph  ac 


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plat  podo  pals  rhus  samb  sang-can  seo-cor  sep  sil  spig  stanstram 
sulph  sulph-ac  verat-a  verat-v  zinc  ziz. 

Face  Red — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  apis  am  ars 
bapt  bar  bell  bry  calo  camph  oanth  caps  oarb-veg  caust  cham  chin 
cio  cimicif  cina  cocc  coff  croc  oupr  dale  eup-perf  eapborb  gelsem 
hep  hyos  ign  iod  ip  lach  lye  mere  mosch  mur-ac  natr-mur  nux- 
mosch  nux-vom  op  pbos  ph-ao  plat  pals  rhus  sabad  samb  sang-can 
seo-cor  sep  sil  spig  stan  stram  sulph  sulph-ac  thuj  verat-a  zinc 
ziz. 

Face  Sallow — Ars  bry  canth  chin  cio  croc  eup-perf  gelsem  hyos 
ign  ip  lye  mere  mosch  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-vom  op  phos  podo  samb 
seo-cor  sep  sil  zinc. 

Face  Yellow— 'Aeon  ant-c  am  ars  bell  bry  calc  canth  carb-veg 
caust  cham  chin  cina  cocc  croc  dulo  euphorb  gelsem  hep  hyd  ign 
iod  lach  lye  mere  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  poao  puis 
rhus  sabad  sec-cor  sep  sil  spig  stan  sulph  sulph-ac  verat-a. 

Fuffiness  of  the  Face — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  apis  am  ars  arum 
bar  bell  bry  calc  canth  caps  carb-veg  caust  cham  chin  cic  cina 
ooce  cupr  dulc  euphorb  hep  hyos  iod  ip  lach  lye  mere  mosch 
natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-mosch  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ae  puis  rhus  samb 
sec-cor  sep  sil  spig  stan  stram  sulph  sulph-ac  verat-a  ziz. 

MOUTH. 

Tongue  Coated — Aeon  amm  ang  ant-c  ant-t  apis  am  ars  bapt 
bar  bell  bry  calc  canth  carb-veg  caust  cham  chin  cina  coeo  cor-cir 
oroe  oupr  eup-perf  euphorb  gelsem  hyd  ign  iod  ip  iris  lach  lept 
lye  mere  mur-ao  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-mosch  nux-vom  phos  ph-ae 
podo  puis  rhus  sabad  sang-can  sec-cor  sep  sil  spig  stan  sulph  thuj 
verat-v  xan  zinc  ziz. 

Offensive  Breath — Aeon  amm  ang  ant-e  ant-t  am  ars  bar  bell  bry 
calc  camph  canth  caps  carb-veg  cham  chin  cimicif  coec  coff  oroe  cupr 
dulc  eup-perf  gelsem  hep  hyd  hyos  ign  iod  ip  lach  lye  mere  natr-mur 
nit-ac  nux-mosch  nux-vom  phos  ph-ac  podo  rhus  sep  sil  spig  stan 
stram  sulph  thuj  zinc. 

APPETITE    AND    THIRST. 

Loss  of  Appetite — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  apis  am  ars 
arum  bapt  bar  bell  bry  calc  canth  caps  earb-veg  oaust  cham  chin  cio 
cimicif  ooce  coff  cor  cir  eroc  eupr  dulc  eup-perf  euphorb  gelsem  hep 
hyos  ign  iod  ip  iris  lach  lye  mere  mosch  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux 
mosch  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  plat  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  sang-can  sec- 
cor  sep  sil  spig  stan  stram  sulph  sulph-ac  thuj  verat-a  zino  ziz. 

Thirst — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-e  ant-t  apis  am  ars  arum 
bapt  bar  bell  bry  calc  canth  caps  earb-veg  caust  cham  chin  oic  cina 


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lyo  mere  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  plat  podo  puis 
rhus  sabad  samb  sep  sil  spig  stan  strain  sulph  sulph-ao  tbuj  verat-a 
zinc  ziz. 

Want  of  Thirst — Amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-o  ant-tapis  arn  ars  onto* 
bell  bry  calc  oamph  oanth  caps  carb-veg  oaust  chin  oina  oocc  coff  dulo 
euphorb  eup-perf  gelsem  hep  hyos  ign  ip  lach  lyo  mere  mosch  mur-ao 
nit-ac  nux-mosch  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  plat  puis  rhus  sabad  samb 
sep  spig  stram  sulph  thuj  verat-a  zinc. 

TASTE. 

Bitter — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-o  ant-t  arn  ars  bapt  bell  bry 
oalo  oamph  oanth  carb-veg  caust  clmm  chin  cooo  coff  cor-cvr  croo  oupr 
dulo  euphorb  gelsem  hep  hyd  hyos  ign  iod  ip  lye  mere  mur-ao  natr- 
mur  nit-ao  nux-mosch  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  puis  rhus  sabad  sang-can 
sector  sep  sil  stan  stram  sulph  sulph-ao  thuj  verat-a  verat-v  zino 
ziz. 

Metallic — Calo  oocc  cupr  hep  ip  mere  nux-vom  rhus  sulph  zino. 

Sour — Arn  amm-mur  ant-t  ars  bar  bell  calo  oanth  caps  carb-veg 
oaust  oham  chin  oina  oocc  croc  cupr  hep. ign  iod  ip  lyo  mere  mur-ao 
natr-mur  nit-ac  nuxvom  oippkos  ph-ac  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  sec-cor  sep 
sil  stan  stram  sulph  sulph-ao  thuj  verat-a  zino. 

Sweet — Aeon  amm  ars  bar  bell  bry  calc  canth  carb-veg  chin  coco 
coff  oroc  oupr  hep  hyos  iod    ip  lyo  mere  mer-ao  nit-ao  nux-vom  phos  - 
plat  puis  rhus  sabad  samb  sep  stan  sulph  sulph-ao  thuj  verat-a  zino. 

GASTRIC    SYMPTOMS. 

Eructations— Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ante  ant-tapis  arn  ars  bapt 
bar  bell  bry  calo  oamph  oanth  caps  carb-veg  caust  cham  chin  cic  oina 
eocc%ooti  croc  cupr  dulo  euphorb  eup-perf  hep  hyd  hyos  ign  iod  ip 
iris  lach  lyo  mere  mosch  mur-ao  natr-mur  nit-ao  nux-mosch  nuxvom 
op  phos  ph-ac  plat  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  sang-can  sec-cor  sep  sil  spig 
stan  stram  sulph  sulph-ac  thuj  verat-a  xan  zinc. 

Nausea — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  apis  apoo-a  arn  ars 
bapt  bar  bell  bry  calo  oamph  canth  caps  carb-veg  caust  cham  chin  cio 
oimicif  oina  oooo  coff  cor-cir  croo  cupr  dulo  euphorb  eup  per/  gelsem 
hep  hyd  hyos  ign  iod  ip  iris  lach  lept  lyo  mere  mosoh  mur-ao  natr- 
mur  nit-ac  nux-mosoh  nuxvom  op  phos  ph-ac  j>\&t  podo  puis  rhus 
sabad  samb  sang-can  sec-cor  sep  sil  spig  stan  stram  sulph  sulph-ao 
thuj  verat-a  verat-v  zino  ziz. 

Vomiting — Aoon  amm  amm-mur  ant-o  ant- tapis  apoc-a  arn  ars  bapt 
bar  bell  bry  oalo  oamph  canth  caps  oarb-veg  oaust  cham  ohin  cio 
oimicif  oina  oooo  coff  cupr  dulo  euphorb  eup-perf  hep   hyos  ign  iod 


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ip  iris  lach  lye  mere  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-mosoh  nuz-vom  op  phos  ph- 
ac  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  samb  sang-can  seo-cor  sep  sil  stan  strain 
sulph  sulph-ao  thuj  verat-a  verat-v  zinc  ziz. 

FLATULENCY. 

Flatulency  in  General — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  apoc-a 
am  rrs  bapt  bar  bell  bry  ealc  oamph  caoth  caps  carb-veg  caust  cham 
chin  cic  cimioif  oina  eoce  coff  cor-eir  oroe  cupr  dulc  euphorb  gelsem 
hep  hyos  ign  iod  ip  lach  lept  lye  mere  mur-ac  natr-mar  nit-ac  nux- 
mosch  nuz-vom  op  phos,  ph-ao  plat  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  samb  sang- 
can  seo-cor  sep  sil  spig  stan  strain  sulph  sulph'ac  thuj  verat-a  zinc. 

Borborgymus — Aoon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  apis  arn  ars 
arum  bapt  bar  bell  bry  ealc  canth  caps  carb-veg  caust  eham  chin  oic 
cimicif  cina  coco  coff  cor  cir  croc  cupr  dulc  euphorb  gelsem  hep  hyos 
hyd  ign  iod  ip  iris  lept  lye  uerc  mosch  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ao  nur- 
mosoh  nux-uom  phos  ph-ac  podo^ puis  rhus  sabad  samb  ujjodr  sep  a£T 
spig  stan  stram  sulph  sulph-ao  thuj  verat-a  verat-v  xan  sine.  * 

EVACUATION. 

Constipation — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-o  ant-t  apoc-a  arn  ars 
bapt  bar  bell  bry  ealc  camph  canth  caps  carb-veg  caust  cham  chin  oic 
oimioif  cir-cor  cocc  coff  cor-cir  cupr  dulc  euphorb  eup-perf  gelsem 
hep  hyd  hyos  ign  iod  iris  lach  lye  mere  mosch  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux- 
mosoh  nuz-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  plat  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  sang-can  sep 
sil  spig  8 tan  stram  sulph  sulph -ac  thuj  verat-ac  zinc. 

Diarrhoea — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  apis  apoc-a  arn  ars 
arum  bapt  bar  bell  bry  oalo  canth  caps  carb-veg  caust  cham  chin  oio 
oimioif  cina  cocc  coff  cor-cir  croc  cupr  dulc  euphorb  eup-perf  gelsem 
hep  hyd  hyos  ign  iod  ip  iris  lach  lept  lyo  mere  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ao 
mix  mosoh  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  plat  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  sang-can 
oec-oor  sep  sil  spig  stan  stram  sulph  sulph-ac  thuj  verat-a  verat-v 
zinc. 

Bloody  Stools — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ant-c  ant-t  apis  arn  ars  bapt 
bar  bell  bry  ealc  canth  caps  carb-veg  caust  cham  chin  croc  cupr  dulc 
hep  hyd  hyos  ign  iod  ip  iris  lach  lye  mere  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ao  nux- 
mosoh  nuz-vom  phos  ph-ao  plat  pods  puis  rhus  sabad  sec-cor  sep  sil 
stan  stram  sulph  sulph-ao  thuj  verat-a  zino. 

Tenderness  of  the  Epigastrium  on  Pressure — Aeon  amm  amm-mur 
ang  ant-o  apis  arn  ars  bapt  bar  bell  bry  ealc  camph  caps  carb-veg 
caust  ohin  cimioif  cina  cupr  dulc  gelsem  hep  hyos  ign  iod  ip  lach  lye 
mere  mosch  mur-ao  natr-mur  nit-ao  nux-mosch  nux-vom  phos  ph-ac 
plat  puis  rhus  sabad  samb  sang-can  sep  si/ spig  stan  stram  sulph  sulph- 
ao  thuj  verat-a  xan  zinc  ziz. 


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URINE. 

Too  Copious — Aeon  amm-mur  ant-c  ant-t  apis  apoc-a  arum  bapt 
bar  bell  bry  calo  canth  oarb-veg  caust  cham  chin  cic  cimicifcm&  coco 
coff  cupr  dulo  eup-perf  gelsem  hep  hyd  hyos  ign  iris  lach  lye  mere 
mosch  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-vom  phos  ph-ao  puis  rhus  sabad 
samb  sang-can  sec-cor  sep  spig  stan,  stram  sulph  sulph-ac  thuj  verat-a 
verat-v  van  zinc. 

Too  Scanty — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ant-c  ant-t  apis  arn  ars  bapt  bar 
bell  bry  ealc  camph  canth  caps  carb-veg  caust  cham  chin  cic  cocc 
coff  cor-cir  cupr  dulc  euphorb  eup-perf  hep  hyos  iod  ip  lach  lept  lye 
mere  natr-mur  nit-ao  nux-mosh  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ao  podo  puis  rhus 
sabad  samb  sec-cor  sep  sil  stan  stram  sulph  sulph-ac  verat  a  zinc. 

Retention — Aeon  arn  ars  bell  ealc  camph  canth  cups  carb-veg 
canst  ehin  oie  oimicif  cupr  dulo  euphorb  hep  hyos  iod  ip  lach  lye 
mere  mur-ao  nit-ao  nux-vom  op  ph-ac  podo  puis  rhus  sec-cor  sep  sil 
stan  stram  sulph  verat-a  zinc. 

Dark — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ant-o  ant-t  apis  arn  ars  bapt  bar  bell 
bry  ealc  camph  canth  carb-veg  caust  ehin  coff  oor-cir  cupr  dulo  eup* 
perf  hep  iod  ip  iris  lach  lye  mere  nit-ao  nux-mosch  nux-vom  op  phos 
ph-ac  plat  puis  sep  sil  sulph  sulph-ac  thuj  berat-a. 

Pale—  Ang  ant-o  ant-t  apoc-a  arn  ars  arum  bell  bry  ealc  eanth  carb- 
veg  caust  cham  chin  cimicif  coco  cor-cir  dulc  eup-perf  gelsem  hep 
hyos  ign  iod  lach  mere  mosch  mur-ac  natr-mur  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac 
plat  puis  rhus  samb  sang-can  sec-cor,  sep  spig  stram  sulph  sulph-ao 
thuj  verat-a  verat-v  xan  zinc. 

Bloody — Aeon  ant-t  arn  ealc  canth  caps  chin  dulo  ip  lye  mere  phos 
ph-ac  puis  see-cor  sep  sulph  sulph-ac  zinc. 

COUGH. 

Cough  in  General — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  apis  arn 
ars  arum  bapt  bell  bry  ealc  camph  canth  caps  carb-veg  caust  cham 
chin  cic  cimicif  ointi  coco  coff  croc  cupr  dulc  euphorb  eup-perf  gelsem 
hep  hyos  ign  iod  ip  iris  lach  lept  lye  mere  mosch  mur-ac  natr-mur 
nit-ac  nux-mosch  nux-vom  op  phos  plat  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  samb 
sang  can  sec-cor  sep  sil  spig  stan  stram  sulph  sulph-ao  thuj  verat-a 
zinc  ziz. 

SKIN 

Burning  Eruption — Amm  amm-mur  ant-c  ant-t  apis  ars  arum  bar 
bell  bry  ealc  eanth  caps  carb-veg  caust  chin  cic  cocc  coff  dulc  eup- 
horb hep  hyd  ig  lach  lye  mere  natr-mur  nux-vom  phos  ph-ac  plat  puis 
rhus  s&b&d  sep  sil  spig  stan  stram  sulph  thuj  verat-a  zinc. 

Scarlet  Eruption — Aeon  amm  amm-mur   ant-c   apis  arn  ars  arum 


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euphorb  hep  hyos  iod  ip  lach  lye  mere  mur-ao  natr-mur  nit-ao  pboe 
ph-ac  pals  rhus  sabad  samb  sang-can  sep  sil  stan  stram  sulph  thuj 
sine. 

Itching  Eruption — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ant-c  ant-t  apis  am  ars 
arum  bar  bell  bry  eale  eanth  caps  oarb-veg  caust  chain  cie  eina  coeo 
oor-cir  cupr  dulc  gelsem  hep  hyd  ign  ip  lach  lye  mere  natr-mur  nit-ao 
nux-vom  phos  ph-ac  pals  rhus  sabad  sep  sil  spig  stan  stram  sulph  thuj 
verat-a  zinc  ziz. 

Miliary  Eruption — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ant-c  ant-t  apis  arn  ars 
bell  bry  calc  canth  carb-veg  caust  cham  chin  cupr  coff  dulo  hyos  ip 
lach  mere  natr-mur  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  puis  rhus  sec-cor  sep  sil 
stram  sulph  verat-a  zinc. 

Petechial  Eruption—  Arn  ars  bapt  bell  6rylaeh  nux-vom  phos  rhus 
sec-cor  sil  stram  sul ph-ac. 

Hyperesthesia — Aeon  arn  ant-o  ant-t  arn  ars  bapt  bar  bell  bay  calc 
camph  eanth  caps  carb-veg  cham  chin  oimicif  coff  gelsem  hep  ign  ip 
laeh  lye  mere  mosoh  natr-mur  nux-moseh  nux-vom  phos  ph-ac  puis 
rhus  sang-can  sec-cor  sep  sil  spig  stan  sulph  sulph-ao  thuj  verat-a  xan 
zinc  ziz. 

SLEEr. 

Sleeplessness — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ant-c  ant-t  apoc-a  ars  bar  bell 
bry  calc  camph  canth  caps  carb-veg  oaust  cham  chin  oooc  coff  cupr 
dale  euphorb  hep  hyos  ign  iod  ip  lach  mere  mosch  mur-ae  natr-mur 
nit-ao  nux  mosch  nux  vom  op  phos  ph-ac  plat  puis  rhus  sabad  sang- 
can  sec-cor  sep  sil  spig  stan  stram  sulph  sulph-ac  thuj  verat-a  zino 
ziz. 

Drowsiness — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  arn  ars  arum  bar 
bell  bry  eale  oamph  eanth  caps  carb-veg  oaust  cham  ohin  eio  oina 
coco  coff  cor-oir  croc  cupr  dulo  euphorb  gelsem  hep  hyos  hyd  ign  ip 
iris  lach  lyo  mrrc  mosch  mur-ao  natr-mur  nit-ao  nux-moseh  nux-vom 
op  phos  ph-ac  plat  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  seo-eor  sep  sil  stan  stram 
sulph  sulph-ao  thuj  verat-a  xan  zine  ziz. 

Coma — Aeon  ang  ant.o  ant-t  arn  ars  bar  bell  bry  calo  camph  carb- 
veg  oaust  oham  cie  coco  croc  cupr  euphorb  gelsem  hyos  ign  lach  lept 
lye  mere  mosch  nit-ao  nuz-mosvh  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  puis  rhus 
sec-cor  sep  stan  stram  sulph  verat-a  zinc. 

Coma  Vigil — Aeon  ang  ant-o  bapt  bell  bry  oroc  gelsem  ign  laoh  lyo 
natr-mur  op  phos  plat  sep  sil  spig  stan  stram  sulph. 

PUL8E. 

Full — Aeon  ant-t  apis  arn  arum  bapt  bar  bell  bry  oamph  canth  chin 


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cimioif  cupr  dulc  gelsem  hep  hyos  ign  iod  lach  lept  mere  mosch  mur- 
ac  natr-mur  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  samb  sep  sil  spig  stram  sulph 
verat-a. 

Hard — Aeon  ant-t  apis  am  ars  arum  bar  beUbry  oamph  canth  cham 
chin  cina  cocc  cupr  dulc  hep  hyos  ign  iod  lach  mere  mosch  mur-ao 
natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  samb  sec-cor  sep  sil  spig  stram 
sulph  verat-a. 

Quickened — Aeon  ang  ant-c  aut-t  apis  arn  arum  ars  lept  bar  bell 
bry  calc  oamph  canth  carb-veg  chan  chin  cimioif  cina  cocc  croc  cupr 
gelsem  hep  hvd  hyos  ign  iodip  iris  lach  lye  mere  mosch  natr-mur  nit- 
ac  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  puis  rhus  samb  sang-can  sec-cor  sep  sil 
stan  stram  sulph  sul ph-ac  verat-a  verat-v  xan  zinc. 

Imperceptible — Aeon  ant-t  ars  bell  carb-veg  cic  cocc  cupr  dulc 
gelsem  hyos  iod  ip  mere  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  plat  podo  puis  rhus 
sang-can  sec-cor  sil  stan  stram  sulph  sulph-ac  verat-a  verat-v  zinc. 

Intermitting — Aeon  ang  ars  bry  canth  caps  carb-veg  cham  chin 
cimicifhep  hyos  lach  mur-ac  natr-mur  nux-vom  op  ph-ac  rhus  samb 
sec-cor  sep  stram  sulph  thuj  verat-a  zinc. 

Irregular — Aeon  ang  ant-c  ars  bell  bry  canth  caps  carb-veg  cham 
chin  cimicif  hep  hyos  lach  mere  mur  ao  natr-mur  nux-vom  op  ph- 
ac  rhus  samb  sang-can  sec-cor  sep  sil  spig  stram  sulph  thuj  verat- 
a  verat-v  zinc. 

Slow—  Ant-c  arn  ars  bapt  bell  camph  canth  chin  cic  cimioif  cupr 
dulc  gelsem  hep  hyd  hyos  ign  lept  mere  mosch  mur-ac  op  phos 
podo  puis  rhus  samb  sang-can  sec-cor  sil  spig  stram  thuj  verat-a 
verat-v. 

Small — Aeon  ant-c  ant-t  apis  arn  ars  bapt  bar  bell  bry  camph  canth 
carb-veg  cham  chin  cic  cina  coc  cupr  dulc  hyos  ign  iod  ip  lach 
mere  natr-mur  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  plat  puis  rhus  sabad  samb 
sec-cor  sil  spig  stan  stram  sulph  sulph-ac  thuj  verat-a  zinc. 

Soft — Aeon  ant-c  ant-t  arn  ars  bapt  bar  bell  camph  canth  carb- 
veg  cham  chin  cic  crocc  cupr  dulc  gelsem  hep  hyos  iod  ip  lach 
mere  mur-ac  natr  mur  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  plat  puis  rhus  sec-cor 
sil  spig  stram  sulph-ac  thuj  verat-a  verat-v. 

Trembling— Ang  ant-t  ars  bell  calc  camph  cic  cina  cocc  gelsem  iod 
lach  natr«mur  nux-mosch  phos  rhus  sep  spig  stram. 

Pulse  Slower  than  the  Beating  of  the  Heart — Dulc  sec-cor  verat-a. 

Putse  Quicker  than  the  Beating  of  the  Heart — Aeon  arn  rhus 
spig. 

COLD. 

Chilliness — Aeon   amm  amm-mur  ant-c  "ant-t  apis  apoo-a  arn  ars 


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bapt  bar  bell  bry  calo  camph  canth  caps  carb-veg  caust  cham  chin  cio 
cimicif  cina  cocc  coff  cor-cir  croo  cupr  dulc  euphorb  eup-perf  geUem 
hep  hyd  hyos  ign  ip  iris  lept  lyo  mere  moscb  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ao 
nux  niosch  nuz-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  plat  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  samb 
sang-can  sep  sil  spig  stan  strain  sulph  thuj  verat-a  verat-v  xan  zinc 
ziz. 

HEAT. 

Heat  in  general — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  apis  apoc-a 
am  ars  arum  bapt  bar  bell  bry  cale  camph  canth  caps  carb-veg  canst 
cham  chin  cic  cimicif  cina  cocc  coff  cor  cir  croc  cupr  dnlo  euphorb 
eup-perf  gelsem  hep  hyd  hyos  ign  iod  ip  iris  lach  lept  lye  mere  mosch 
mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-mosch  nuz-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  plat  podo 
4  puis  rhus  sabad  samb  sang- can  sec-cor  sep  sil  spig  stan  stram  sulph 
sul ph-ac  thuj  verat-a  verat-v  xan  zinc  ziz. 

PERSPIRATION. 

Perspiration  in  General — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  apis 
apoc-a  bapt  bar  bell  bry  calc  camph  canth  caps  carb-veg  caust  chum 
chin  cic  cimicif  cina  cocc  coff  cor-cir  croc  cupr  dulc  euphorb  eup-perf 
gelsem  hep  hyos  ign  iod  ip  irrs  lach  lyo  mere  mosch  mur-ac  natr-mur 
nit-ac  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  plat  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  samb  sec-cor 
sep  8\\  spig  stan  stram  sulph  sulph  ac  thuj  verat-a  verat-v  xan  zino 
ziz. 

Perspiration  on  the  fore  part  of  the  Body  —Am  bell  calc  canth  coco 
mere  rhus  sabad  sec-cor  sep. 

Perspiration  on  the  back  of  the  Body — Aeon  chin  coff  ip  nux-vom 
puis  sep  sil  stan  stram  sulph. 

Perspiration  on  the  upper  part  of  the  Body — Ant-t  eamph  caps 
carb-veg  cham  chin  cic  cina  dulc  ign  mosch  nux-vom  op  plat  samb  sec- 
cor  sep  spig  stan  stram  sulph-ac  verat-a, 

Perspiration  on  the  lower  part  of  the  Body — Amm  amm-mur  iod 
zinc. 

Perspiring  Easily  —Ant-t  ars  bell  bry  calc  canth  carb-veg  canst 
ehin  coec  dulc  gelsem  hep  ign  iod  ip  lach  lye  mere  natr-mur  nit-ao 
nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  puis  rhus  sabad  sep  sil  spig  stan  stram  sulph 
sulph-ac  verat-a  zinc. 

Want  of  Perspiration — (Dryness  of  the  Skin) — Aeon  amm  ant-t 
ant-t  apis  am  ars  bapt  bar  bell  bry  calc  camph  canth  carb-veg  caust 
cham  chin  coco  coff  dulc  gelsem  hep  hyd  hyos  ign  iod  ip  iris  lach  lept 
lye  mere  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-mosch  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ao 
plat  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  samb  sang-can  sec-cor  sep  sil  spig  stram 
sulph  sulph-ac  verat-a  xan. 


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MISCELLANEOUS. 

Convulsions — Aeon  ang  ant-t  am  ars  arum  bar  bell  bry  calo  camph 
caDth  caust  cham  cic  cimicif  cina  cocc  coff  croc  cupr  dale  gelsem  hyo  t 
ign  iod  ip  lacb  lye  more  raoscb  nux-mosch  nux-vom  op  phos  pb-ao 
plat  podo  rhus  sabad  samb  sec  cor  spig  stan  stram  suipb  verat-a  verat- 
v  zinc  ziz. 

Weakness — (Debility) — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  apoc-a 
am  ars  bapt  bar  bell  bry  calc  camph  cantb  caps  carb-veg  caust  obam 
chin  cic  cimicif  cina  cocc  coff  cor-cir  croc  cupr  dulc  eupborb  eup-perf 
gelsem  bep  byd  hyos  ign  iod  ip  iris  lacb  lept  lye  mere  mosch  mur-ac 
natr-mur  nit-ao  nux-moscb  nux-vom  op  pbos  pb-ac  plat  puis  rhus 
sabad  samb  sang-can  sec-cor  sep  sil  spig  stan  stram  sulpb  sulpb-ac 
tbuj  verat-a  verat-v  zino  ziz. 

Grasping  at  flocks — Am  bell  cocc  byos  op  pb-ac  rhus  stram. 

AGGRAVATIONS. 

In  the  Morning — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  arn  ars  ba 
bell  bry  calc  cantb  caps  carb-veg  caust  cbam  ebin  cie  cimicif  cina  cooe 
coff  cor-cir  croc  cupr  dulc  eupborb  eup-perf  gelsem  hep  hyd  hyos  ign 
iod  ip  lacb  lye  mere  mosch  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-nioseh  nux- 
vom  op  phos  pb-ac  plat  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  samb  sang-can  sec-cor 
sep  sil  spig  stan  stram  sulpb  sulph-ac  thuj  verat-a  zinc. 

In  the  Forenoon — Amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  ars  bar  bell  bry 
calc  canth  carb-veg  caust  cbam  chin  cimicif  cocc  cupr  dulc  euphorb 
eup-perf  hep  ign  ip  lach  lyo  mere  mosch  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ao  nux- 
mosch  nux-vom  phos  ph  ao  plat  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  sec-cor  sep  sil 
spig  stan  sulph  sulph-ac  verat-a  zinc. 

In  the  Afternoon — Amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  arn  ars  bar  bel 
bry  calc  campth  canth  caps  carb-veg  caust  cham  chin  cic  cimicif  cina 
cocc  coff  croc  dulc  eup-perf *bep  hyos  ign  iod  ip  lach  lye  mere  mosch 
mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-mosch  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  plat  puis 
rhus  sabad  sang-can  sep  sil  spig  stan  sulph  sulph-ac  thuj  verat-a  zino. 

In  the  Evening — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  apis  arn  ars 
bar  bell  bry  calc  camph  canth  caps  carb-ve*g' caust  eham  chin  oio  cina 
cimicif  cocc  coff  cor-cir  croc  cupr  dulc  eup-perf  gelsem  hep  hyos  ign 
iodipiris  lach  lye  mere  mosch  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-mosch 
nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  plat  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  samb  sang-can  sep 
sil  spig  stan  suiph  sulph-ac  thuj  verat-a  zinc. 

In  the  Night — Aeon  amm  amm-mur  ang  ant-c  ant-t  apis  arn  ars 
bapt  bar  bell  bry  calo  camph  oanth  oops  carb-veg  caust  cham  chin 
cic  cimieif  cina  cooc  coff  cor-cir  croo  cupr  dulc  eup-perf  gelsem  hep 
hyd  hyos  ign  iod  ip  iris  lach  lept  lyo  mere  mosch  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit' 


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ae  nux-mosch  nux-vom  op  phos  pb-ac  plat  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  samb 
sang-cao  sec-cor  sep  sil  spig  stan  strain  sulph  sulph-ao  thuj  verat-a 
verat-v  zinc. 

Before  Midnight — Amm-mur  ang  ant-t  apis  am  ars  bell  bry  carb- 
veg  oaust  cbam  chin  dnlo  bep  ign  lacb  lye  mere  mosch  mur-ac  natr- 
mur  nit-ao  nux-vom  phos  plat  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  samb  sep  spig 
stan  sulph  thuj 

After  Midnight — Aeon  amm-mur  ang  ant-e  ant-t  apis  ars  bapt  bar 
bry  calc  canth  caps  carb-veg  eaust  eham  ehin   cimicif  coeo  coff  croo 
dule  gelsem  hep  ign  iod  lept  lye   mero  natr-mur  nit-ao  nux-vom  phos 
ph-ao  plat  puis  rhus  sabad    samb   sep  sil  spig   strain  sulph  sulph-ac  . 
thuj. 

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NECROLOGICAIi. 


Merritt. — The  readers  of  "  The  Observer,"  as  well  as  the 
medical  fraternity  generally,  will  be  pained  to  learn  of  the 
death  of  Dr.  Jesse  F.  Mekritt,  which  occurred  at  his  late 
residence,  Pleasant  Plain,  Dutchess  Ccunty,  N.  Y.,  March  30, 
1868,  in  the  38th  year,  of  his  age.  His  life,  though  short, 
was  not  spent  in  vain.  He  has  left  behind  him  a  name, 
honored  and  respected  by  all  who  knew  him. 

Dr.  Merritt  was  born  in  the  town  of  Hyde  Park,  Dutchess 
County,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  22d,  1831.  Death  soon  left  him  an  or- 
phan. His  early  life  was  intrusted  to  the  care  of  an  uncle, 
Mr.  Jesse  Frost,  of  Clinton,  Dutchess  County,  N.  Y.,  who 
greatly  loved  him  and  was  loved  as  a  father  in  return. 

He  enjoyed  the  privileges  of  the  district  schools  of  his 
neighborhood  until  he  was  of  suitable  age,  when  he  was 
sent  to  the  academy  at  Rhinebeck,  and  afterwards  to  the 
Academy  at  Poughkeepsie.  He  pursued  the  study  of  the 
classics  under  the  private  instruction  of  Rev.  Albert  G.  Tra- 
ver,  D.  D.,  late  of  Poughkeepsie.  He  made  rapid  progress 
in  his  studies,  and  we  find  him  in  April,  1848,  entering 
upon  the  study  of  medicine  in  the  office  of  Messrs.  Piatt  & 
Nelson,  of  Rhinebeck.  He  was  then  in  his  17th  year.  In 
October  of  the  same  year  he  went  to  New  York  and  attend- 
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and  Surgeons/'  then  located  in  Crosby   street,  now  Twenty- 
third  street. 

He  remained  here  as  a  student  till  March,  1851.  He 
then  passed  an  approved  examination,  but  not  yet  being  of 
age,  could  not  lawfully  receive  his  diploma.  In  April,  1851,  he 
united  with  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church,  of  Franklin  street, 
under  the  care  of  Rev.  Dr.  Hardenburg.  In  January,  1852, 
he  received  his  diploma,  and  upon  the  8th  of  the  same 
month  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  F.  Conrad,  a  very  worthy 
young  lady,  then  of  Rhinebeck,  to  whom  he  had  long  been 
attached. 

He  then  entered  upon  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Hyde 
Park,  where  he  made  many  life-long  friends;  became  connected 
with  the  Reformed  Church  there,  under  the  pastoral  care  of 
Rev.  Wm.  H.  Ten  Eyck.  After  a  steadily  increasing  prac- 
tice of  three  years  in  Hyde  Park  he  yielded  to  the  earnest 
solicitation  of  his  former  preceptors,  Messrs.  Piatt  &  Nel- 
son, of  Rhinebeck,  and  entered  into  partnership  with  them 
in  the  spring  of  1854.  In  the  eaily  part  of  1855  he  was 
severely  attacked  with  hemorrhage  of  the  lungs,  and  for  the 
benefit  of  his  health  he  left  in  the  fall  of  1855  for  Jackson- 
ville, Florida.  Here  his  gentlemanly  deportment  and  pleas- 
ing address  gave  him  practice  at  once  among  some  of  the 
first  families  of  the  place.  But  as  spring  opened  his  health, 
improved,  he  longed  once  more  for  the  "land  of  Freedom" 
and  the  dear  friends  he  had  left  at  the  North.  So  we  find 
him  spending  the  summer  of  1856  in  the  city  of  Albany, 
but  in  November,  finding  himself  quite  strong  again,  he  re- 
removed,  with  his  family,  to  Pleasant  Plains,  which  remain- 
his  residence  till  God  removed  him  to  a  "  better  country." 

For  the  last  two  years  his  health  has  been  gradually  failing, 
and  yet  when  able  to  ride  he  always  responded  to  the  call  of  the 
suffering.  When  confined  to  his  room  he  was  often  exhausted 
by  the  large  amount  of  office  work  which  seemed  to  demand 
his  attention,  and  but  the  week  before  he  died,  while  himself 
under  great  suffering,  was  ministering  to  the  relief  of  others  by 
his  prescriptions  and  advice. 

His  profession  gave  him  an  extended  acquaintance.  His 
public  and  private  character  stood  above  reproach. 

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To  his  country  he  was  ever  loyal,  devoted  to  her  interest  in 
her  time  of  deepest  peril,  and  always  praying  for  her  unity  and 
safety. 

As  a  citizen,  he  was  public  spirited,  and  a  firm  believer  in 
the  law  of  progress. 

As  a  physician  he  was  eminently  successful  and  greatly  be- 
loved. There  almost  seemed  to  be  a  healing  power  in  his  kind 
words  and  cheerful  face.  To  his  skill  and  intelligence  was 
added  a  care  for  the  souls  as  well  as  the  bodies  of  his  patients, 
and  often  from  the  bedside  of  the  dying  have  his  prayers  gone 
up  for  help  to  the  great  iC  physician  of  souls." 

As  a  neighbor,  he  was  uniformly  kind  and  obliging. 

As  a  friend,  faithful  and  true. 

As  a  Christian,  he  was  a  living  epistle,  known  and  read  of  all 
men.  He  was  an  elder  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Pleasant  Plains.  A  firm  friend  and  judicious  counselor  of  the 
pastor  and  an  earnest  advocate  of  every  moral  reform.  He  was 
unostentatious  in  his  manner,  scattering  here  and  there  the 
good  seed  of  the  kingdom  and  always  praying  for  the  prosper- 
ity of  Zion. 

In  all  his  family  relations  he  was  what  we  might  expect  of  an 
educated  Christian  gentleman.  He  has  now  gone  to  his 
reward,  and  his  family,  in  their  deep  affliction,  have  the  warm- 
est sympathy  of  the  whole  community. 

A.  P.  Stockwell. 


Quin. — Editor  New  York  Tribune  says  :  "  We  announce 
with  regret  the  death  of  this  distinguished  physician,  accom- 
plished gentleman  and  old  and  respected  citizen,  which  occur- 
red at  his  country  residence,  Morrisania,  N.  Y.,  on  the  banks  of 
the  East  River,  on  Friday  night,  March  27,  1868.  Dr.  James 
M.  Quin  was  born  in  New  York  in  1806,  in  a  house  on  the 
corner  of  Barclay  and  Church  streets,  and  at  the  time  of  his 
death  had  reached  the  ripe  age  of  62  years.  ..His  career  was 
closely  associated  with  the  development  of  the  one  great  science 
Homoeopathy,  and  of  the  kindred  arts  of  Music  and  Painting. 
He  was  a  student  of  Columbia  College,  from  whence  he  gradu- 
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brilliant  minds  of  the  day.  He  was  afterward  Professor  of 
Latin  and  Greek  at  the  College,  and  the  late  Dr.  Anthon  pro- 
nounced him  as  second  only  to  himself  in  the  knowledge  of 
those  languages.  Subsequently  he  studied  medicine  with  Dr. 
Hosack,  but  after  practicing  Allopathy  for  several  years  he  be- 
came a  convert  to  the  doctrines  of  Hahnemann.  The  desire  to 
thoroughly  master  the  principles  of  Homoeopathy  led  him  to 
the  study  of  the  German,  and  subsequently  of  the  French  lan- 
guage, in  both  of  which  he  became  singularly  proficient. 

As  a  physician  he  had  a  wide-spread  popularity,  based  upon 
success  resulting  from  a  profound  knowledge  ;  his  specialties 
being  those  of  the  throat  and  chest  necessarily  brought  him 
into  contact  with  all  the  eminent  vocal  artists  of  the  day,  and 
as  he  could  discourse  fluently  not  only  in  the  before  mentioned 
languages,  but  also  in  Italian  and  Spanish,  his  office,  at  times, 
was  a  sort  of  polyglot  institute,  of  which  he  was  the  professor. 
He  was  himself  an  accomplished  musician  and  a  good  amateur 
performer  on  the  violin.  Mozart's  Requiem  was  first  performed 
in  this  country  at  the  old  house  in  Barclay  street,  and  it  is  gen- 
erally believed  that  the  violin  quartettes  of  Haydn,  Mozart  and 
Beethoven,  were  played  first  in  America  by  himself  and  his 
friends.  His  library  of  instrumental  classics  comprises  nearly 
all  the  choice  works  extant.  He  was  an  acute  critic  of  music 
and  painting,  and  was  a  generous  and  judicious  patron  of  both. 
He  was  of  a  quick,  genial  and  liberal  nature ;  in  his  profession, 
rapid,  discerning  and  decided,  he  rarely  failed  of  success.  By 
his  death,  Science  has  lost  a  shining  light,  and  Art  a  true  and 
admiring  disciple  ;  while  the  followers  of  Art  have  lost  a  friend 
whose  heart  was  ever  open  to  sympathy,  and  whose  purse  was 
never  closed  in  the  hour  of  need.  His  death  has  caused  un- 
feigned sorrow  among  a  wide  and  varied  circle,  for  few  men 
had  so  many  warm  friends.  The  world  halts  not  for  the  loss 
of  one  man,  but  thousands  will  feel  to-day  that  one  has  gone 
from  among  us,  who,  as  adviser  and  friend,  could  hardly  be 
replaced. 

The  funeral  service  at  St.  Stephen's  Church  was  magnificent- 
ly performed,  and  a  vast  number  of  the  eminent  of  all  profes- 
sions assembled  to  do  honor  to  the  occasion." 


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COLLEGES  AND  SOCIETIES.  SOS 

Pennock. — The  angel  Death  has  visited  the  young  in  our 
fraternity  as  well  as  the  old.  Our  friend  Dr.  B.  F.  Pennock, 
of  Fentonville,  Mich.,  buried  a  little  child  of  three  and  a  half 
years  on  the  second  of  April  last.  He  had  been  a  bright  little 
boy,  and  his  parents  will  miss  much  sunshine  from  their  home. 
May  the  Good  Father  give  them  the  grace  of  acquiescence  in 
his  will. 


fortbjjw,  frowKi*,  tiu 


Ohio  Homceopathic  Society  meets  at  Columbus,  0.,  June  9. 

Pennsylvania  Homceopathic  Society   meets  at  Harris- 
burg,  Pa.,  Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  May  12  and  13,  1868. 


Indiana  Homceopathic  Institute  will  meet  at  Indianapo- 
lis Wednesday,  May  13. 

Michigan  Homceopathic  Institute  meets  at  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.,  Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  May  19  and  20. 


Western  Institute  of  Homceopathy  meets  at  Milwaukee 
on  the  21st  of  May. 

American  Institute  of  Homceopathy  meets  at  St.  Louis 
June  3d.     Preliminary  meeting  on  Tuesday  evening,  June  2. 


The  fourth  Annual  meeting  of  the  Homoeopathic  Medical 
Society  ot  Ohio  will  be  held  in  the  city  of  Columbus,  on  the 
second  Tuesday  in  June,  (9th)  1858,  at  11  o'clock,  a.  m. 

A.  Shepherd,  Secretary. 


Indiana  Institute  of  Homceopathy  will  meet  in  regular 
session  at  Indianapolis  on  Wednesday  May  13th,  at  2  p.  m. 
It  is.  highly  important  that  as  many  of  the  homoeopathic  physi- 
cians of  the  State  be  present  as  possible  on  that  occasion,  and 
to  all  others  who  may  favor  us  with  their  presence  we  extend  a 
cordial  welcome.  N.  G.  Burnham,  Cor.  Sec. 


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Comstock. — The  leading  Homoeopathic  physicians  assembled 
at  the  residence  of  T.  G.  Comstock,  M.  D.,  at  St.  Lotiis,  to 
celebrate  the  birthday  of  Samuel  Hahnemann.  The  assem- 
blage was  large.  Prof.  E.  0.  Franklin  read  an  address  appro- 
priate to  the  occasion.  Toasts  were  proposed  and  drank,  and 
jokes  and  nuts  cracked  until  a  late  hour,  when  all  returned 
home  well  pleased. 

Harris — C.  T.  Harris,  M.  D.,  published  in  the  weekly  Jour- 
nal of  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  a  review  of  President  Haven's  ad- 
dress before  the  graduating  class  of  the  Michigan  University, 
which  contained  several  extremely  unfair  allusions  to  Homoe- 
opathy. 

Haven. — We  have  received  from  one  of  the  graduates  of 
the  Michigan  State  University  a  review  of  President  Haven's 
address  which  we  have  handed  J.  F.  Oonover,  Esq.,  editor  Ad- 
vertiser £  Tribune,  for  publication  in  his  daily,  as  being  most 
appropriate,  the  address  of  President  H.  having  been  pub- 
lished in  that  paper. 


REMOVALS. 


Partridge— Dr.  J.  M.  Partridge  from  Niles,  Mich.,  to  South  Bend,  Ind. 

Bell-Dr.  J.  8.  Bell  from  Joliet  to  Naperville.  I1L 

Clark:  4k  Ricarda— From  Hackensack,  N.  J.,  to  Scranton,  Pa. 


Errata. — Page  268,  5th  line,  for  now  we  read  we  now. 
Page  259, 15th  line,  for  cascade  read   Cascade. 
Page  264,  27th  line,  for  turm  oil  read  turmoil. 
Page  267,  25th  line,  for  he  read  who. 

Page  208,   14th  line  from  bottom,  insert  induced  between 
frequently  and  renders. 

Page  208,  4th  line  from  bottom,  read  apex  for  apix. 
Page  208,  5th  line  from  bottom,  for  better  read  like. 

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PROF.  EDWIN  M.  HALE,  Edito*. 


[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 
A   MONOGRAPH   ON 

UBTILAGO     MADIS, 
Its  Physiokgico-Pathological  effects,  together  with  its  uses  in  Disease. 

BY  W.  H.  BVRT,  X.  DM  LINCOLN,  ILLIKOI8. 


The  Ustilago  Madis  is  a  parasitic  mushroom,  which  is  found 
growing  on  maize,  (Indian  corn)  as  ergot  does  upon  rye.  It  is 
probably  the  seed,  entirely  perverted  in  its  nature  by  a  parasitic 
fungus  attached  to  it  from  the  very  beginning  of  its  develop- 
ment. 

The  medical  history  of  the  Ustilago  Madis,  as  far  as  I  have 
been  able  to  learn,  is  very  meagre.  All  that  is  known  of  its 
effects  will  be  found  in  Prof.  E.  M.  Hale's  iC  Causes  and  treat- 
ment of  Miscarriage  and  Sterility."  He  says  "  in  a  cow-house 
where  cows  were  fed  on  Indian  corn  infested  with  this  parasite, 
eleven  of  their  number  aborted  in  eight  days.  After  their 
food  was  changed,  none  of  the  others  aborted."  Anal  Med\ 
Netr.  Beige,  and  Rep  de  Ph. 

Lindlay  says,  "  Its  action  on  the  uterus  is  as  powerful  as  the 
ergot  of  rye,  and  perhaps  more."  Rowlin  says,  u  Its  use  is  at- 
tended with  shedding  of  the  hair,  both  of  man  and  beast,  and 
sometimes  even  of  the  teeth.  Mules  fed  on  it  lose  their  hoofs, 
and  fowls  lay  eggs  without  any  shells."  Tully  in  his  mention 
.of  this  fungus  adds,  "  It  is  doubtless  by  its  abortifacient  power 
'  that  it  causes  the  eggs  of  fowls  to  be  extruded  before  there  has 
been  time  for  a  shell  to  be  formed.  By  what  power  does  it 
cause  the  shedding  of  the  hair  of  man  and  brute  animals,  and 
the  casting  off  of  the  hoofs  of  mules  long  fed  upon  it*?"  Dr. 
E.  M.  Hale  adds,  "  It  would  seem  to  be  capable  of  great  cura- 
tive powers." 

The  better  to  be  convinced  of  the  poisonous  nature  of  the 
mushrooms,  the  author,  after  having  dried  and  pulverized  them, 
administered  six  drachms  to  two  bitch  dogs  with  young,  which 
soon  caused  them  to  abort. 

PHYSIOLOGICO- PATHOLOGICAL  SYMPTOMS. 

The  following  symptoms   were   observed  on   Miss  K.    0. 
produced  while  taking  the  Ustilago   in  the  2d  dec,  tritura- 
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tion,  three  weeks,  and  then  the  1st  dec,  three  weeks,  in  two 
grain  doses,  three  times  a  day,  for  a  uterine  tumor,  supposed  to 
be  a  fibroid  tumor  of  the  uterine  wall,  of  enormous  size,  about 
the  size  of  a  full  grown  child's  head  at  birth  ;  is  an  unmarried 
lady,  aet,  32  ;  nervous  temprament.  The  prominent  symptoms 
are  constant  feeling  as  if  the  pelvic  bones  would  burst  open, 
especially  in  the  pubic  region;  the  tumor  is  in  such  a  position 
as  to  cause  constant  inclination  to  urinate,  with  numerous 
cystic  symptoms  too  numerous  to  mention  ;  bowels  inactive 
from  pressure  of  the  tumor  on  the  rectum  ;  almost  constantly 
has  haemorrhoids  that  bleed  every  few  days  ;  great  tenderness 
of  both  ovaries,  but  the  left  one  is  the  most  involved,  cannot 
bear  to  have  it  pressed  upon,  it  is  so  painful.  Pressure  upon 
the  fundus  of  the  womb  produces  the  most  agonizing  pain  in 
it  and  the  left  ovary,  passing  down  the  thigh.  The  reflex  symp- 
toms are  too  numerous  to  mention,  at  times  about  every  organ 
in  the  body  is  more  or  less  affected.  Has  nausea  every  day 
also,  and  sometimes  vomiting  ;  constant  frontal  headache,  &c. 
The  os  does  not  seem  to  be  involved  in  the  least,  the  whole  tu- 
mor being  in  the  fundus  of  the  uterus.  On  the  anterior  surface 
of  the  cervix  there  is  a  horny  protuberance  about  one  inch  long 
and  half  an  inch  in  diameter,  it  is  very  hard  and  extremely  sen- 
sitive. This  patient  has  been  upder  the  care  of  eight  physi- 
cians, three  of  whom  have  been  homoeopaths,  none  have  done 
any  good,  excepting  relieved  for  a  short  time  some  of  the  re- 
flex symptoms.  I  treated  her  five  months  with  no  better  sue-* 
cess  than  those  who  had  preceded  me.  I  used  about  every- 
thing recommended  for  such  diseases.  Apis  m.  relieved  some  of 
the  cystic  symptoms.  I  thought  Bromide  of  potassa  did  her 
some  good  for  three  weeks.  Atropine  relieved  a  number  of  the 
reflex  symptoms.  Her  menses  would  come  on  every  18  to  22 
days,  when  all  the  symptoms  would  be  greatly  aggravated.  She 
has  frequently  had  spasms  at  these  times,  but  not  since  I  com- 
menced treating  her.  For  three  days  she  would  suffer  the  most 
violent  menstrual  pains,  but  never  would  flow  more  than  one 
day,  and  then  just  slightly.  The  first  month  she  took  Ustilago 
madis  she  went  28  days  before  the  menses  came  on,  and  then 
flowed  for  three  days,  but  not  profusely.     The  second  month 

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she  went  36  days  before  the  appearance  of  the  menses,  flowed 
a  little  every  day  for  four  days,  and  did  not  suffer  more  than 
half  as  much  as  usual.  Third  month  menses  came  on  in  27 
days;  flowed  two  days,  but  was  more  painful  than  the  last. 
Fourth  month  menses  came  on  22d  day;  flowed  one  day,  not 
very  painful.  During  these  four  months  the  uterine  tumor 
was  reduced  full  one  -third  in  size  and  was  greatly  relieved  of 
its  sensitiveness.  The  Ustilago  now  lost  its  effect,  and  all  its 
force  seemed  to  be  spent  on  the  skin,  and  I  was  compelled  to 
stop  giving  it. 

During  these  four  months  the  Ustilago  madis  produced  a 
constant  aching  distress  in  the  womb,  referred  by  the  patient  to 
the  mouth  of  the  womb.  This  symptom  cannot  be  doubted. 
I  gave  the  remedy  especially  to  see  whether  it  was  a  real  patho- 
genetic symptom  or  not.  She  could  always  tell  when  she  was 
taking  the  remedy  by  this  one  symptom,  without  knowing  what 
she  was  taking.  It  produced  no  leucorrhcea  or  any  inflammatory 
symptoms  that  could  be  detected,  but  on  the  skin  it  spent  the 
most  of  its  power.  The  scalp  and  chest  were  the  most  affected, 
but  the  skin  of  the  whole  body  was  more  or  less  involved.  The 
great  centre  of  action  was  on  the  scalp.  The  whole  scalp  be- 
came one  filthy  mass  of  inflammation,  two-thirds  of  the  hair 
came  out,  and  what  was  left  in  was  almost  completely  matted 
together.  A  watery  serum  kept  constantly  oozing  from  the 
scalp,  so  great  as  to  keep  the  hair  wet  all  the  time.  The  pa- 
tient now  cut  her  hair  very  short,  and  she  then  washed  it 
thoroughly  with  castile  soap  daily  and  applied  a  cerate  of  Iris 
v.  to  the  whole  scalp  ;  took  internally  Iris  v.  and  Sulphur  for 
five  weeks  before  the  scalp  became  well.  The  eruption  on  the 
body  resembled  the  eruption  of  Rubeola  perfectly,  even  in  com- 
ing out,  it  first  appeared  on  the  neck  and  chest  and  gradually 
extended  to  the  feet ;  at  no  time  was  the  eruption  vesicular, 
but  constantly  of  a  deep  red  color,  and  about  the  size  of  a 
pin's  head.  The  chest  and  joints  were  completely  covered  with 
this  fine  red  eruption,  the  body  not  so  thickly.  At  night 
the  eruption  itched  most  violently ;  by  rubbing  any  part  of 
the  body  in  a  few  moments  it  would  break  out  with  the 
eruption.     This  peculiarity  lasted  during  the  whole  course  of 

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the  eruption,  on  the  neck  and  face  it  came  out  in  patches 
like  ring-worm,  (Herpes  circinatus)  but  not  vesicular.  The 
painful  state  of  the  ovaries  was  completely  relieved.  Care- 
ful examination  with  the  speculum  revealed  a  healthy  state 
of  the  mucous  membrane  of  the  vagina  and  os  when  most 
thoroughly  under. the  influence  of  the  Ustilago  madis. 

PnYSIOLOGICO-PATHOLOGlCAL   EFFECTS    ON   W.    H.    BURT,    M.    D. 
EXPERIMENT   FIRST. 

Oct.  15,  1866. — In  perfect  health  ;  good  appetite;  bowels 
move  once  a  day.  4  p.  m.,  took  20  grs.  of  the  Ustilago  m. 
2  dec.,  dec,  trituration  :  produced  dryness  of  the  fauces  with 
a  burning  dryness  in  the  stomach. 

16th. — Took  20  grs.  12  m.  All  the  afternoon  had  rheu- 
matic, drawing  pains  in  the  finger  joints,  especially  in  the  sec- 
ond joint  of  the  right  forefinger  ;  dull,  aching  pains  in  the 
shoulder  joints  ;  distress  in  the  stomach. 

17th. — Was  restless  all  night ;  my  whole  skin  felt  dry  as  if 
I  had  taken  cold  ;  natural  stool  4  a.  m.  Took  20  grs.  12  m 
All  the  forenoon  had  dryness  of  the  nostrils,  with  a  dry  feeling 
of  the  whole  skin  ;  constant  severe  drawing  pains  in  the  joints 
of  the  fingers  with  dull  pains  in  the  epigastrium ;  for  the  las* 
hour  have  had  a  constant  aching,  burning  distress  under  &nd 
in  the  sternum,  appears  to  be  in  the  sternum  and  also  in  the 
stomach,  accompanied  with  fine  neuralgic  pains  in  the  same  re- 
gion ;  this  is  a  prominent  symptom  ;  9  p.  m.,  had  some  symp- 
toms all  day  as  noted  down  at  noon. 

18th. — Freqnent  rheumatic  symptoms  in  the  arms,  fingers 
and  legs  all  day  ;  these  rheumatic  symptoms  lasted  a  week. 

EXPERIMENT   SECOND. 

Dec.  4th. — Feeling  well ;  11  a.  m.,  took  20  grs.  of  the  2d 
dec.;  3  p.  m.,  half  an  hour  after  taking  the  medicine  commenced 
to  have  a  frontal  headache  ;  has  continued  ever  since  with  dis- 
tress in  the  epigastrium ;  6.  p.  m.,  head  aches  severely,  aggra- 
vated by  walking  ;  9  p.  m.,  felt  well  all  the  evening. 

5th. — 6  a.  m.,  took  40  grs.  one  hour  before  eating  ;  10  a.  m  , 
all  the  morning  have  had  a  feeling  of  fullness  of  the  head,  with 
dull,  pressive,  frontal  headache  ;  aching  of  the  eyes,  with  pro- 
fuse secretion  of  tears ;  dryness  of  the  nostrils,  with  a  prickling 


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sensation  in  the  tongue  and  a  feeling  as  if  something  was  un- 
der the  roots  of  the  tongue  pressing  it  upwards  ;  eructations  of 
ingesta  strongly  acid,  with  constant  distress  in  the  stomach ; 
10:30  a.  m.,  frequent  eructations  of  sour  fluid  ;  full  inspiration 
causes  a  dull  pain  in  the  stomach  ;  fine  stitching  pain  along  the 
metacarpal  bone,  right  fore  finger,  every  few  seconds  ;  12  m. 
constant  burning  distress  in  the  stomach  ;  9  p.  m.,  dull  frontal 
headache  all  day,  with  aching  distress  in  the  eyeballs;  burning 
distress  in  the  stomach,  with  slimy  taste. 

6th. — Took  40  grs.  7  a.  m.,  one  hour  before  eating  ;  12  m., 
dull  frontal  headache  all  the  forenoon,  with  smarting  of  the 
eyes  ;  eructations  of  sour  fluid  from  the  stomach,  with  distress 
in  the  same  region ;  natural  stool ;  4  p.  m.,  have  been  much  de- 
pressed in  spirits  this  afternoon  ;  skin  feeling  hot  and  dry  ; 
burning  sensation  of  the  face  and  scalp  ;  frequent  cutting  pains 
in  the  stomach  with  constant  distress  in  the  same  region ;  eruc- 
tations of  sour  food  ;  .dull  pains  in  the  right  elbow,  worse  on 
motion  ;  9.  p.  m.,  had  constant  severe  distress  in  the  stomach 
until  I  ate  supper,  which  relieved  it ;  severe  rheumatic  pains  in 
the  muscles  of  the  right  shoulder. 

7th. — Very  languid,  had  pain  in  the  right  shoulder  all  night; 
took  50  grs.  7  a.  m.,  one  hour  before  eating  ;  10  A.  m.,  feeling 
very  languid;  skin  dry  and  hot;  constant  distress  in  the  stom- 
ach; rheumatic  pains  in  the  muscles  of  the  arms,  hands,  fin- 
gers and  small  of  the  back,  walking  aggravates  the  pains  in  the 
back;  slight  headache;  very  languid  all  day;  had  frequent 
pains  in  the  stomach  all  the  afternoon,  with  the  above  mention- 
ed rheumatic  pains;  no  stool  to-day. 

8th. — Mushy  stool  before  breakfast;  slimy,  coppery  taste  in 
the  mouth;  had  a  few  rheumatic  symptoms  to-day;  skin  feel- 
ing dry. 

For  a  number  of  days  felt  very  languid  with  a  slimy  taste 
in  the  mouth. 

EXPERIMENT   THIRD. 

Jan.  28,  1867. — Took  5  grs.  at  7  a.  m.,  of  the  crude  untri- 
turated  drug;  12  m.,  have  had  constant  distress  in  the  stomach 
all  the  forenoon,  with  pain  in  the  right  eyeball;  rough  feeling 
in  the  fauces;  natural  stool;  2  p.  m.,  have  had  hard  pains  in 

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the  stomach  for  the  last  two  hours;  9  p.  m.,  have  been  much 
depressed  in  spirits  this  afternoon. 

29th. — Bather  soft  stool;  sexnal  dream  last  night  but  no 
emission;  3  p.  m.,  took  10  grs.;  9  p.  m.,  have  had  severe  dis- 
tress in  the  stomach  this  afternoon;  eating  supper  relieves  this 
distress. 

30th, — Had  a  restless  night;  sexual  dream,  no  emission; 
dull  frontal  headache;  slimy,  coppery  saste  in  the  mouth;  skin 
hot  and  dry;  urine  very  red  and  scanty;  dry,  lumpy  stool ;  7 
A.  m.,  took  15  grs.;  10  a.  m.,  dull  headache  all  the  morning; 
skin  hot;  feeling  very  languid;  noon,  head  aches  most  violent- 
ly; 9  p.  m.,  have  been  very  languid  to-day  with  a  bursting 
frontal  headache;  skin  dry;  urine  diminished  one-half. 

Feb.  1st. — Languid;  sexual  dream  last  night,  no  emission; 
black,  dry,  lumpy  stool;  poor  appetite;  slimy  taste;  urine  di- 
minished greatly  to-daj  and  high  colored. 

2d. — Sexual  dream  last  night ;  slimy  taste ;  have  had 
drawing  pains  in  the  right  hypochondrium  all  day;  toothache 
all  day  in  upper  first  and  second  molars;  they  are  decayed  and 
have  ached  before,  urine  increased. 

3d. — Have  had  a  good  deal  of  pain  to-day  in  the  right  lobe 
of  the  liver;  toothache  to-day  the  same  as  yesterday;  urine  in- 
creased and  very  clear. 

For  a  week  had  slimy  taste  in  the  mouth  with  a  relaxed  state 
of  the  sexual  organs;  sexual  desire  was  depressed  during  the 
whole  experiment. 

Feb.  12th. — Have  a  small  boil  in  the  right  nostril;  every  day 
several  times  through  the  day,  for  the  last  week,  have  had  a 
numb  tingling  sensation  in  the  right  hand  and  arm,  that  would 
last  from  a  few  minutes  to  an  hour  at  a  time. 

EXPERIMENT   FOURTH. 

Feb.  15th. — Feeling  very  well,  but  still  have  complete  pros- 
tration of  the  animal  system;  12  m.,  took  20  grs.  of  the  crude 
drug;  half  an  hour  afterwards,  dryness  of  the  fauces  with  dif- 
ficulty in  swallowing,  feeling  as  if  there  was  a  lump  behind  the 
larynx;  1  p.  m.,  sharp  pains  in  the  forehead;  dryness  of  the 
fauces  with  a  burning  distress  in  the  stomach;  4  p.  m.,  for  the 
last  two  hours  have  had  fine,  sharp,  cutting  pains  in  the  umbil- 


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ical  and  hypogastric  regions,  lasting  about  three  minutes  at  a 
time  and  coming  on  every  ten  and  fifteen  minutes;  frequent  ef- 
forts to  swallow  with  a  feeling  in  the  fauces  as  if  something 
"had  lodged  there;  sudden  flying  pain  from  the  heart  to  the 
stomach  that  arrested  breathing,  lasted  but  a  moment,  (prob- 
ably myalgic;)  sharp,  cutting  pains  in  the  metacarpal  bones  of 
the  right  hand  and  foot;  10  p.  m.,  the  colicky  pains  lasted  until 
8  p.  M.,  when  they  were  relieved  by  a  constipated  stool,  (first 
to-day)  since  have  had  constant  grumbling  pains  in  the  whole 
of  the  bowels,  with  constant  severe  pains  in  the  testicles,  more 
in  the  right  one;  fauces  feeling  irritated  with  several  neuralgic 
pains  in  the  forehead,  hands  and  feet. 

20th. — Coppery  taste  in  the  mouth;  7  a.  m.,  took  20  grs.;  12 
M.,  have  had  slight  headache  this  forenoon;  irritation  of  the 
fauces  with  a  feeling  as  if  there  was  a  lump  in  the  larynx  when 
swallowing;  have  had  frequent  spells  of  pain  in  the  stomach 
and  small  intestines,  with  dull  distress  in  the  right  hypo- 
chondrium;  have  had  constant  severe,  dull,  aching  pains  in  the 
testicles,  sometimes  the  pains  would  be  of  a  sharp  neuralgic 
character;  dull  pains  in  the  small  of  the  back;  the  whole  skin 
feels  congested;  5  p.  m.,  my  right  testicle  has  constantly  pained 
me  nearly  all  day,  the  pain  is  of  a  dull,  aching  character, 
at  times  the  distress  would  be  in  both  testicles;  fauces  still  ir-j 
ritated;  have  had  occasional  pains  in  the  bowels;  9  p.  m.,  the 
dull,  aching  distress  in  my  testicles  has  not  ceased  a  moment 
this  evening;  slight  headache;  eyes  water  much  in  the  open  air; 
dull  pain  in  the  lumbar  region;  very  languid;  urinated  30  oz,, 
acid. 

21st. — 4  a.  m.  Called  up,  feeling  excessively  languid;  dull 
headache;  eyelids  agglutinated  together;  slimy,  coppery  taste 
in  the  mouth;  dull  headache;  scrotum  greatly  relaxed  with  a 
cold  sweat  upon  it;  took  10  grs.  fearing  that  larger  doses  would 
produce  permanent  injury  to  my  testicles;  11  A.  m.,  fauces  con- 
gested and  irritated;  have  had  a  number  of  faint  spells,  com- 
mencing in  the  epigastrium,  with  small  pains  in  the  hypochon- 
drium  and  bowels;  every  few  minutes  have  had  severe  pains  in 
the  testicles,  lasting  about  five  minutes  at  a  time;  the  pains 
produce  a  faintish  feeling;  natural  stool  preceded  by  dull  pains 


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in  the  umbilicus.  2  p.  m.,  great  languor;  dull  frontal  head- 
ache; left  tonsil  enlarged  and  much  congested,  of  a  dark  red- 
dish color,  right  one  also  quite  painful  on  swallowing;  dull  pains 
in  the  umbilicus  and  right  liver;  frequent  spells  of  hard  pain 
in  the  testicles.  9  p.  m.,  slimy,  coppery  taste  in  the  mouth; 
left  tonsil  much  enlarged  and  painful;  three  times  have  had 
hard  paroxysms  of  pain  in  the  testicles  this  evening;  eyes  weak 
and  water  much  out  doors;  urinated  24  oz.;  acids  have  no  ef- 
iect  upon  it. 

22d. — Slimy,  coppery  taste  in  the  mouth;  left  tonsil  much 
congested,  extending  to  the  ear  along  the  eustachian  tube 
which  produces  constant  dull  pain  in  the  ear;  took  10  grs.  at 
7  A.  m.;  11  A.  m.,  left  tonsil  and  ear  very  painful;  frequent 
pains  in  the  umbilicus;  had  two  spells  of  hard  pains  in  the  tes- 
ticles; dull  backache.  12  m.,  constant  distress  in  the  right  hy- 
pochondrium  for  the  last  hour.  3  p.  m.,  have  suffered  constant- 
ly with  dull  distress  in  the  right  hypochondrium  and  umbilicus. 
5  p.  m.,  have  had  less  distress  in  the  liver  and  towels,  but  have 
had  the  spells  of  hard  pains  in  the  testicles.  9  p.  m.,  coppery 
taste;  tonsils  not  feeling  so  sore  this  afternoon;  slight  pains  in 
the  testicles;  urinated  23  oz.;very  cold  day;  have  been  very 
thirsty  and  hungry. 

•  23d. — Stool  at  4  A.  m.,  inclined  to  be  loose  with  pain  and 
rumbling  in  the  bowels;  had  to  get  up  in  the  night  to  drink, 
was  so  thirsty;  scrotum  greatly  relaxed  and  covered  with  cold 
sweat;  craving  appetite;  eyes  water  profusely  in  the  open  air; 
tonsils  more  painful  to-day  than  yesterday;  urinated  26  oz., 
high  colored. 

24th. — Left  tonsil  still  congested  but  not  so  painful;  no  stool; 
urinated  30  oz.  acid,  high  colored. 

25th — Left  tonsil  still  congested  but  not  painful;  still  pro- 
found prostration  of  the  sexual  system  with  the  organs  greatly 
relaxed;  urinated  28  oz.,  high  colored. 

26th.— Slimy  taste. 

March  1st. — Two  small  boils  on  the  back  of  the  neck;  scro- 
tum still  greatly  relaxed;  sexual  desire  perfectly  prostrated. 

This  prostration  of  the  sexual  system  lasted  a  month  after 
ceasing  the  proving. 


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EESUME. 

SKIN. 

1.  The  whole  skin  is  dry,  hot  and  congested. 

2.  Eruption  all  over  the  skin  similar  to  rubeola.  By  rubbing 
any  part  of  the  body  a  few  moments  it  would  break  out  with 
this  fine,  red  eruption;  on  the  face  and  neck  it  came  in  patches 
like  ringworm  (Herpes  circinatus,)  but  not  vesicular.  The 
eruption  is  about  the  size  of  a  pin's  head,  itches  violently  at 
night  and  constantly  remains  red  and  hard.  The  chest  and 
joints  are  more  affected  than  any  other  parts  of  the  body. 

3.  The  whole  scalp  became  one  filthy  mass  of  inflammation, 
two-thirds  of  the  hair  came  out,  and  what  was  left  in  was 
mostly  matted  together. 

4.  A  watery  serum  kept  constantly  oozing  from  the  scalp,  so 
great  as  to  keep  the  hair  constantly  wet. 

5.  Shedding  of  the  hair,  both  of  man  and  beast,  and  some- 
times even  of  the  teeth.     (Roulin.) 

6.  Mules  fed  on  the  Ustilago  lose  their  hoofs.     (Roulin.) 

CLINICAL  REMARKS. 

The  Ustilago  madis  ought  to  be  one  of  our  most  valuable 
anti-psorics  in  many  skin  diseases,  especially  of  a  chronic  na- 
ture; to  get  its  most  valuable  therapeutic  effect  it  should  be 
continued  alone  for  a  long  time. 

I  have  used  this  remedy  in  two  cases  of  Urticaria,  one  on  a 
negro,  of  six  years  standing,  who  had  been  troubled  more  or 
less  all  the  time.  Every  night  he  would  commence  to  itch, 
which  would  make  him  scratch  the  parts  when  it  would  break 
out  in  large  pale  welts,  his  whole  body,  arms  and  legs,  were 
affected.  The  2d  dec,  twice  a  day  for  six  weeks,  made  a  per- 
fect cure.  The  other  case  was  similar,  but  only  of  one  weeks' 
duration,  and  cured  with  the  tincture.  In  a  number  of  cases 
of  boils  and  styes  I  have  used  it  with  the  most  pleasing  suc- 
cess.    In  one  case  of  Urticaria,   a  negress,  it  failed  to  cure. 

SLEEP. 

7.  Restless  nights  with  a  dry,  hot  skin. 

8.  Sexual  dreams  without  emission. 

FEVER. 

9.  Languor,  with  a  dry,  hot  feeling  of  the  skin. 


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10.  Restless  at  night,  my  whole  skin  feels  as  if  I  had  taken 
cold. 

11.  Great  thirst  at  night,  with  a  slimy,  coppery  taste. 

12.  Thirst,  loss  of  appetite  and  then  craving  hunger. 

MORAL  SYMPTOMS. 

13.  Much  depressed  in  mind. 

14.  Great  depression  of  spirits  during  the  whole  proving. 
(See  sexual  group.) 

HEAD. 

15.  Frontal  headache. 

16.  Severe  frontal  headache,  aggravated  by  walking. 

17.  Feeling  of  fullness  of  head,  with  dull   pressive  frontal 
headache. 

18.  Most  violent  frontal  headache,  feeling  as  if  the  forehead 
would  burst  open. 

19.  Sharp  flying  pains  in  the  forehead. 

EYES. 

20.  Aching  of  the  eyeballs  with  profuse  secretion  of  tears. 

21.  Dull,  aching  pains  in  the  right  eyeball. 

22.  Smarting  of  the  eyes,  with  profuse  secretion  of  tears  in 
the  open  air. 

EARS. 

23.  Constant  dull  pain  in  the  left  ear  caused  by  extension  of 
inflammation  of  the  tonsil  along  the  eustachian  tube. 

NOSE. 

24.  Dryness  of  the  nostrils  as  if  I  had  taken  cold. 

FACE. 

25.  Burning  sensation  of  the  face  and  scalp. 

MOUTH. 

26.  Slimy,  coppery  taste  is  a  prominent  symptom 

27.  Constant  dull,  aching  pain  in  the  first  and  second  upper 
molars;  they  are  decayed  and  have  ached  before. 

28.  Shedding  of  the  teeth.     (Eoulin.) 

29.  Prickling  sensation  in  the  tongue  with  a  feeling  as  if 
something  was  under  the  roots  of  the  tongue  pressing  it  up- 
wards. 

30.  Dryness  of  the  fauces  with  difficult  deglutition. 

31.  Congestion  and   inflammation  of  the  tonsils,   left  one 


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greatly  enlarged,  of  a  dark  color,  accompanied  with  dull  pain, 
much  aggravated  by  swallowing. 

THROAT. 

32.  Dryness  of  the  fauces  with  a  burning  distress  in  the 
stomach. 

33.  Rough  feeling  in  the  fauces. 

34.  Dryness  of  the  fauces  with  difficult  deglutition. 

35.  Constant  inclination  to  swallow. 

36.  Feeling  as  if  there  was  a  lump  behind  the  larynx,  which 
produces  constant  inclination  to  swallow. 

37.  Congestion  and  inflammation  of  the  tonsils,  left  one 
greatly  enlarged  and  painful  during  deglutition. 

APPETITE  AND  THIRST. 

38.  Loss  of  appetite. 

39.  Canine  hungen 

40.  Thirst  at  night. ' 

GASTRIC   SYMPTOMS. 

41  Eructations  of  the  ingesta.  Eructation  of  food  strongly 
acid. 

42.  Very  faint  feeling  a  number  of  times  in  the  epigastrium, 
with  pain  in  the  region  of  the  liver  and  bowels. 

STOMACH. 

43.  Constant  distress  in  the  region  of  the  stomach. 

44.  Burning  distress  in  the  stomach,  probably  from  an  ex- 
cessive acid  state  of  the  stomach. 

45.  Burning  distress  m  the  sternum  and  stomach,  accompan- 
ied with  fine  neuralgic  pains  in  the  same  region. 

46.  Constant  dull  pains  in  the  stomach. 

47.  Sharp,  cutting  pains  in  the  stomach  with  a  burning  dis- 
tress in  the  same  region. 

48.  Fine,  sharp,  cutting  pains  in  the  epigastrium,  lasting 
about  three  minutes  at  a  time,  came  on  every  ten  or  .fifteen 
minutes  for  a  number  of  hours. 

ABDOMEN. 

49.  Grumbling  pains  in  the  abdomen  all  the  afternoon,  fol- 
lowed by  dry,  hard  stool. 

50.  Fine,  cutting,  colicky  pains  every  few  minutes  all  day, 
relieved  by  a  hard,  constipated  stool,  followed  by  dull  pains  in 
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51.  The  abdominal  symptoms  caused  by  the  Ustilago  are 
mostly  all  located  in  the  epigastrium  and  hypochondriac  re- 
gions. 

LIVER. 

52.  Good  deal  of  pain  for  two  days  in  the  region  of  the 
right  lobe  of  the  liver. 

53.  Dull  pains  in  the  right  hypochondrium,  with  distress  in 
the  small  intestines. 

STOOL.  * 

54.  Natural  stools. 

55.  Mushy  stools. 

56.  Constipation,  (where  the  Ustilago  is  indicated  the  bowels 
are  generally  papescent  or  constipated.) 

57.  Black,  dry,  lumpy  stool. 

URINARY  ORGANS.' 

58.  Urine  red  and  scanty. 

59.  Urine  diminished  one-half  and  very  red  and  scanty. 
(Primary.) 

60.  Great  increase  of  colorless  urine.     (Secondary.) 

GENITAL  ORGANS  OP  MAN. 

61.  Sexual  dreams  every  night  with  no  emissions. 

62.  Great  depression  of  the  sexual  system  for  weeks,  with 
great  relaxation  of  the  scrotum. 

63.  Constant  aching  pains  in  the  testicles  for  a  number  of 
days. 

64.  Severe,  sharp,  neuralgic  pains  in  the  testicles,  more  in 
the  right. 

65.  Constant  aching  distress  in  the  right  testicle  for  days. 

66.  Spells  of  violent  pains  in  the  testicles,  more  in  the  right 

67.  Every  five  minutes  sharp  pains  in  the  testicles  that  pro- 
duce faintness. 

68.  Two  nights  had  a  profuse  cold  sweat  upon  the  scrotum, 
which  was  greatly  relaxed. 

CLINICAL   OBSERVATIONS. 

From  the  powerful  and  specific  influence' the  Ustilago  madis 
exerts  upon  the  generative  organs  of  man  we  should  expect  it 
to  prove  a  very  valuable  remedial  agent  in  chronic  diseases  of 
those  organs,  such  as  neuralgia  of  the  testicles,  irritable  testicle, 


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chronic  orchitis,  indurated  testicles  and  spermatorrhoea.  In  the 
last  mentioned  disease  I  have  given  the  remedy  in  two  cases 
with  excellent  results. 

Case  i. — A  young  man  set.  28;  nervo-sanguine  tempera- 
ment. For  a  number  of  years  has  had  from  one  to  four  emis- 
sions with  sexual  dreams  every  week,  followed  the  next  day 
with  great  prostration  of  strength,  dull  pain  in  the  lumbar  re- 
gion, with  great  despondency  and  irritability  of  the  mind ;  Us- 
tilago  m»  2d  dec,  two  grs.  morning  and  night  in  one  month 
produced,  so  he  said,  a  permanent  cure. 

Case  #. — An  Irishman,  30  years  of  age,  bilious  tempera- 
ment, has  been  an  onanist  all  his  life.  Has  a  seminal  emis- 
sion about  every  night ;  cannot  hear  a  man  talk  about  women 
but  he  will  have  an  emission ;  is  very  sad,  cries  frequently  ; 
says  he  cannot  keep  from  the  base  practice  ;  has  no  control  of 
himself  when  the  passion  is  aroused  ;  knows  it  is  fast  killing 
him  ;  is  not  able  to  work  on  the  farm  is  so  much  prostrated. 
Has  been  treated  by  a  number  of  physicians,  none  have  helped 
him  only  for  a  short  time.  I  ordered  him  to  take  a  sitz  bath 
daily,  followed  by  brisk  friction  with  a  crash  towel,  never  to 
deep  on  his  back,  and  keep  from  all  company,  to  do  something 
to  occupy  his  mind  and  to  cease  the  practice  of  onanism.  Gave 
him  lour  grain  doses  of  the  1st  dec,  of  the  Ustilago  so  as  to 
get  the  specific  effect  of  the  drug  on  the  sexual  system.  In 
one  week  returned  ;  said  he  had  had  but  one  emission,  and  felt 
better  every  way ;  gave  two  grain  doses  twice  a  day  one  week ; 
returned  much  better  ;  no  emission  had  taken  place ;  had  been 
able  to  work  a  little  ;  continued  same  remedy  two  weeks,  dur- 
ing which  time  he  had  two  emissions.  I  continued  this  treat- 
ment seven  months,  twice  giving  him  Nux.  v.  for  constipation 
and  once  Bromide  of  potassa  ;  he  then  had  an  emission  once  in 
four  or  five  weeks  ;  worked  hard,  and  thought  himself  cured. 
In  the  last  four  months  he  has  been  to  my  ofliee  twice  for 
medicine  ;  has  had  an  emission  every  three  or  four  weeks,  but 
it  does  not  seem  to  affect  his  mind  as  it  did,  or  produce  the 
great  prostration.  This  case  is  not  cured  but  certainly  the 
remedy  has  had  an  excellent  effect  upon  him,  and  without  a 
doubt  prevented  him  from  becoming  an  inmate  of  an  Insane 
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Some  of  the  symptoms  that  shadow  forth  its  homoeopathicity 
to  spermatorrhoea  are  sexual  dreams  every  night  without  emis- 
sions ;  perfect  loss  of  all  sexual  desire  with  great  relaxation  of 
the  scrotum  ;  the  scrotum  covered  with  cold  sweat.  (See  Cal- 
adium  and  Hamamelis.)  Painful  testicles ;  sad  and  gloomy. 
I  would  advise  it  given  in  the  lower  attenuations  until  the 
specific  effect  of  the  remedy  is  produced,  afterwards  given  in 
smaller  doses,  as  long  as  it  has  good  effect,  and  then  give 
Bromido  of  potassa. 

ORGANS  OF  GENERATION  OP  WOMEN. 

69.  Constant  aching  distress  in  the  uterus,  referred  by  the 
patient  to  the  mouth  of  the  womb. 

70.  In  a  cow  house,  where  cows  were  fed  on  Indian  corn  in- 
fested with  this  parasite  (Ustilago)  eleven  of  their  number  ab- 
orted in  eight  days,  after  their  food  was  changed  none  of  the 
animals  aborted.     (Anl.  Med.  Vetr.  Beige,  and  Eep.  de  Ph.) 

71.  Six  drachms  to  two  bitch  dogs  with  young,  soon  caused 
them  to  abort. 

72.  Fowls  led  on  this  fungus  lay  eggs  without  shells.  (Rou- 
lin.) 

CLINICAL  REMARKS. 

It  is  on  the  sexual  system  of  females,  of  which  the  ovaries 
constitute  the  Ci  ultimate  foci,"  that  the  poisonous  properties  of 
the  Ustilago  madis  centres,  and  the  therapeutic  influence  it  has 
over  the  various  diseases  the  female  sexual  system  is  subject  to, 
cannot  be  surpassed  by  any  remedy  in  the  materia  medica.  In 
fact,  this  is  our  great  female  regulator,  and  must  as  soon  as  its 
great  therapeutic  properties  are  as  well  known  as  those  of  Se- 
cale,  Puis,  Bell,  Sepia,  Sabina,  Apis,  Senecio  and  Sulphur,  take 
the  head  of  the  list.  The  specific  affinity  it  has  for  the  ovaries 
and  their  appendages  being  greater  than  any  of  the  above  list, 
and  its  anti-psoric  properties  being  nearly  equal  to  those  of 
Sulphur,  show  us  at  once  why  it  should  rank  as  our  first  female 
remedy.  In  ovarian  irritation,  ovaritis,  amenorrhea,  dysmen- 
orrhea, menses  premature,  retarded,  too  scanty,  too  short,  sup- 
.  pressed,  menopausis  or  critical  age,  no  remedy  has  given  me 
such  pleasing  and  good  results,  and  any  physician  will  have 
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collect  the  well  matured  fungus  as  soon  as  the  corn  is  nearly 
ripe,  making  sure  to  get  a  perfect  specimen,  triturate  on  the 
decimal  scale,  and  keep  this  first  decimal  (which  is  to  be  made 
with  pure  sugar  of  milk)  in  the  dark ;  from  this  the  2d,  3d  or 
6th  can  be  prepared  any  time.  I  have  used  it  as  high  as  the 
15th  dec,  with  excellent  results.  I  presume  the  tincture  will 
prove  quite  as  useful,  but  I  have  not  tested  it.  Let  no  man 
condemn  this  remedy  until  he  has  'tried  what  he  knows  is  a 
perfect  specimen,  and  gathered  and  prepared  in  the  fall.  I  will 
now  give  a  few  of  the  clinical  cases  the  remedy  has  cured 
in  my  hands. 

Case  1. — Metrorrhagia.  Mrs.  H.,  set.  28 ;  large  lymphatic 
woman ;  weight  about  200  lbs.  Oct.  27,  1866,  called  to  at- 
tend her  during  labor  with  her  third  child  ;  had  an  easy  labor  ; 
sick  four  hours  ;  everything  natural ;  she  stated  that  after  each 
labor  she  always  "flowed  almost  to  death  ;"  no  lady  ever  did 
better  for  eight  days,  but  the  ninth  day  slight  flooding  came 
on ;  tenth  day  flooding  was  profuse  and  alarming  ;  her  husband 
came  in  great  haste,  saying  they  had  done  all  they  could.  I 
placed  her  hips  higher  than  her  shoulders,  ordered  everything  sh$ 
ate  or  drank  to  be  cold,  and  gave  Ustilago  2d  dec.  trit.,  2  grains, 
every  half  hour  until  better,  then  every  two  hours.  The  flood- 
ing was  constant,  but  every  few  minutes  a  large  clot  of  bright 
red  blood  would  be  expelled,  with  bearing  down  pains.  Next 
day  I  found  my  patient  free  from  all  pain  and  the  hsemorihage 
had  entirely  ceased.  Continued  remedy  once  in  four  hours 
•  There  was  no  return  of  the  flooding,  the  cure  being  permanent. 

Case  #. — Metrorrhagia.  Mrs.  B.,  eet.  23.  Nervous  temper- 
ament; third  labor  ;  natural  but  slow,  with  feeble  pains;  did 
well  for  two  weeks,  when  she  commenced  walking  about  the 
house;  severe  flooding  set  in;  blood  passed  in  large  clots  of  a 
bright  red  color;  no  pain;  is  very  weak.  Gave  Ustilago  2d, 
two  grains  every  hour.  Next  day  the  haemorrhage  had  nearly 
ceased;  I  found  her  up  and  trying  to  work.  Continued  same 
remedy  every  two  hours ;  third,  had  no  haemorrhage  and  con- 
valesced rapidly. 

Case  8. — Metrorrhagia.  Mrs.  H.,  aet.,  about  30.  Nervous 
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the  third  and  fourth  month;  did  well  for  some  weeks,  when 
haemorrhage  set  in;  has  continued  ever  since,  some  days  being 
very  slight,  other  days  profuse  with  large  dark  colored  clots 
passing  her;  has  no  real  pain;  two  physicians  have  prescribed 
for  her  without  checking  the  haemorrhage  in  the  least;  I  made 
an  examination  and  found  the  placenta  protruding  from  the  os 
uteri;  removed  the  major  portion  of  it  and  the  haemorrhage 
ceased  at  once,  and  did  not  occur  again  for  three  weeks,  when 
she  had  a  passive  haemorrhage  for  three  days;  I  was  again  call- 
ed; gave  Ustilago  2d  every  three  hours,  which  completely 
cured  her  in  two  days. 

Case  -£. — Mrs.  H.,  set.  32.  Sanguine  temperament;  nursing 
a  babe  14  months  old;  six  weeks  since  commenced  flowing 
slightly;  continued  three  weeks,  when  one  day  she  flowed  pro- 
fusely, passing  large  quantities  of  coagulated,  dark  colored 
blood,  with  bearing  down  pains;  I  think  she  miscarried  at  this 
time,  but  she  thinks  not;  it  has  been  three  weeks  since  and  she 
has  a  constant  dark  colored  passive  haemorrhage  without  pain, 
feeling  very  weak.  Gave  Ustilago  two  grain  doses,  every  two 
hours  for  four  days;  the  haemorrhage  ceased  on  the  third  day, 
but  she  now  was  suffering  with  violent  frontal  headache  and 
debility;  gave  Bell,  two  days  which  relieved  the  headache,  but 
did  not  stop  it  entirely;  I  now  gave  her  Iron  for  the  debility, 
which  in  two  weeks  caused  a  good  recovery. 

Case  5. — Metrorrhagia.  Mrs.  H.,  aet.  38.  Oct.  20th,  two 
months  ago,  miscarried  when  three  months  gone;  attended  by 
an  allopath;  says  afterbirth  came  away  nicely,  but  has  had 
constant  haemorrhage  ever  since;  tries  to  do  her  house  work; 
works  an  hour  or  so  and  then  has  to  go  to  bed;  has  no  pain; 
says  she  has  to  use  from  eight  to  twelve  cloths  daily,  and  the 
haemorrhage  is  just  as  much  at  night;  the  blood  is  light  color- 
ed, and  frequently  comes  away  in  lumps;  has  a  constant  head, 
ache;  is  pale  and  anaemic;  has  been  treated  constantly  since 
the  miscarriage,  without  the  least  benefit;  says  now  she  cannot 
take  the  "  horrid  stuff"  any  longer.  Gave  Ustilago  2d  every 
two  hours  ;  in  twelve  hours  the  remedy  had  completely  arrested 
the  haemorrhage,  and  there  was  no  return;  convalesced  rapidly 
without  any  more  medicine.  This  did  my  soul  good,  and 
made  one  more  convert  to  homoeopathy. 

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TYPHOID    FEVER. 

Remedies  indicated. — Aeon  apis  arn  ars  bapt  bell  bry  calo  carb- 
veg  cham  chin  cimicif  coco  cupr  gelsem  hyos  ign  iris  lach  lept  lye 
mere  mosch  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ao  nux  vom  nux  mosoh  op  phos  ph- 
ac  podo  pals  rhus  sil  strain  sulph  sulph-ac  Terat-v  zan  zinc. 

[Under  this  head  are  arranged  the  symptoms  of  typhoid  and  typhus 
fevers,  the  only  difference  between  them  being  the  duration,  typhus 
being  the  shorter ;  the  character  and  appearance  of  the  eruption,  be- 
ing papula  and  appearing  on  the  8th  day  in  typhoid  and;  macula,  and 
appearing  on  the  3d  day  in  typhus  ;  and  in  the  abdominal  lesions 
which  are  characteristic  of  typhoid,  and  wanting  in  typhus.] 

SYMPTOMS.  REMEDIES. 

Anxiety,  Indifference,  Irritability  or  Insensibility,   Com- 
prehension  difficult,   Delirium,  Depression,    Headache  in 
forehead   or   temples,    Pupils  dilated  or  contracted,  Photo- 
phobia, Deafness,  Epistaxis,   Face   flushed,  pale  or  sallow, 
Tongue  coated,  Offensive  breath,  Loss  of  appetite,  Thirst  or 
want  of  thirst,  Taste  bitter  or  metallic,  Nausea  or  vomiting,      ^ 
Flatulency  and   borborygmus,   Constipation    or    diarrhoea,  I   %  i 
Bloody  stools,  Urine  too  copious,  too  scanty  or  retention  of  *"  m 
urine,  Eruption  miliary  vesicles,  Hyperesthesia  of  the  skin, 
Sleeplessness  or  drowsiness,   Coma-vigil,  Coma,   Chilliness, 
Heat,  Perspiration  or  dryness  of  the  skin,  Pulse  quick,  weak, 
soft,  slow,  irregular  or  trembling,  Cough,  Convulsions,  De- 
bility, Aggravation  in  the  morning  or  at  night. 

Pupils  contracted — Aeon  arn  ars  bell  calo  cham  chin  coco  hyos  ign 
mosch  mur-ac  nux-mosch  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  puis  sil  stram  sulph 
zinc. 

Flickering  before  the  Eyes. — Ars  bell  calc  carb-veg  cham  chin  hyos 
ign  lye  mur-ac  nux-vom  phos  ph-ac  puis  suiph. 

Tongue  dry. — Aeon  apis  arn  ars  arum  bapt  bell  bry  carb-veg  cham 

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chin  hyos  lach  mere  nuz-vom  phos  ph-ac  pals  rhus  rulph  sul  ph-ac 
lino. 

Watery  Stools. — Apis  arum  bell  hyos  iris  lept  mere  mur-ac  nux- 
vom podo  puis  sulph. 

Offensive  Stools. — Aeon  apis  am  ars  bell  bry  calc  carb-veg  cham 
chin  coco  ign  iris  lach  lept  lye  mere  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-voni 
nuz-mosch  op  phos  ph-ac  podo  puis  rhus  stram  sil  sulph  sulph-  ao 
sine. 

Involuntary  Stools. — Aeon  apis  am  ars  bell  bry  carb  veg  chin  cocc 
hyos  ign  lach  lept  mere  mur-ac  natr-mur  nuz-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  puis 
rhus  sulph  zinc. 

Urine  passed  involuntary. — Aeon  am  ars  bell  bry  calc  carb-veg 
cham  chin  cocc  hyos  ign  lach  lyo  mere  mur-ac  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux- 
mosch  nux-vom  op  phos  ph-ac  podo  puis  rhus  sil  stram  sulph  sulph-ao 
zinc. 

Eruption  papular. — Aeon  apis  am  ars  bell  bry  calc  carb- veg  cham 
cin  cimicif  cocc  cupr  gelsem  lye  mere  mosch  mar  ao  nuz  vom  natr- 
mur  nitac  phos  ph  ac  puis  rhus  sil  sulph  sulph  ac  zinc. 

Falling  out  of  the  Hair. — Ars  bell  calc  carb  veg  ign  lach  lyo 
mere  natr  mur  nit   ac  op  phos  ph  ac  rhus  sil  sulph  sulph  ao  zinc. 

Bed  sores. — Am  ars  bell  calc  carb  veg  cham  chin  ign  lach  lyo 
mere  natr  mur  nitae  nuxvom  op  phos  phao  puis  rhus  sil  sulph 
f  ilph  ao  zinc. 

Parotiditis. — Am  ars  arum  bell  bry  ealc  carb  veg  cham  chin  coco 
eupr  hyos  ign  lach  lye  mere  murao  natr  mur  nitae  nuxvom  phos 
ph  ao  puis  rhus  sil  stram  sulph  sulph  ao  zinc. 

Frequent  complications  are  laryngitis,  oedema  of  the  glottis,  pneu- 
monia, peritonitis,  erysipelas  and  gangrene. 

Occasional  sequela  are  pulmonary  tuberculosis  and  abscesses. 
SCARLET    FEVER. 

Remedies  indicated. — Aeon  amm  amm  mur  apis  am  ars  arum  bar 
bell  bry  ealc  earb  veg  caust  cham  coff  croc  dulo  euphorb  gelsem  hep 
hyos  iod  ip  lach  lyo  mere  mur  ae  nit  ac  op  phos  ph  ao  rhus  stram 
sulph  zinc. 

8YMPTOMS.  REMEDIES. 

Irritability,  Delirium,  Dizziness,  Headache,  Deafness/ 
Epistazis,  Tongue  coated,  dry  or  red,  Loss  of  appetite, 
Thirst  or  want  of  thirst,  Vomiting  (rare),  Offensive  breath, 
*  Constipation  or  diarrhoea,  Urine  too  scanty,  bloody  or  pale, 
Cough,  Eruption,  burning,  scarlet,  itching,  miliary,  Sleep- 
iness or  Sleeplessness,  Coma,  Pulse,  quick,  vibratory, 
Foft,  Chilliness  (rare),  Heat,  with  or  without  perspiration, 
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Skin  red. — Aeon  amni  apis  arn  bell  bry  calc  carb  veg  dulo  euphorb 
gelsem  hyos  lye  mere  op  phos  ph  ao  rhus  stram  sulph  zinc. 

Desquamation  of  the  Skin. — Aeon  amm  amm  mar  ars  bar  bell  calc 
caust  cham  dulc  eupborb  iod  mere  op  pbos  pbac  rhus  sulph. 

Swelling  of  the  Skin. — Aeon  amm  apis  arn  ars  bell  bry  calc  carb  - 
Teg  caust  dnlc  eupborb  hep  hyos  iod  lach  lye  mere  mur  ao  nit  ac  op 
phos  ph  ac  rhus  stram  sulph. 

Discharge  from  Nose. — Excoriating  the  Skin. — Amm  amm  mur 
ars  arum  calc  oarb  veg  cham  euphorb  hep  iod  lach  lye  mere  mur  ao 
nit  ac  phos  ph  ac  sulph. 

Stoppage  of  the  Nose — Aeon  amm  amm  mur  ars  bar  bell  bry  calc 
carb- veg  eaust  cham  ooff  dulo  euphorb  hep  hyos  iod  ip  lach  lyo  mere 
mur  ac  nit  ac   op  phos  ph  ao  stram  sulph  sine. 

Inflammation  of  internal  ear. — Aeon  amm  ars  bar  bell,  bry  calc 
carb  veg  caust  oham  dulc  euphorb  hyos  iod  ip  lach  lyo  mere  mur  ac 
nit  ao  phos  ph  ac  rhus  stram  sulph  zinc. 

Inflammation  of  sub-maxillary  glands. — Aeon,  amm  mur,  ars,  arn 
arum,  bell,  bry,  calc,  carb  veg,  caust,  cham  dulc,  euphorb,  hep.  hyos, 
iod,  lach,  lye,  mere,  mur  ac,  nit  ac,  phos,  ph  ao,  rhus,  stram,  sulph, 
zinc. 

Inflammation  of  Larynx. — Aeon,  amm,  amm  mur,  apis,  arn,  ars, 
arum,  bar,  bell,  bry,  calc,  carb  veg,  oanst,  cham,  coff,  dulc,  euphorb, 
gelsem,  hep,  hyos,  iod,  ip,  laeh,  lye,  mere,  mur  ac,  nit  ao,  op,  phos, 
ph  ao,  rhus,  stram,  sulph,  zinc. 

Pain  on  swallowing. — Aeon,  amm,  amm  mur,  ars,  arum,  bar,  bell, 
bry,  calc,  carb  veg,  cham,  coff,  croc,  euphorb,  hep,  hyos,  iod,  ip,  laoh, 
mere,  nit  ac,  op,  phos,  ph  ac,  rhus,  stram,  sulph. 

Voice  Nasal. — Bell,  bry,  laeh,  ph  ao. 

Inflammation  of  Kidneys. — Aoon,  apis,  bell,  hep,  mere,  ph  ao, 
sulph,  zino. 

Dropsy. — Aoon,  apis,  arn,  ars,  bell,  bry,  oarb  veg,  dulc,  euphorb, 
hep,  hyos,  iod,  ip,  lach,  lye,  mere,  mur  ao,  nit  ac,  op,  phos,  ph  ao, 
rhus,  stram,  sulph. 

Complications. — Otitis,  external  or  internal,  diptheria,  disease  of 
the  kidneys  and  formation  of  emboli. 

Sequels. — Otitis,  renal  diseases,  pleuritis,  pericarditis,  dropsy  and 
articular  rheumatism. 

Spotted  Fever    or    Gerebro-Spinal    Meningitis, 

Remedies  indicated. — Aeon,  ang,  arn,  bapt,  bell,  bry,  eamph, 
eanth,  oham,  oic,  cimicif,  oina,  coco,  cupr,  gelsem,  hyos,  ign,  ip,  mosoh 
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difficult,  Delirium,  Dizziness;  Headache,   Pupils  dilated  or 
contrated,    Photophobia,    diplopia,    strabismus,    Deafness, 
Tongue  coated,  Loss  of  appetite,  Thirst  or  want  of  thirst, 
Nausea  or  vomiting,  Constipation  as  a  rule,  diarrhcea,  Urine  }>  SL*S. 
increased,  Eruption  petechia,  Hyperesthesia,   Coma,   Pulse      *"* 
slow,  frequent,   small,   soft,   Chilliness,  Heat,  Skin,  dry  or 
moist,    Convulsions,   Grasping    at    flocks,    Aggravation   at 
night. 

Pupils  Contracted. — Aeon,  ang,  arn,  bell,  camph,  canth,  cham,  cic, 
cina,  cocc,  hyos,  ign,  mosch,  nuz  vom,  op,  sec  cor,  stan,  stram,  sulph, 
zino. 

Diplopia. — Bell,  cham,  cic.  cimicif,  gelsem,  hyos,  sec  cor,  strain, 
sulph. 

Strabismus. — Bell,  cina,  gelsem,  hyos,  sulph. 

Eruption  papular. — Aeon,  arn,  bell,  bry,  canth,  cham,  cina,  cimicif, 
coco,  cupr,  gelsem,  mosch,  nuz  vom,  rhus,  stram,  sulph,  zinc,  ziz. 

Eruption,  herpes  labialis.— Bell,  bry,  cic,  coco,  cupr,  hyos,  mosch, 
nuz  vom,  rhus,  stan,  sulph,  zinc. 

Palpitation  of  the  heart. — Aeon,  ang,  arn,  bapt,  bell,  bry,  camph, 
canth,  cham,  cocc,  cupr,  gelsem,  hyos,  ign,  ip,  mosch,  nuz  vom,  op, 
plat,  rhus,  sec  cor,  sulph,  zinc. 

Respiration  oppressed. — Aeon,  ang,  arn,  bapt,  bell,  bry,  camph, 
canth,  cham,  cic,  cimicif,  cina,  cocc,  cupr,  gelsem,  hyos,  ign,  ip, 
mosch,  nuz  vom,  op,  plat,  rhus,  sec  cor,  stan,  stram,  sulph,  zinc,  ziz. 

Difficulty  of  co-ordinating  movements. — Ang,  arn,  bell  bry,  camph, 
canth,  cham,  cic,  cimicif,  cina,  cocc,  cupr,  gelsem,  hyos,  ign,  ip, 
mosch,  nuz  vom,  op,  plat,  rhus,  sec  cor,  stan,  stram,   sulph,  zinc,  ziz. 

Subsultus  tendinum.-  Arn  bell  bry  cham  cic  cina  cocc  cupr  gelsem 
hyos  ign  ip  plat  rhus  sec  cor  stan  sulph  ziz. 

Opisthotonos. — Ang,  bell,  canth,  cham,  cic,  cocc,  hyos,  ign,  ip,  nuz 
vom,  op,  rhus,  sec  cor,  stan,  stram. 

Aggravation  from  Noise. — Aeon,  ang,  am,  bapt,  bell,  bry,  cham, 
ign,  ip,  nux  vom,  plat,  stan,  zinc,  ziz. 

Aggravation  from  Light. — Aeon,  arn,  bell,  bry,  camph,  cham,  cic, 
cina,  cocc,  cupr,  gelsem,  hyos,  ign,  nux  vom,  plat,  rhus,  stan,  stram, 
sulph,  zinc,  ziz. 

Aggravation  from  Motion. — Aeon  ang,  arn,  bapt,  bell,  bry,  camph, 
oanth,  cham,  cic,  cimicif,  cina,  cocc,  cupr,  gelsem,  hyos,  ign,  ip, 
mosch,  nuz  vom,  op,  plat,  rhus,  see  cor,  stan,  stram,  sulph,  zinc,  ziz. 

Aggravation  from  pressure  over  the  spine. — Aeon,  ang,  arn,  bapt, 
bell,  bry,  camph,  cimicif,  cina,  cupr,  gelsem,  hyos,  ign,  ip,  mosoh* 
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Remedies  indicated. — Aeon,  apoe   s,  am,  ars,  bell,  bry,  camph, 
canth,   carb  veg,  chin,  cimicif,  cupr,  eup  perf  gelscm,  ip,  mere,  nux 
vom,  rhus  verat  a,  verat  v. 

SYMPTOMS.  REMEDIES. 

Anxiety,  gayety,  hopelessness,  indifference  or  insensibil- ' 
ity,  Delirium,  Dizziness,  Headache,  forehead   chiefly,  Photo- 
phobia, Epistaxis,   Face  flushed,   pale   or  yellow,   Tongue 
coated.  Loss  of  appetite,  Thirst,  Nausea  and  vomiting,  Con- 
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Tenderness  of  epigastrium  on  pressure,  Coma,  Pulse  slow, 
weak,  vibratory,  compressible  or  irregular,  Chilliness  follow- 
ed by  heat,  Perspiration  or  dry  skin,  Convulsions,  Debility. 

Eyes  red. — Aeon,  am,  ars  bell,  bry,  camph,  canth,  carb  veg,  chin, 
cimicif,  gelsem,  ip,  mere,  nux  vom,  rhus,  verat  a. 

Eyes  fixed — Aeon,  am,  ars,  bell,  bry,  camph,  canth,  chin,  cupr, 
eup  perf,  mere,  nux  vom,  rhus,  verat  a. 

Eyes  watery. — Aeon,  arn,  ars,  bell,  bry,  camph,  canth,  carb  vegf 
chin,  cimicif,  eup  perf,  gelsem,  mere,  nux  vom,  rhus,  verat  v. 

Hemorrhage  from  the  ears. — Bell,  bry,  mere,  rhus. 

Hamorrhage  from  the  gums. — Arn,  ars,  bell,  bry,  canth,  carb  veg, 
chin,  mere,  nux  vom,  rhus. 

Epistaxis. — Aeon,  arn,  ars,  bell,  bry,  canth,  carb  veg,  chin,  ip, 
mere,  nux  vom,  rhus,  verat  a. 

Hemorrhage  from  uterus. — Aeon,  am,  ars,  bell,  bry,  canth,  carb 
veg,  chin,  ip,  mere,  nux  vom,  rhus. 

Vomiting  of  blood. — Aeon,  arn,  ars,  bell,  bry,  camph,  canth,  carb 
veg,  chin,  cupr,  ipt  mere,  nux  vom,  rhus,  verat  a,  verat  v. 

Stools,  white. — Aeon,  arn,  ars,  bell,  carb  veg,  chin,  mere,  nux 
vom,  rhus,  verat  a. 

Pain  in  loins  and  extremities. — Aeon,  apoe  a,  arn,  ars,  bell,  bry, 
camph,  canth,  carb  veg,  chin,  cimicif,  cupr,  eup  perf,  gelsem,  ip,  mero 
nux  vom,  rhus,  verat  a,  verat  v. 

Lividity  of  the  back. — Aeon,  am,  ars,  bell,  bry,  camph,  carb  veg> 
chin,  cupr,  ip,  mere,  nux  vom,  verat  a. 

Jaundice. — Aeon,  arn,  ars,  bell,  bry,  canth,  carb  veg,  chin,  cupr, 
gelsem,  mere,  nux  vom,  rhus,  verat  a. 

Yellow  fever  is  occasionally  complicated  with  remittent  fever. 
Bemittent    Fever. 

Principal  remedies  indicated. — Aeon,  ars,  bell,  bry,  cale,  caps, 
cham,  chin,  cor  cir,  eup  perf,  gelsem,  ign,  ip,  iris,  lept,  lye,  nux  vom, 
podo,  rhus,  sabad,  samb,  verat  a. 


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8THPTOH8.  REMEDIES. 

Delirium,  Dizziness  and  headache,  Face  pale,  red  or  sal- 1  §  §? 
low,  Epistaxis,  rare,  Tongue  coated,  Nausea  and  vomiting,  .  .  B  <* 
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pressure,  Urine  scanty  and  dark  or  suppressed,  Cough,  oc 
casionally,  Pulse  generally  slower  than  in  health,  Chilliness 
heat  and  sweat,  Debility,  Aggravation  in  the  forenoon. 

Vomiting  of  green  or  yellow  matter, — Aeon,  ars,  bell,  bry,  calc, 
chant,  chin,  eup  per/,  ign,  ip,  lye,  nux  vom,  podo,  rhus,  sabad,  verat  a. 

Stools  white. — Aeon,  ars,  bell,  calc,  cham,  chin,  ign,  nux  vom,  po- 
do, rhus,  verat  a. 

Spleen  swollen. — Aeon,  ars,  bell,  bry,  caps,  cham,  chin,  eup  perf, 
ign,  ip,  lyo,  nux  vom,  podo,  rhus,  sabad,  verat  a. 

Jaundice. —  Aeon,  ars,  bell,  bry,  calc,  cham,  chin,  gelsem,  ign,  lept, 
lye,  nux  vom. podo,  rhus,  sabad,  verat  a. 

Pains  in  loins  and  extremities » — Aeon,  ars.  bell,  bry,  calc,  caps, 
cham,  chin,  cor  cir,  eup  perf,  gelsem,  ign,  ip,  iris,  lept,  lye,  nux  vom, 
podo,  rhus,  sabad,  samb,  verat  a. 

Herpes  labialis. — Ars,  bell,  bry,  calc,  caps,  lye,  nux  vom,  rhus,  sa- 
bad, verat  a. 

Periodical  aggravation.-rAcon,  ars,  bell,  bry,  calc,  caps,  cham, 
chin,  cor  cir,  eup  perf,  gelsem,  ign,  ip,  iris,  lept,  lye,  nux  vom,  podo, 
rhus,  sabad,  samb,  verat  a. 

Sequels. — Intermittent  and  typhoid  fevers. 

Remittent  fever  is  sometimes  complicated  with  typhoid  fever,  and 
is  then  known  as  typho-malarial   fever,  which   partakes  of  the   symp- 
toms of  typhoid  and  the  periodicity  of  remittent. 
Intermittent    Fever. 

Principal  remedies  indicated. — Amm  mur,  ant  t,  apis,  am,  ars, 
bell,  bry,  cact,  calc,  carb  veg,  caust,  cham,  chin,  cina,  coco,  coff,  cor 
cir,  cor  f,  eup  perf,  eup  pur,  gelsem,  hyos,  ign,  ip,  lye,  mere,  natr 
mur,  natr  sulph,  nit  ac,  nux  vom,  op,  podo,  puis,  rhus,  sabad,  samb, 
sep,  sil,  spig,  stan,  stram,  sulph,  thuj,  verat  a. 

[Note. — In  this  article  I  have  copied  very  generously  from  BoBnninghausen's 
work  on  intermittent  fever,  and  have  followed  his  plan  throughout,  inserting  the 
following  remedies  not  contained  in  his  work,  viz.,  apis,  cact,  cor  cir,  cor  f,  eup 
perf,  eup  pur,  gelsem,  natr  sulph,  podo,  J 

General  Chilliness. — Amm  mur,  ant  t,  apis,  am,  ars,  bell,  bry, 
cact,  calc,  caps,  carb  veg,  caust,  cham,  chin,  cina,  cocc,  coff,  cor  cir, 
corn  f,  eup  perf,  eup  pur,  gelsem,  hyos,  ign,  ip,  lye,  mere,  natr  mur, 
nafer  sulph,  nit  ao,  nux  vom,  op,  podo,  rhus,  sabad,  samb,  sep,  sil,  spig, 
stan,  stram,  sulph,  thuj,  verat  a. 

General  chilliness  with  partial  heat. — Bell,  calc,  cham,  ohin,  eina 
ign,  lye,  rhus,  thuj. 


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External  chilliness.— Ars,  bell,  calo,  chin,  ign,  natr  sulph  nux. 
vom,  rhus. 

Internal  chilliness. — Ars,  calc,  canst,  chin,  ign,  ip,  lye,  mere,  natr 
sulph,  ail,  thuj. 

Partial  chilliness. — Brj,  caps,  canst,  chin,  ign,  rhus,  samb,  spig, 
thuj. 

General  heat. — Ant  t,  apis,  am,  ars,  bell,  bry,  cact,  calo,  caps,  carb 
Teg,  canst,  cham,  chin,  cina,  coff,  corn  f,  eup  perf,  eup  pur,  gelsem, 
hyos,  ign,  ip.  lyo,  mere,  natr  mur,  nit  ac,  nux  vcm,  op,  podo,  puis, 
rhus,  sabad,  samb,  sil,  spig,  stan,  strain,  sulph,  verat  a. 

General  heat  with  partial  chills. — Bry,  chin,  ign,  samb,  thuj. 

General  heat  with  partial  sweat. — Ant  t,  chin,  puis,  sep. 

External  heat. — Ars,  ign,  mere,  rhus,  sil,  thuj. 

Internal  heat. — Ars,  calo,  carb  Teg,  nux  vom,  puis,  stan,  sulph, 
verat  a. 

Partial  heat. — Bell,  bry,  calc,  cham,  chin,  corn  cir,  ign,  ip,  lye, 
nit  ac,  natr  sulph,  rhus,  sep,  sil,  spig,  stram,  sulph,  thuj. 

General  sweat. — Ars,  bell,  bry,  cact,  caps,  carb  veg,  canst,  cham, 
chin,  cina,  coff,  corn  cir,  eup  perf,  eup  pur,  gelsem,  hyos,  ign,  ip,  lye, 
mere,  natr  mur,  natr  sulph,  nit  ao,  nux  vom,  op,  podo,  puis,  rhus,  sa- 
bad, sep,  sil,  star,  stram,  sulph,  thuj,  verat  a. 

Partial  sweat. — Bry,  caps,  caust,  chin,  eup  perf.  eup  pur,  ign,  rhus, 
samb,  spig,  thuj. 

Chills  and  heat  at  the  same  time. — Ars  bell  natr  mur  nit  ac  nux 
vom  puis  sabad  sil  thuj  verat  a. 

Chills  predominant. — Am,  ars,  bell,  bry,  caps,  chin,  cina,  cocc,  coff 
eup  pur,  hyos,  ign,  lye,  natr  sulph. 

Chills  and  heat  at  the  same  time,  then  sweat. — Calc,  sulph. 

Chills  and  heat  in  alteration. — Ars  ant-t  bell  calo  chin  corn-cir 
eup-perf  lye  mere  nux-vom  sabab  spig  sulph  verat  a. 

Chills  and  heat  in  alteration,  then  sweat. — Corn  cir. 

Chills  then  heat — Am  ars  bell  bry  cact  carb-veg  caust  cham  chin 
cina  coff  corn-cir  ign  ip  lye  mere  natr- mur  nit-ac  nux-vom  op  puis  sa- 
bad sep  sil  spig  stram  sulph. 

Chills,  afterwards  heat  with  sweat. — Ant-t  bell  caps  chin  corn-cir 
eup-perf  natr-mur  nit-ae  nux-vom  op  puis  rhus  sabad  spig  sulph. 

Chills,  afterwards  heat,  then  sweat. — Ars  bry  eact  caps  carb-veg 
caust  chin  cina  eup-perf  eup-pur  gelsem  ign  ip  lye  natr-mur  uit-ac 
nux-vom  op  puis  rhus  sabad  samb  sep  sil  sulph  verat-a. 

Chills  then  sweat. — Bry  cact  caps  caust  cham  lyo  natr-mur  natr. 
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Heat  predominant. — Ant-t  ari  bell  eaet  oale  cham  chin  coff  eup- 
perf  gelsem  byos  ip  mere  natr-mur  nit-ac  nux-vom  op  pals  rbus  sabad 
samb  sep  strain  salpb. 

Heat,  tben  chills. — Bry  oalo  caps  caust  cbin  eup-pur  ign  mere  natr 
mnr  nit-ac  nux-vom  puis  sep  stan  sulpb  thuj. 

Heat,  tben  chills,  then  again  heat. — Stram. 

Heat  with  chills,  then  again  sweat. — Caps. 

Heat,  then  sweat. — Amm-mur  ant-t  ars  calc  carb-veg  cbin  coff  corn- 
cir. 

Heat  with  sweat. — Op  stram. 

Heat  with  sweat,  then  chills. — Stan. 

Sweat  predominant. — Cham  corn-cir  nit-ac  nux-vom  op  rbus  samb 
sil  stan  stram  thuj. 

Sweat,  tben  chills.— Corn-cir. 

Sweat,  then  chills,  then  sweat. — Nux-vom. 

Sweat,  then  heat. — Nux-vom. 

PECULIAR   PROPERTIES   OP   THE   SWEAT. 

Sweat  exhausting. — Ars  calo  chin  mere  samb  sep  stan. 

Sweat  coloring  yellow. — Ars  mere. 

Sweat  cold. — Ars  caps  cbin  cina  corn-cir  mere  sep  sulpb  verat-a. 

Sweat  viscous. — Ars  calc  corn-cir  lye  mere  nux-vom  op. 

Sweat  sour. — Am  bry  carb-veg  caust  ip  lye  mere  nit-ac  rbus  sep 
sil  sulpb  vera t- a. 

Sweat  fetid. — Merc  nit-ac  nux-vom  sil  spig  sulpb. 

Sweat  about  the  head. — Cham  eup-pur  op  rbus  sep. 

Sweat  all  over  except  the  head. — Thuj. 

Sweat  in  the  face. — Ars  calc  carb-veg  cham  mere  natr-sulph  rbus 
samb  sep. 

Sweat  on  the  forehead. — Ant-t  chin  eup-pur  nux-vom  sabad  verat-a. 

Sweat  on  the  chest. — Rhus  sep. 

Sweat  on  the  back. — Chin  sep. 

Sweat  on  the  hands. — Ars  calc  cham  sulpb. 

Sweat  on  the  genitals. — Gelsem  natr-sulph. 

Sweat  on  the  legs. — Calo  eup-pur  sep. 

Sweat  oh  the  feet. — Calc  sulpb. 

THIRST,   WHEN    PRESENT. 

During  the  fever. — Ars  bell  bry  cact  calc  cham  eup-pur  mere  nux- 
com  podo  puis. 

Before  the  chills. — Amm-mur  arn  caps  chin  eup-perf  eup-pur  nux- 
vom  puis. 

During  the  chills. — Arn  bell  bry  caps  carb-veg  chin  cina  eup-perf 


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verat-a. 

After  the  chills. — Chin  eup-pur  natr-sulph  sabad  thuj. 

Before  the  heat. — Chin  natr-mur  puis  sabad. 

During  the  heat. — Ant-t  ars  bry  cact  caps  carb-veg  cham  ehin  eina 
coff  eup-perf  eup-pur  hyos  ip  mere  natr-mur  nux-vom  op  podo  puis 
rhus  sabad  sep  sil  spig  stan  sulph  verat-a. 

After  the  heat. — Chin  coff  nux-vom  stan  stram. 

Before  the  sweat. — Coff  t&uj. 

During  the  sweat.  — Ars  cact  cham  chin  coff  mere  rhus  sabad. 

After  the  sweat. — Lye. 

After  the  fever. — Ant-t  ars  chin  natr-mur  nux-vom. 

THIRST,    WHEN    ABSENT. 

During  the  fever. — Ant-t  bell  calo  caps  carb-veg  caust  natr-mur 
nux-vom  sabad  sep  spig. 

During  the  chills. — Ars  bell  bry  carb-veg  chin  cina  cup-pur  ip 
mere  natr-mur  natr-sulph  nit-ac  nux  vom  op  puis  rhus  sabad  stram. 

During  the  heat. — Ant-t  ars  bell  bry  calc  caps  carb-veg  caust  chin 
cina  coff  ign  mere  natr-mur  nit-ac  puis  rhus  safaad  samb  sep  stram 
thuj. 

During  the  sweat. — Bry  caps  caust  ign  natr-sulph  puis  sabad  samb 
stram  verat-a. 

AILMENTS    ACCOMPANYING ,  THE    FEVER. 
1.   BEFORE   THE   FEVER. 

Anguish. — Chin. 
Burning  in  the  eyes. — Rhus. 
Chilliness. — Cact  puis. 
Coldness  of  the  feet. — Carb-veg. 
Dry  cough.— Eup-perf. 
Diarrhoea  — Corn-f  rhus. 
Diarrhoea,  slimy. — Puis. 
Drowsiness  by  day. — Puis. 
Fainting  fit. — Ars. 
Faintishness. — Ars  calc. 
Fingers  stiff. — Eup-perf. 
Heaviness  of  the  limbs  and  head. — Calc. 

Headache.  —Ars  bry  carb-veg  chin  corn-f  eup-pur  natr-mur  puis 
rhus. 

Inclination  to  vomit.— Cina.  ' 

Inclination  to  lie  down. — Ars. 
Increase  of  mucus  in  the  mouth. — ithus, 
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Nausea. — Chin  corn-f  lye  puis. 
Pain  in  the  bones. — Am  carb-veg  eup-perf, 
Pain  in  the  abdomen. — Ars  corn-f. 
Pain  in  the  back. — Ars  ip  podo. 
Pain  in  the  chest. — Ars. 
Palpitation  of  the  heart. — Chin. 
Ravenous  hunger. — Chin. 
Rending  pain  in  the  joints. — Calc. 
Rending  pain  in  the  limbs. — Ars  cina. 
Sneezing. — Chin. 

Stretching  of  the  limbs. — Ars  calc  carb  veg  rlw\ 
Sweat. — Samb. 
Toothache. — Carb-veg. 
Vertigo. — Ars  bry  puis. 
Vomiting — Cina  corn-f  lye  puis. 
Want  of  appetite. — Corn-f  puis. 
Weariness  and  drowsiness. —Corn-f  rhus. 
Yawning. — Ars  eup-perf  rhus. 

2.    DURING   THE   FEVER. 

Aggravation  of  other  symptoms. — Ars. 

Ailments  of  the  chest. — Ars  bry  chin  ip. 

Anguish, — Ars  calc  chin  eup-perf  nux-vom  vera  t- a. 

Apoplectic  fit. — Nux-vom. 

Appetite,  want  of. — Chin  eup-pur  lach. 

Appearance  of  new  symptoms. — Ars. 

Aversion  to  every  kind  of  food. — Ars. 

Bilious  ailments. — Cham  nux-vom  puis. 

Bitterness  of  mouth. — Ars. 

Cerebral  symptoms. — Op  stram. 

Coated  tongue. — Nux-vom. 

Colic. — Ars  calc  chin  rhus  sep  sulph. 

Congestion  of  blood  to  the  head.— Ars  sep  sulph. 

Constipation. — Bell  coco  lyo  nux-vom  verat-a. 

Cough. — Ars  calc  chin  ip  sulph, 

Cough,  dry. — Bry  eup-pur. 

Cough,  nightly. — Hyos. 

Diarrhoea— Ars  rhus  sulph. 

Delirium. — Nux-vom. 

Desire  for  cold  and  acid  drinks. — Eup-pur. 

Distension  of  veins. — Chin. 

Dullness  of  mind. — Ip. 

Eructations. — Carb-veg  nux-vom. 


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Eruption  on  the  lips. — Ars  natr-mur  nux-vom. 
Headache. — Ars  hry  cact  chin  eup-perf  ip  lye  natr-mur  nux-vom 
podo  sep  spig. 

Inability  to  recollect. — Ars  natr-mur  sep. 

Gastric  symptoms.— Cham  ip  nux-vom  puis  sabad. 

Lassitude  of  the  legs. — Ars  chin. 

Nausea. — Ars  eup-pur  ip  lyo. 

Nettle  rash. — Rhus. 

Nervous  irritability. — Bell. 

Oppression  of  the  ehest. — Ip. 

Pain  in  the  liver. — Chin. 

Paiu  in  the  face. — Spig. 

Pain  in  the  joints. — Ars  calo  carb-veg  chin  lyo  sep  sulph. 

Pain  in  the  hack. — Ars  calo  caust  lye  natr-mur. 

Pain  in  the  stomach. — Ars  lye  nux-vom  sep  sil  sulph. 

Pain  intolerable. — Ars  cham. 

Pain  rheumatic. — Ars  lye. 

Paralytic  weakness. — Ars. 

Paralytic  feeling  in  the  limbs.— Nux-vom. 

Palpitation  of  the  heart. — Rhus  sop  sulph. 

Pressure  at  the  pit  of  the  stomach. — Rhus. 

Pressure  at  the  stomach. — Sep. 

Ravenous  hunger. — Chin  cina. 

Snoring. — Op. 

Spasms.— Coco. 

Spasms  of  the  stomach.— Coco. 

Sleepiness. — Natr-mur  sep. 

Sleeplessness. — Chin  eup-perf. 

Sleep,  restless  with  frightful  dreams. — Eup-pur. 

Somnolence. — Op. 

Stitches  in  the  side. — Bry  nux-vom. 

Stitches  in  the  abdomen. — Bry  nux-vom. 

Swelling  of  pit  of  stomach. — Rhus. 

Stool  delaying. — Bell  coco  nux-vom  verat  a. 

Tremor. — Ars  cal<?  natr-mur  sep. 

Twitching  of  the  limbs. — Op. 

Taste  in  mouth  bitter — Sep. 

Urine  brown  and  foetid.— Sep. 

Uneasiness. — Ars  calc  sil. 

Vertigo. — Ars  bry  chin  nux-vom  sep  sulph  verat-a. 

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Vomiting  of  bile. — Cham  chin  nux-vom  puis. 
Vomiting  sour. — Lye. 
Vomit,  inclination  to. — Sep  verat-a. 
Weakness. — Eup  perf. 

3.    DURING    THE   CHILLS. 

Anguish. — Ars  caps  puis. 

Appetite,  want  of. — Sil. 

Bitterness  of  month  — Ars  cup-pcrf. 

Breathing,  difficulty  of.— Ars  natr-mur. 

Coldness  in  the  abdomen. — Ars. 

Coldness  of  hands  and  feet. — Eup-pur 

Contraction  of  the  limbs. — Caps. 

Cough. — Bry  calc  sabad  sulph. 

Diarrhoea. — Ars  eup-perf  sulph. 

Dullness  of  the  mind. — Caps. 

Delirium. — Sulph. 

Desire  for  lemonade. — Eup-pur. 

Drinking  a  great  deal. — Am. 

Face  Pale. — Natr-sulph. 

Hands,  Deadness  of. — Sep. 

Heacjache — Ars  bry  caps  cina  eup-perf  eup-pur  natr-mur  sep. 

Heat  of  the  cheeks. — Calc  cham. 

Heat  in  forehead. — Calc. 

Heat  in  the  face, — Bell  calc  cham  chin  lye  rhus. 

Internal  heat  of  head. — Natr-sulph. 

Inability  to  recollect. —Ars  caps  podo  stram. 

Intolerance  of  noise.  —  Caps. 

Loathing  of  food  and  drink. — Bry. 

Lassitude. — Ars  calc  carb-veg  caust. 

Limbs,  painful  weariness  of. — Rhus. 

Laying  down,  desire  of.— Bry. 

Nails  blue.-Cocc  eup-pur  natr-mur  nux-vom. 

Nausea.-Ars  bry  cina  corn-f  eup-perf  eup-pur  ign  lye  sep  verat-a. 

Obtusion  of  the  head.-Calc. 

Oppression  of  the  chest.-Ars  bry  ip  puis. 

Pain  in  the  limbs. -Ars  caps  eup-pur  podo  rhus  sep  sulph. 

Pain  in  the  limbs,  rending, — Bry  caps  lye  rhus  sabad. 

Pain  in  the  pit  of  the  stomach. — Ars. 

Pain  in  the  hip. — Rhus.' 

Pain  in  the  bones. — Ars  natr-mur. 

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Pain  in  the  liver. — Chin  nux-vom  verat-a. 

Pain  in  the  abdomen. — Ars  calc  chin  corn  f  ign  nit-ac  podo  sep. 

Pain  in  the  stomach. — Lye  sil  sulph. 

Pain  in  the  ribs. — Sabad. 

Pain  in  the  calves. — Rhus. 

Pain  in  general. — Ars. 

Pain  in  the  back. — Ars  calc  caps  canst  eup-perf  byos  ign   natr  mnr 
puis  verat-a. 

Paralysis,  sense  of  in  the  legs.  -Ars  ign. 

Peevishness. — Ars. 

Redness  of  cheeks. — Bry  lye. 

Redness  of  face.-— Ars  bry  chin  lye  rhus. 

Sleep. — Nux-vom  op. 

Shivering. — Eupperf  eup-pur. 

Spasms  of  the  chest. — Ars. 

Spitting. — Caps. 

Somnolence. — Natr-mur. 

Stitches  in  the  chest. — Bry. 

Stretching. — Ars  bry  caust  caps. 

Stupefaction. — Natr-mur. 

Swelling  of  the  spleen. — Caps. 

Tastelessness  of  food. — Ars. 

Teeth,  chattering  of. — Cact  caps  natr-mur  natr-sulph  nux-vom  sa 
bad. 

Trembling. — Eup-perf. 

Uneasiness. — Calc  caps  sil. 

Vertigo. — Calc  sulph  verat-a. 

Vomiting. — Cina  cornf  eup-perf  ign. 

Vomiting  of  bile. — Ars  cina  eup-perf  ign. 

Vomiting  of  mucus. — Caps  ign  puis. 

Vomiting  of  food. — Ign. 

Vomit,  inclination  to. — Ars. 

Yawning. — Ars  bry  caps  caust  natr-mur. 

4.  DURING   THE   HEAT. 

Anxiety. — Ars  mere  nux-vom  strain. 
Appetite,  want  of. -Ars  eup-pur. 
Bitterness  in  the  mouth.-Ars  sep. 
Burning  in  the  hands. -Nux-vom. 
Burning  in  the  lips.-  Chin. 
Chilliness  during  motion.-Nux-vom  rhus. 
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Coldness  of  the  forehead. — Chin  cina. 

Consciousness,  loss  of. — Ars  uatr-mur  sep. 

Coryza,  fluent. — Eup-pur. 

Delirium. — Cact  gels  em  podo  puis. 

Drinks  little. — Am  eup-perf. 

Desire  for  cold  and  acid  drinks. — Eup-perf. 

Dryness  of  lips. — Rhus. 

Dullness  of  mind. — Corn-f  natr-mur. 

Ears,  humming  in. — Nux-vom. 

Eyes,  weakness  of. — :Natr-mur  sep. 

Fingers,  deadness  of. — Thuj. 

Face,  paleness  of. — Ars  oina  lyo  rhus  sep. 

Face,  redness  of. — Carb-veg  chin  coff  eup-pur  ign  lye  nux-vom  sep 
spig  stram  sulph  verat-a. 

Face,  swelling  of. — Ars. 

Faintishness. — Bell  calc  mere  natr-mur  nux-vom.  ' 

Headache. -Ant-t  ars  cact  calc  caps  carb-veg  cina  corn-cir  corn-f 
eup-perf  eup-pur  gelsem  ign  natr-mur  nux-vom  puis  sabad  sep  sil. 

Heaviness  of  the  limbs.-Calc. 

Hunger  ravenous.-Cina. 

Inability  to  remain  lying.-Cact. 

Inability  to  recollect.-Ars  natr-mur  sep. 

Jerking  of  the  limbs. -Gelsem. 

Lachrymation. — Eup-pur. 

Loquacity. — Podo. 

Mouth,  dryness  of. — Nit-ac  nux-vom  sep  sulph. 

Nausea. — Ars  carb-veg  eup-perf  eup-pur  ip  nit-ac  nux-vom  sep. 

Obscuration  of  light, — Natr-mur. 

Obtusion  of  the  head. — Ars  cham  sep. 

Oppression  of  the  chest. — Ars  cact  carb-veg  ip. 

Pain  in  the  legs. — Carb-veg. 

Pain  in  one  leg. — Gelsem. 

Pain  in  the  throat. — Sep. 

Pain  in  the  chest. — Ars  caps  carb-veg  ip  nux-vom. 

Pain  in  the  liver. — Ars. 

Pain  in  the  limbs. — Ars  calc  caps  carb-veg  puis  sep  sulph* 

Pain  in  the  bones. — Ign  natr-mur  puis. 

Pain  in  the  abdomen. — Ars  caps  carb-veg  cina. 

Pain  in  the  back. — Caps  ign  natr-mur. 

Pain  in  the  stomach.—  Carb-veg  cina. 

Pains,  labor-like. — Puis. 


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Painful ness  of  the  body. — Puis  strain. 
Palpitation  of  the  heart. — Sep  sulph. 
Pituita  in  the  mouth,  Increase  of. — Hyos. 
Redness  of  skin. — Ars. 
Starting  when  falling  asleep. — Puis. 
Starting  when  asleep. — Ars  caet  lye, 
Shiverings,  internal. — ;Ign. 
Shortness  of  breath. — Ars  caot  lyo. 
Sick  feeling,  internal. — Sulph. 
Sleepiness. — Puis. 
Sleep. — Ign  op  strain  verat-a. 
Somnolence. — Op  verat-a. 
Sleeplessness.-Nit-ac  puis. 
Sopor.--Op. 

Stretcbing.-Calc  rhus  sabad. 
Stupefaction.-Cact  cor-f  op  pnls. 
Taste  in  the  mouth,  putrid. -Hyos. 
Taste  in  the  mouth,  bad. --Caps. 
Tenesmus,  unsuccessful. -Caps. 
Throat,  dryness  of. — Nit  ac. 
Tongue,  coated. — Ars. 
Tongue  dry. — Ars. 
Tremor. — Ars  calc  eup  perf  sep. 
Uneasiness. — Ant  t  ars  calc  cact. 
Urinating  frequently. — Bell  lye. 
Urine  red.— Nux  vom. 

Vertigo. — Ars  bell  carb  veg  ign  nux  vom  puis  sep. 
Vomiting. — Ars  eup  pur  eup  perf  ip  nux  vom. 
Vomiting  of  mucus. — Nux  vom. 
Vomiting  of  bile. — Cina  eup -perf. 
Vomiting  of  food. — Nux-vom. 
Vomiting  of  water. — Nux-vom. 
Weakness. — Are  ign. 
Uterine  region,  pulsating  pain. — Caet. 
Yawning. — Sabad. 

6.    DURING   THB    SWEAT. 

Anxiety. — Calc. 

Chilliness  during  motion. — Eup-perf  nux-vom. 

Congestion  of  blood  to  the  head. — Thuj. 

Ears,  roaring  in.- — Ars. 

Faintishness. — Ars  chin  sulph. 

Face,  paleness  of. — Verat-a. 

Fingers  become  shrivelled. — Merc. 

Head,  heaviness  of.— Caust. 


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Head,  pain  in  — Eup-perf  rhus. 

Head,  roaring  in. — Caust. 

Heart,  palpitation  of — Merc. 

Nausea. — Merc  thuj. 

Sleep. — Cina  eup-perf  nit-ac  natr-sulph  podo  sabad. 

Slumber  — Rhus 

Tenesmus. — Sulph. 

Tingling  in  the  skin. — Nux-vom. 

Vomiting. — Sulph 

Waking  up — Natr-mur  nit-ac. 

6.  AFTER  THE  FEVER  AND  DURING  THE  APYREXIA. 

Appetite,  want  of. — Ars  caps  carb-veg  chin  cocc  ip  natr-mur  nux-vom  podo  pulp 
sabad. 

Breathing,  difficulty  of,  in  the  night. — Ars  ign  mere  nux-vom  op  rhus  samb  svlpb 

Chilliness. — Biy  caps  cocc  natr-mur  sabad  sil  verat-a 

Congestion  of  blood  to  the  head. — Am  chin  lye  nux-vom  sep  sulph. 

Coryza  dry. — Calc  carb-veg  natr-mur  nit-ac  puis  rhus  sep  sil  sulph. 

Constipation. — Bry  calc  carb-veg  chin  cocc  lye  natr-mur  nux-vom  op  sabad  sil 
stram  sulph  verat-a. 

Convulsions  —Ars  bell  calc  caust  cham  cina  hyos  ign  ip  mere  nux-vom  op  stan 
stram  verat-a.  * 

Cough  — Arn  ars  ant-t  beH  bry  chin  cina  co«-c  hyos  ign  ip  mere  natr  -mur  nux 
vom  op  puis  sep  sil  stan  sulph. 

Cough,  hooping. — Arn 'bell  calc  caust  cham  cina  hyos  ign  mere  nux-vom  op  stan 
stram  verat-a 

Diarrhoea. — Ant-t  ars  cham  chin  corn-f  ign  mere  nit-ac  puis  rhus  verat-a 

Dimsighteaness. — Calc  cocc  lye  mere  natr-mur  sep  sil  stan  sulph  thuj. 

Ears,  pain  in. — Bell  nit-ac  puis  samb  spig  sulph. 

Ears,  painful  straining  in. — Bell  cham  cina  rhus  spig. 

Emaciation. — Ars  carb-veg  chin  mere  nux-vom  op. 

Erysipelas. — Bell  mere  rhus  sulph. 

Eructations  empty. — Ai<t-t  arn  ars  bry  calc  carb-veg  cocc  lye  nit-ac  sep  stan. 

Eructations  bitter. — Arn  bry  calc  puis. 

Eructations  putrid. — Arn  nux-vom  puis  sulph. 

Eructations  sour. — Lye  natr-mur  nux-vom  sulph. 

Eructations  tasting  of  the  ingeeta. — Puis  sil. 

Eyes,  ailments  of. — Ant-t  bell  natr-mur  nit-ac  rhus  spig. 

Exercise,  aversion  to. — Bell  bry  caps  cham  chin  cocc  ign  mere  nux-vom  op  puis 
rhus  saban  *pig  stram  sulph  verat-a. 

Face,  paleness  of. — Carb-veg  chin  cina  ign  lye  puis  stan  sulph  verat-a. 

Face,  blueness  of. — Bell  hyos  op  samb. 

Face,  bloatedness  of.- -Ars  bry  hyos  lye  nux-vom  sep. 

Face,  yellowness  of — Ars  caps  chin  natr-mur  nux-vom  rhus  sep. 

Face,  heat  of. — Arn  cham  lye  nux-vom  sabad  spig  verat-a. 

Face,  redness  of. — Bell  bry  caps  hyos  op  rhus  samb  stram  verat-a. 

Faintishness.-~Arn  ars  calc  carb-veg  caust  chin  cina  cocc  ign  ip  lye  natr-mur 
nit-ac  nux-vom  op  puis  sabad  verat-a. 

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Feet,  swelling  of — Bry  caps  caust  chin  lye  nux-vom  puis  sep  ail. 

Feeling  of  comfort  as  if  in  health. — Cact. 

Fits,  fainting. — Cham  chin  nux-vom  puis  stram. 

Fits,  suffocating  — Ars  bell  ip  samb  verat-a. 

Glandular  affections. — Bell  cocc  sulph. 

Gums,  bleeding  of. — Calc  carb-veg  mere  natr-mnr  nit-ac  sep  snlph. 

Gastric  symptoms. — Bell  bry  cham  coff  corn-f  ign  ip  nux-vom  puis  rhus. 

Hands,  coldness  of. — Carb-veg  lut-ac  rhus  spig. 

Hands,  swelling  of. — Calc  lye  stan. 

Headache. — Ars  bell  bry  caps  carb-veg  chin  cocc  gelsem  ign  natr-mur  nux-vom 
op  puis  rhus  sep  stan. 

Hearing,  excessive  sensitiveness  of. — Am  bell  coff  ign  mere  sep  spig. 

Hearing,  hardness  of— Calc  lye  nit-ac  rhus. 

Heartburn. — Calc  caps  lye  nux-vom  sep  sil  sulph. 

Heat  in  the  head. — Am  ign  lye  sil  spig. 

Hoarseness. — Bry  calc  caps  carb-veg  cham  lye  natr-mur  nit-ac  puis  sep  spig. 

Hunger  increased. — Carb-veg  chin  cina  lye  stan  sulph  verat-a. 

Jaundice. — Ars  bell  cham  chin  mere  nux-vom  puis  rhus  sulph. 

Lie  down,  inclination  to. — Bell  caps  nux-vom. 

Limbs,  sense  of  paralysis. — Am  carb-veg  chin  cocc  nux-vom  sil  verat-a. 

Limbs,  rending  pain  in— Calc  caps  carb-veg  chin  lye  nit-ac  puis. 

Limbs,  stiffness  of.— Cocc  lye. 

Loathing  of  food.-Arn  bell  puis. 

Mamma,  swelling  of.-Bry  calc  puis. 

Menses,  too  early  .-Ars  bell  bry  calc  carb-veg  cham  cocc  hyos  ign  lye  mere  nux- 
vom  rhus  sep  sulph  verat-a. 

Menses,  too  little. -Lye  natr-mur  puis  sabad  sil  sulph  verat  a. 
.  Menses,  too  late.-Bell,  caust  chin  hyos  ign  ip  lye  natr-mur  puis  sil  sulph. 

Menses,  too  profuse. — Ars  bell  calc  cham  chin  cina  hyos  ign  ip  lye  mere  natr-mur 
nux-vom  op  sep  sil  stan  stram  sulph. 

Menses  suppressed. — Ars  calc  cham  chin  lye  mere  nux-vom  puis  sep  sil  sulph. 

Mouth,  bad  smell  from. — Am  cham  mere  nux-vom  sep  sulph. 

Nausea. -Ars  hyos  ip  nux-vom  rhus  sabab  sil. 

Oppression  of  the  chest. — Ars  caps  carb-veg  cocc  ign  natr-mur  sabad  samb  spig 
stan  stram  sulph  verat-a. 

Orgasm  of  the  blood. — Lye  puis  sep  sil. 

Pain  iu  the  chest. — Bry  puis  rhus  sabad  spig  stan. 

Pain  in  the  joints. — Am  ars  bry  caust  cham  chin  cocc  ign  ip  puis  rhus  sulph. 

Pain  in  the  pit  of  the  stomach. — Bell  bry  calc  chin  lye  mere  natr-mur  nux-vom 
puis  sabad  sep  sil  spig  stan  verat  a. 

Pain  in  the  hip. — Ars  bell  cham  mere  nux-vom  puis  rhus. 

Pain  in  the  liver. — Bell  bry  cham  lye  mere  nux-vom  puis. 

Pain  in  the  abdomen. — Ant-t  sulph. 

Pain  in  the  kidneys. — Bell  chin  lye. 

Pain  in  the  back  —Am  ars  calc  caps  cham  cina  ign  nit-ac  nux-vom  samb  sep  sil 
spig  stan  thuj  verat-a. 

Painlessness.— Cact  op  stram. 

Pains,  rheumatic- Ant-t  am  bell  bry   carb-veg  cham  caust  nux-vom  puis   rhus 
thuj  verat-a. 

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Pain,  labor  like-Bell  op  puis. 

Pain  in  the  stomach- Am  art  calc  caust  cocc  ign  lye  natr-mur  nux-vom  pals  sa- 
bad  sep  sil  stram.  n 

Palpitation  of  the  heart-Ign  mere  natr-mur  sep  spig  sulph  verat-a. 

Ptyalism-Cham  hyos  mere  nit-ac  rhus  spig  verat-a. 

Redness  of  the  cheeks-Caps  cham  chin. 

Repugnance  to  beer— Bell  cham. 

Repugnance  to  bread-Bell  ign  lye  natr-mur  nux-vom  nit-ac  puis  rhus. 

Repugnance  to  coffee— Bell  carb-veg  cham  chin  coff  mere  natr-mur  nux-vom  rhus 
abad  spig. 

Repugnance  to  fat  nourishment— Natr-mur. 

Repugnance  to  meat— Arn   are  bell  calc  carb-veg  cham  ign  lye  mere  nit-ac  op  <•' 

puis  rhus  sabad  sep  sil  sulph. 

Repugnance  to  milk- Am  bell  calc  ign  sep  sil  stan. 

Repugnance  to  sour  things— Bell  ign. 

Repugnance  to  sweet  things— Arn  ars  caust  ign  mere  nit.ac  verat-a. 

Repugnance  to  tobacco-Aru  bell  calc  chin  ign  natr-mur  nux-vom  rhus  sep  spig 
stan. 

Repugnance  to  warm  food  -Ant-t  are  bell  cham  chin  cocc  coff  ign  lye  mere  nux- 
vom  puis  sabad  sil  sulph  verat-a. 

Senses,  weakness  of-Caps  cham  puis  sil. 

Senses,  excessive  irritability  of— Bell  cham  chin  coff  ign  mere  nux-vom  puis. 

Sleepiness-Am  bell  bry  calc  carb-veg  hyos  mere  op  sabad  spig  stan  stram  sulph. 

Sleeplessness- Ars  bell  bry  carb-veg  chin  cina  coff  hyos  ip  mere  natr-mur  nit-ac  op 
puis  rhus  sil  spig.  j 

Smell,  sensitiveness  of— Bell  nux-vom. 
Smell,  loss  of-Ant-t  hyos  nux-vom  op  puis  sep  sil. 
Skin,  distension  of— Ars  bell  bry  chin  hyos  op  puis  rhus  samb  sep. 
Skin,  desquamation  of— Merc  rhus  sabad  sulph  verat-a. 
Somnolence— Ant-t  bell  cham  cocc  hyos  op  pul  s  rhus. 
Sopor— Cham  op  puis  verat-a. 
Sweat  too  copious- \nt-t  ars  calc  chin  nux-vom. 

Spasms  in  the  stomach— Ars  bell  bry  calc  carb-veg  cham  cocc  ign  natr-mur  nux- 
vom  puis  sil  stan  sulph. 

Spasms  uterine— Bry  cocc  ign. 
Stupefaction-Bell  cocc  op  stan. 
Swelling  of  the  cheeks-Cham  rhus. 
Swelling  of  the  tips  of  the  fingers-Thuj. 

"      pit  of  the  stomach— Bry  carb-veg  cham  coff  lye  nux-vom  op  puis 


"        "      spleen-Caps  nit-ac  nux-vom. 
"        "      tongue— Are  bell  chin  mere  nit-ac 
Taste  of  food  bitter— Cham  ip. 

Taste  bitter- Ars  bry  ealc  carb-veg  cham  Jyc  mere  natr-mur  nit-ac  puis  sulph. 
Taste  flat— Bry  nux-vom. 

••      lost-Lye  puis  sil  verat-a. 

"     metallic— Cocc  mere  nux-vom  rhus. 

"     nauseating-Ip. 


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Taste  putrid-Bell  mere  nnx-vom  puis. 

"      saltish- An  carb-veg  chin  mere. 

"      sour--Calc  ign  nuv-vom  sep. 
Tenia—  Calc  carb-veg  sabad  tulph. 

Throat,  inflammation  of-Bell  cham  mere  nux-vom  pnls  rhus  samb. 
Throat,  roughness  of -Nit  ac  stan. 
Throat,  sore -Bell  caps  ign  mere  nit-ac  nux-vom  sabad. 
Tremor-Am  bry  chin  cocc  ign  nux-vom  op  puis  rhus  sabad. 
Uneasiness- Ars  bell  cham  cina  sil  spig. 
Urine,  difficulty  of  passing  the-Caps  caust. 
Urine,  urgent  desire  to  pass  the—Ant  t  hyos  lye  thuj. 
Urine,  dark— Ant  t  bry  ealc  carb-veg  chin  mere  sep. 
Urine,  light  colored-Thuj. 
Urine  turbid. -Ant  t  chin  ip  mere. 

Vertigo— Arn  ars  bell  bry  calc  caust  cham  cocc  hyos  lye  nit  ac  nux  vom  op  puis 
sep  eil. 

Vomiting  in  general  -Ant  t  chin  cina  hyos  ip  mere  nux  vom  sep  sil. 

Vomiting  of  bile— Ars  ip  mere  nux  vom  strain  verata. 

Vomiting  of  mucus— Merc  nux  vom  puis. 

Vomiting  of  the  ingesta-Ars  cham  ip  puis  nux  vom. 

Weskness-Ars  chin  corn  f  lye  nit  ac  verata. 

Weakness,  nervous-Bell  cham  chin  coflf  ign  nux  vom  puis. 

8.    MORAL    SYMPTOMS. 

Anguish,  anxiety,  despair-Ant  t  arn  ars  bell  calc  carb  veg  eaust  cham  cocc  coff 
eup  pur  gelsem  lye  mere  nit  ac  nux  vom  puis  rhus  sep  sil  sulph  verata. 

Anger,  quarrelsomeness,  vehemence— Arn  ars  bell  bry  ealc  caps  carb  veg  eaust 
cham  chin  cocc  coff  ip  lye  natr  mur  nux  vom  sabad  sep  spig  sulph  verat-a. 

Cheerfulness— Caps  coff  gelsem  natr-sulph. 

Depression  of  spirits,  melancholy-Apis  calc  chin  cocc  coff  corn  cir  eup  perf  eup 
pur  gelsem  ign  natr  mur  natr  sulph  nit  ac  pocV  puis  sabad  sep  spig  stan  sulph  thuj 
verat-a. 

Diffidence  -Bell  lye- 
Frenzy,  delirium,  rage— Ars  bell  cact  cina  gelsem  hyos  ign  mere  op  podo  puis  sa 
bad  samb  stram  verat  a. 

Fixed  ideas,  thoughtlessness,  absence  of  mind— Bell  caust  cham  coff  gelsem  mere 
natr  mur  rhus  sep  stram  thuj. 

Frightfulness,  starting  with  fright- Calc  cocc  ign  lye  ip  samb  sep  stram. 

Imaginary  iilness-Calc  mere  podo  stram. 

Indifference,  insensibility-Apis  cact  carb  veg  chin  cina  corn  cir  puis  sep. 

Irresoluteness,  doubtfulness. — Chin  ign  nux  vom  puis. 

Irritability— Apis  cact  carb-veg  cocc  coff  corn  cir  gelsem  natr  mur  sulph  nux  vom 
sulph. 

Mood,  changeable— Ant  t  bell  ign. 

Peevishness,  obstinacy,  want  of  disposition  to  do  anything-Arn  bell  cact  calc 
caps  caust  cham  chin  coff  corn  cir  ip  mere  nux  vom  puis  sabad  samb  stain  sulph 
thuj. 

Restlessness,  impatience,  hurriedness-Ant  t  apis  ars  bell  cact  cham  cina  gelsem 
ign  ip  mere  nitac  puis  stan  sulph  verat  a. 


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Sadness,  whining  mood,  melancholy— Bell  cact  calc  cham  chin  coff  gelsem  ign 
lye  natr  murrhus  puis  sep  spig  stan  sulph. 

APPEARANCE    OF    THE    FEVER. 

Evening — Amm  mur.  ars  bell  bry  cact  cajc  caps  carb  veg  chin  etna  hyos  lye  natr- 
sulph  mere  nit  ac  nux  vom  op  podo  puis  rhus  sabad  sep  sil  spig  stan  sulph  verat  a. 

Night — Amm  mur  ant  t  ars  bell  bry  cact  caust  hyos  ign  lye  natr  mur  aatr  sul  ph 
nitac  nux  vom  op  puis  rhus  sabad  spig  stram  sulph  thuj. 

Morning— Apis  arn  ars  bell  bry  caust  calc  cham  chin  cina  coff  eupperf  eup  pur 
natr  mur  natr  sulph  nit  ac  nux  vom  op  podo  puis  rhus  sep  sil  stram  sulph  thuj 
verat  a. 

Forenoon- Ars  bell  bry  calc  cact  cham  chin  eup  perf  eup  pur  natr  mur  op  sa- 
bad sulph. 

Afternoon— Ars  bry  cact  caust  cham  chin  cina  coff  eup  pur  gelsem  hyos  ign 
natr  mur  natr  sulph  nit  ac  nux  vom  puis  rhus  sabad  spig  stan  stram  sulph  thuj 
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Errata.— Page  988,  14th  line  from  bottom,  before  the  word  dole,  read  enpr  instead  of  cap* 
Page  203,  "Taste  tweet,"  for  mer-ac  read  mur-ac. 

"    293,  "Flatulency  in  general,"  for  rrs  read  ars. 

"    893,  "Borborgymus"  read  borborygmus,  and  for  nerc  read  mere. 

"    293,  "Diarrhoea,"  6th  line,  for  cec  cor  read  see-cor. 

u    894,  Oth  line,  for  van  read  xan. 

"    294,  ''Retention."  for  caps  read  caps. 

"   295,  2d  line,  for  phoe  read  phos. 

"    295,  10th  line  from  bottom,  for  mrrc  read  mere. 

u    299,  9th  line,  lor  ehan  read  cham. 

"    296,  20th  line,  for  ehim  read  chin. 

"    898,  3d  line  from  bottom,  for  cops  read  caps. 


[For  the  American.  Homoeopathic  Observer.  1 
PHYTOLACCA    OK   NEUBALOIA. 

BT  O.  S.  8 WAN,  M.  ».,  NEWCASTLE,  XXD. 

Phytolacca  decandra  0  in   my  hands  proves    to  be  almost  a  specific 
in  Functional  Neuralgia.     I  give  it  in  doses  of  three  to  five  drops  0 
every  fifteen  or  twenty  minutes   during  the  attack,  and  during  inter- 
mission smaller  doses  and  less  frequently. 


Prairie  Itch. — Dr.  D.  Bullard  writes  :  You  request  accounts  of 
treatment  of  skin  diseases.  I  have  not  much  to  contribute.  I  gen- 
erally work  till  I  cure.  But,  one  case  may  be  of  interest.  My  broth- 
er had  prairie  itch  for  nearly  or  quite  two  years  and  took  a  variety  of 
remedies  from  a  number  of  Homoeopathic  physicians,  with  only  par- 
tial relief.  T  gave  him  Calc,.,  Carb.  8  °  three  pellets  No.  3  daily, 
Boon  every  vestige  of  the  disease  disappeared.  Some  six  months  ago 
and  remains  well.    His  children  also  were  cured  by  the  same. 


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HOMGBOPATHY    IN    MICHIGAN    STATE    UNIVERSITY. 

On  reaching  Milwaukee,  May  21st,  to  attend  the  meeting  of 
the  Western  Institute  of  Homoeopathy,  we  were  informed  that 
the  Illinois  State  Medical  (Homoeopathic)  Society,  at  their  anr 
nual  meeting  held  the  day  before,  (May  20th)  had  passed  reso- 
lutions censuring  Dr.  E.  H.  Drake  and  myself  for  having  sold 
out  the  interests  of  the  Homoeopaths  in  our  State  University,  to 
the  Board  of  Regents,  for  the  consideration  of  personal  benefits 
to  ourselves.  I  soon  traced  these  resolutions  to  their  author, 
Prof.  Or.  D.  Beebe,  and  obtained  a  copy  of  them.  I  was  inform- 
ed that  Dr.  Beebe  intended  to  urge  the  passage  of  the  same  re- 
solutions by  the  Western  Institute. 

I  applied  immediately  to  Prof.  Ludlam,  President  of  the 
Western  Institute,  and  requested  that  he  would,  as  a  favor  to 
me,  have  the  matter  brought  up  soon  after  organizing,  that  I 
might  have  an  opportunity  of  making  such  explanations  as 
would  put  the  matter  in  a  right  light.  Prof.  L.  thought  that 
the  reports  should  be  disposed  of  first.  The  next  day  I  was 
told  that  Prof.  Beebe  would  not  introduce  the  subject  as  I  was 
prepared  with  a  vindication.  This  astonished  me  very  much. 
The  offering  of  such  resolutions  before  the  Illinois  Society  in 
our  absence,  and  in  the  absence  of  any  representative  of  the 
Michigan  Homoeopathic  Institute,  looked  like  a  "  stab  in  the 
dark/9  but  we  could  not  think  that  Dr.  Beebe  would  be  guilty 
of  an  intentional  wrong,  and  felt  satisfied .  that  as  soon  as  he 
was  convinced  that  he  had  been  deceived  he  would  promptly 
rectify  the  mistake  to  the  extent  of  his  ability.     On  this  day 

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(second  day  of  meeting)  I  again  applied  to  the  President,  Dr. 
Ludlam,  to  have  this  matter  brought  up,  but  it  was  not  at- 
tended to  until  about  an  hour  before  adjournment,  when  I  arose 
claiming  the  right  of  making  a  personal  explanation  as  a  mat- 
ter of  privilege,  and  made  the  following  statement  : 

44  Mr.  President  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Institute  : — I  under- 
stand that  the  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  passed 
unanimously  at  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Illinois  State  (Ho- 
moeopathic) Medical  Society  : 

Whereas,  For  a  long  series  of  years  well  directed  efforts  have  been 
put  forth  to  secure  the  appointment  of  a  Homoeopathic  Professor  in 
the  Michigan  University  at  Ann  Arbor,  until  at  length  success  had 
well  nigh  crowned  those  efforts  as  indicated  by  a  majority  of  the 
Board  of  Regents  favoring  the  movement,  and  by  the  advanced  stage 
of  proceeding  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State,  and 

Whereas,  Just  at  this  juncture  certain  Homoeopathic  physicians 
4>f  Detroit,  apparently  more  anxious  to  promote  personal  interests 
than  the  interests  of  Homoeopathy  did  enter  into  an  understanding 
with  the  Board  of  Regents,  that  for  a  stipulated  sum  to  be  devoted  to 
the  endowment  of  a  Homoeopathic  chair  elsewhere  than  in  said  Uni- 
versity they  will  relinquish  further  claim  to  a  chair  in  that  Institution, 
thus  selling  out  the  interests  of  Homoeopathy  for  personal  aggrandise- 
ment, therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  interests  of  Homoeopathy  demand  that  its  prin- 
ciples be  taught  in  the  University  of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor,  and 
that  any  attempt  to  compromise,  or  a  deviation  from  this  objeet  are 
deserving  the  severest  censure  of  the  profession. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  profession  are  due  to  Prof.  S.  B. 
Thayer  and  those  who  in  conjunction  with  him  sought  by  persistent 
and  vigilant  labors  to  achieve  a  triumph  at  once  so  honorable  to 
the  State  and  of  such  lasting  benefit  to  mankind. 

I  was  very  much  surprised  yesterday  morning  to  learn  that 
resolutions  of  this  character  had  been  passed  by  the  Illinois 
Homoeopathic  Society.  I  have  such  confidence  in  its  members 
that  I  am  satisfied  no  such  action  would  have  been  taken  if 
they  had  been  correctly  informed  of  the  true  state  of  the  Uni- 
versity matter  in  Michigan.  As  it  is,  we  must  wonder  that 
they  could  have  been  so  easily  imposed  upon.  Would  you  not 
have  supposed  that  they  would  naturally  enquire  how  this  affair 
is  regarded  by  the  Michigan  Homoeopathic  Institute  ?  ;  that  be- 
fore passing  a  vote  of  censure  on  two  of  the  members  of  the 
Michigan  Institute,  and  a  vote  of  thanks  to  a  physician  who 
never  been  a  member  of  this  State  Society,  but  rather  an 

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opponent,  they  would  have  paused  ?  The  proposition  certainly 
ooked  suspicious,  and  I  am  happy  to  be  able  to  show  you  to- 
day that  if  any  action  at  all  was  required  it  should  have  been 
exactly  the  reverse  of  thanks  to  Dr.  Thayer,  and  censure  of  Dr. 
Drake  and  myself. 

You  will  notice  that  we  are  not  named,but  it  was  understood 
who  were  intended.  Members  of  the  Illinois  Society  informed 
me  yesterday  that  the  censure  was  intended  for  us.  We  were 
the  only  two  members  of  the  University  committee  who  resid- 
ed in  Detroit,  and  we  were  referred  to  in  remarks  made,  but 
our  names  were  omitted.      What  was  the  design  ? 

Without  resorting  to  recriminations  I  propose  setting  this 
matter  in  its  true  light  as  briefly  as  possible. 

The  resolutions  contain  grave  charges.  They  declare  that 
our  conduct  deserves  the  severest  censure  ;  that  we  acted  for  our 
own  personal  interests;  that  we  sold  out  the  interests  of  Homoe- 
opathy in  the  University  for  our  personal  aggrandizement. 

Mr.  President  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Institute,  I  think  you 
will  agree  with  me  that  if  we  are  guilty  of  the  perpetration  of 
such  wrongs  we  deserve  not  only  the  severest  censure,  but  exe- 
cration ;  the  least  punishment  should  be  our  disgraceful  expul- 
sion from  every  Institute  or  Homoeopathic  Society  of  which  we 
are  now  members. 

If  on  the  other  hand  these  charges  are  false,  if  they  have 
been  made  maliciously,  and  with  an  intention  to  deceive,  then 
let  your  reprobation  fall  on  the  guilty. 

For  my  own  vindication  nothing  more  will  be  deemed  neces- 
sary by  this  Institute  than  a  clear  showing  that  my  acts  have 
been  approved  by  the  Institute  of  Michigan,  representing  the 
homoeopathic  physicians  of  our  State,  who  will  of  course 
be  considered  the  best  judges. 

I  will  read  the  following  certificate  : 

"  This  certifies  that  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Michigan 
Homoeopathic  Institute  held  at  Grand  Rapids,  May  19  and  20, 
1868,  Dr.  Edwin  A.  Lodge  received  a  vote  of  thanks  unani- 
mously for  his  efficient  services  in  the  cause  of  Homoeopathy  in 
Michigan,  particularly  in  the  direction  of  its  introduction  into 
the  State  University,  and  for  the  same  reason  was  also  unani- 

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mously  nominated  to  life  membership.  (Signed.)  J.  D. 
Craig,  M.  D.,  Secretary, 

I  therefore  place  against  the  censure  of  the  Illinois  Society, 
which  Dr.  Beebe  wishes  to  have  endorsed  byjthis  Institute, 
which  was  obtained  in  ignorance  of  the  facts  of  the  case,  the 
unqualified  approval  of  the  members  of  the  Michigan  HomoB- 
opathic  Institute  who  have  had  knowledge  of  the  matter  from 
its  inception  to  the  present  time. 

In  addition  to  this  I  might  refer  to  the  fact  that  Prof.  Hem- 
pel  gaye  it  as  his  opinion,  before  the  Institute,  that^we  should 
not  have  had  £ny  measure  of  success  had  it  not  been  for  my 
persistent  efforts.  These  commendations  were  not  asked  for  or 
sought  by  me,  and  would  not  be  referred  to  here  had  not  this 
gross  injustice  been  attempted. 

When  I  went  to  Detroit,  nine  and  a  half  years  ago,  there 
was  no  State  Homoeopathic  Society  in  existence  in  Michigan. 
I  was  told  there  had  been  one,  that  they  (the  members)  had 
failed  in  their  applicatiou  to  the  Supreme  Court  for  a  manda- 
mus to  compel  the  regents  to  fill  the  chair  of  Homoeopathy  in 
the  State  University,  and  those  I  conversed  with  thought  that 
further  trials  would  be  useless.  The  matter  was  not  only  thus 
abandoned  but  some  even  ridiculed  the  idea  of  my  attempting 
to  do  anything,  one  very  refined  doctor,  giving  the  opinion 
that  in  his  judgment  it  would  not  amount  to  shucks  ! 

Failiug  in  obtaining  the  constitution  and  by-laws  of  the  old 
Society,  a  former  officer  telling  me  the  papers  were  somewhere 
he  believed,  which  was  very  definite  and  satisfactory,  I  issued 
a  call  for  a  convention  to  form  a  new  society.  In  accordance 
with  that  call  we  met,  as  Chairman  of  Committee  on  Constitu- 
tion and  By-laws  I  framed  the  Constitution  under  which  we 
are  now  acting.  Without  any  solicitation  on  my  part  I  was 
unanimously  elected  as  Secretary  year  after  year,  until  my  re- 
cent resignation,  which  was  tendered  on  account  of  pressure  of 
other  duties. 

We  have  a  prosperous  society,  some  85  members  have  united, 
and  it  has  been  mainly  through  the  efforts  of  this  organization 
that  we  have  accomplished  anything* 

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only  the  old  law,  which  had  remained  as  a  dead  letter  for  a  doz- 
en years  or  more,  but  in  addition,  the  following  very  important 
proviso  which  was  added  to  the  special  appropriation  for  the 
benefit  of  the  University  : 

"Provided,  That  the  Regents  of  the  University  shall  carry  into  ef- 
fect the  law  which  provides  that  there  shall  always  be  at  least  one 
Professor  of  Homseopathy  in  the  Department  of  Medicine,  and  ap- 
point said  Professor  at  the  same  salary  as  the  other  professors  in  this 
department,  and  the  State  Treasurer  shall  not  pay  to  the  Treas- 
urer of  the  Board  of  Regents  any  part  or  all  of  the  above  tax  until 
the  Regents  shall  have  carried  into  effect  this  proviso." 

Prof.  Hempel  informed  you  last  evening  that  the  petition 
requesting  this  proviso  was  arranged  by  the  Hon.  Thos.  D. 
Hawley  and  myself  in  my  office.  We  desired  to  arrange  it  so 
that  there  should  be  no  chance  of  fairly  avoiding  it,  should 
the  bill  pass  the  Senate  and  be  signed  by  the  Governor. 

Over  two-thirds  of  the  homoeopathic  physicians  of  Michigan 
signified  their  approval,  signed  and  circulated  petitions  asking 
for  the  adoption  of  this  proviso.  With  the  very  insignificant 
minority  of  less  than  one-fourth  of  the  homoeopathic  physicians 
of  our  State,  were  some  who  preferred  a  6pecies  of  guerilla 
warfare,  on  their  own  responsibility,  to  the  more  open  and  man- 
ly contest  conducted  under  the  auspices  of  the  Michigan  Ho- 
moeopathic Institute.  Prominent  among  these  was  this  Dr.  S. 
B.  Thayer. 

Will  you  credit  it  Sir  and  gentlemen,  that  this  very  man, 
the  same  individual  that  opposes  the  Institute,  and  has  exerted 
his  power  to  thwart  us  in  obtaining  a  just  recognition  of  our 
rights  is  the  man  who  now  begs  a  vote  of  thanks  to  himself 
and  a  vote  of  censure  on  those  who  have  successefully  labored. 
Dr.  Thayer  sent  to  our  Legislature  a  private  protest  against 
the  prayer  of  our  petition.  I  criticized  this  protest  in  the  Amer- 
ican Homoeopathic  Observer,  page  137,  March,  1867.  I  quote : 

"  In  our  movement  we  have  had  allopathic  opposition  to  contend 
with,  of  course.  This  we  expected  and  were  prepared  to  meet.  But 
we  did  not  look  for  the  following  : 

'•Presented  to  the  House  of  Representatives  by  the  Hon.  T.  D. 
Hawley,  'Protest  of  S.  B.  Thayer,  of  Battle  Creek,  against  any  fur- 
ther legislation  to  aid  Homoeopathy  in  the  University.'  As  Dr.  Thay- 
er has  for  many  years  advocated  our  cause,  his  position  is  somewhat 
equivocal.  We  hope  he  may  be  able  to  give  some  satisfactory  ex- 
planation. No  one  can  deny  his  right,  as  a  citizen  of  this  State,  pub- 
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licly  to  petition  or  protest,  in  a  respectful  manner,  before  the 
Legislature.  If  the  Doctor  was  standing  up  alone,  against  the 
wishes  of  the  homoeopathic  physicicans  of  the  State,  and  in  oppo- 
sition to  thousands  of  petitioners,  to  defend  or  protect  some  public 
or  private  right,  we  could  admire  the  man  for  so  doing ;  but  if  he 
has  been  actuated  by  some  professional  pique,  we  pity  his  weakness." 

After  printing  some  dozen  pages  I  sent  a  revised  proof  of  the 
article  on  "  Homoeopathy  in  the  State  of  Michigan"  to  the  Hon. 
Thos.  D.  Hawley  that  he  might  make  any  corrections  neces- 
sary. He  came  to  my  office  and  bringing  with  him  the  protest 
of  Dr.  Thayer,  said  that  he  thought  I  had  perhaps  been  a  little 
too  severe  on  the  Doctor.  After  reading  the  protest  I  added  to 
the  article  the  following  : 

"  Since  printing  the  above  reference  to  Dr.  Thayer's  protest,  the 
document  itself  has  been  handed  to  us,  and  we  are  pleased  to  be 
.  able  to  state  that  although  stated  in  the  papers  as  'a  protest 
against  any  further  legislation  to  aid  homoeopathy  in  the  Univer- 
sity,' it  is  evidently  not  intended  to  obstruct  our  movement  at  all. " 

"  We  do  not  agree  with  Dr.  Thayer  in  this.  We  urge  our  physi- 
cians to  use  every  influence  that  they  can  honorably  bring  to  bear  to 
obtain  the  concurrence  of  the  Senate,  to  the  appropriation  for  the 
benefit  of  the  University,  conditional  to  the  appointment  of  a  Profes- 
sor to  the  chair  of  Homoeopathy ;  and  have  good  reason  to  believe 
that  if  this  is  successful,  the  Regents  will  not  hesitate  to  fill  the  chair 
which  has  so  long  remained  vacant." 

Considering  the  circumstances  this  was  treating  Dr.  T.  with 
a  great  deal  of  forbearance.  I  thought  so  then.  I  think  that 
his  course  since  shows  that  he  was  not  entitled  to  such  consid- 
eration. I  dealt  with  him  so  gently  because  we  felt  very 
grateful  to  the  Doctor  for  his  valuable  services  in  procuring  the 
passage  of  the  original  proviso  creating  the  chair  of  Homoeop- 
athy; and  I  have  very  deeply  regretted  that  Dr.  Thayer,  on  ac- 
count of  an  old  quarrel  with  Dr.  Drake,  his  former  partner,  or 
for  any  other  reason,  should  have  been  so  soured  in  disposition 
as  to  keep  out  of  our  organization  and  throw  obstacles  in  our 
way.  He  has  been  again  and  again  invited  to  unite  with  the 
Institute  and  labor  with  the  rest  in  such  modes  as  the  majority 
might  deem  advisable.  This  course  would  have  been  credit- 
able and  useful,  but  he  preferred  to  continue  his  independent 
course,  guerilla  like,  our  foe  one  day,  and  our  friend  the  next. 

As  for  having  acted  from  motives  of  personal  interest  I  must 
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whatever.  It  has  been  said  that  I  was  working  for  a  professor- 
ship. It  is  true  I  have  been  repeatedly  requested  by  our  physicians 
to  allow  my  name  to  be  used  as  a  candidate,  but  I  have  stead- 
ily declined.  I  have  labored  for  the  good  of  our  fraternity  and 
with  no  personal  ends  in  view.  Years  ago,  before  I  went  to 
Michigan,  I  was  ambitious  enough  to  desire  a  professorship.  I 
have  no  such  wish  now,  and  wholly  disclaim  having  had  any 
such  purpose.  Gentlemen  will  not  be  likely  to  think  that  per- 
sons who  are  so  ready  to  judge  of  motives  are  themselves  the 
most  upright  in  intention.  Not  that  there  would  be  any  im- 
propriety in  a  desire  for  a  professor's  chair.  The  point  made 
is  that  I  labored  for  homoeopathy  for  personal  preferment,  and 
this  is  wholly  untrue.  My  tastes  run  in  a  different  direction. 
My  advocacy  has  been  and  will  be  that  the  chairs  shall  be  filled 
by  the  most  talented  professors  we  may  be  able  to  secure.  I ' 
know  that  many  second  rate  physicians  are  figuring  for  appoint- 
ments, but  it  will  be  a  most  lamentable  occurrence  should  they 
succeed.  We  want  men  of  equal  talent  to  our  friend  Prof. 
Hempel,  and  the  profession  will  be  displeased  if  any  others  are 
appointed. 

Keference  may  be  made  to  some  editorial  remarks  in  the  Ob- 
server, page  347,  April,  1867.     Notice  the  following  points : 

1.  These  were  written  eleven  months  ago.  Our  position  now 
that  the  Allopathic  faculty  have  resigned,  and  Prof  Hempel 
has  been  appointed  is  entirely  different,  and  we  should  make 
no  such  proposition  at  this  timid. 

2.  There  has  been  no  understanding,  public  or  private,  with 
the  Regents,  and  the  six  items  read  were  merely  editorial  com- 
ments, and  when  written  by  me  were  expressive  of  the  prefer- 
ences of  our  physicians  then,  not  now. 

3.  Our  official  action,  that  is  the  action  of  the  committee  for 
the  Michigan  Institute,  appears  by  a  memorial  which  I  wrote 
June  25,  1867,  which  was  presented  to  the  Board  of  Regents, 
and  approved  by  all  the  members  of  the  committee. 

4  But  if  the  committee  had  really  adopted  these  items  as 
their  sentiments  they  would  have  been  wholly  sustained  by  the 
action  of  the  Institute,  as  per  report  of  proceedings,  page  320, 
August,  1867,  Observer. 

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Insinuations  have  been  made  that  the  Begents  were  offended 
-with  me  for  my  course.  This  is  also  untrue.  Instead  of  this, 
the  reading  of  the  memorial  was  listened  to  attentively,  receiv- 
ed courteously,  placed  on  file  and  an  invitation  extended  to  me 
to  make  a  speech  if  I  desired.  My  intercourse  with  members 
of  the  Board  has  been  pleasant.  You  may  compare  my  me- 
morial with  the  protest  of  Dr.  Thayer  and  see  which  will  suffer 
most  by  the  comparison. 

F  inally,  permit  me  to  say  that  since  the  criticism  of  Dr. 
Thayer  reierred  to,  there  has  been  two  regular  annual  meetings 
of  the  Michigan  Institute.  Dr.  Thayer  has  been  invited  to 
present  himself  for  membership.  If  he  had  any  complaint  to 
make  there  was  the  place  to  make  it.  He  knew  that  I  should 
be  present  at  the  Michigan  Institute,  and  not  at  the  Illinois  So- 
ciety, which  unfortunately  was  held  at  Chicago  on  the  same 
days  as  our  meeting  at  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan. 

If  he  desired  thanks  why  did  he  not  come  before  the  Michi- 
gan Institute.  We  would  give  him  fully  all  that  he  was  en- 
titled to. 

My  intercourse  with  Dr.  Thayer  at  Detroit  was  always 
friendly  until  the  time  he  presented  his  most  imprudent  protest. 

Mr.  President  and  Gentlemen,  the  resolutions  of  the  Illinois 
Society  should  be  condemned.  These  offensive  personalities 
should  be  dropped.  We  should  unite  all  our  forces,  well  dis- 
ciplined, under  well  qualified  leaders,  against  the  common 
enemy ;  and  not  exert  our  strength  in  irregular  conflicts,  or  in 
attempts  to  wound  those  who  at  heart  are  friends,  really  desir- 
ing the  same  promotion  of  the  cause  we  love." 

We  sat  down  expecting  that  Dr.  Beebe  would  at  once  inform 
he  Institute  that  he  had  acted  under  a  misapprehension,  and 
regretted  that  such  resolutions  had  been  offered  by  him  at  Chi- 
cago, but  instead  of  this  he  took  the  matter  up  as  a  lawyer, 
who  for  a  tee  would  try  hard  to  make  il  the  wrong  appear  the 
better  reason,"  accused  us  of  trying  to  draw  wool  over  the 
eyes  o:  tnc  members  ;  that  the  editorial  remarks  we  had  read 
proved  the  correctness  of  the  charges  made  ;  that  the  "  galled 
jade  win?ed ;"  that  the  coat  evidently  fitted;  that  we  were  self- 
onvicted  :  that  funds  had  been  collected  of  the  homoeopaths 

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of  Michigan  to  contest  the  matter  before  the  Supreme  Court, 
and  what  had  become  of  them  no  one  knew,  the  homoeopaths 
of  Michigan  would  like  to  bo  informed,  etc.;  that  Dr.  Thayer 
had  employed  counsel  and  was  paying  them  out  of  his  own 
pocket,  except  some  few  subscriptions  from  physicians  of  Mar- 
shall ;  that  we  had  stolen  Dr.  Thayer's  thunder  and  had  given 
an  untrue  version  of  his  protest ;  that  Dr.  Thayer  did  not  pro- 
test against  the  appropriation  being  made  contingent  to  the 
filling  of  the  chair  of  Homoeopathy  at  all,  that  this  was  his  de- 
sire, and  he  had  worked  for  this  object ;  that  Regent  Willard 
had  given  information  that  one  of  the  physicians  of  Detroit 
attended  the  meeting  of  the  Board  at  Detroit,  and  offered  to 
sell  out  to  them  for  a  consideration ;  that  we  had  postponed 
this  matter  until  just  before  adjournment  for  the  purpose  of 
staving  off  debate,  &c,  &c;  and  closed  by  offering  the  same 
preamble  and  resolutions  as  the  Illinois  Society  had  passed,  for 
adoption  by  the  Western  Institute,  which  very  modest  propo- 
sition obtained  no  second. 

Directing  Dr.  Beebe's  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  report  of 
Treasurer  Michigan  Homoeopathic  Institute  showed  that  all  the 
funds  collected  had  been  appropriated  for  their  benefit,  and 
that  they  had  approved  the  report,  Dr.  B.  aroee  and  made 
the  necessary  correction,  stating  that  the  funds  had  been  ac- 
counted for  satisfactorily  to  the  Michigan  Society.  This  was 
manly  on  Dr.  B.'s  part.  As  for  the  other  statements  made  by 
Dr.  B.,  it  is  hard  to  account  for  so  much  blundering  in  so  short 
a  speech.  Every  remark  made  contained  at  least  one  error* 
and  some  statements  were  entirely  erroneous.  Some  of  these 
inaccuracies  we  will  now  expose. 

First,  in  regprd  to  Dr.  Thayer's  protest,  that  it  was  not  in- 
tended to  interfere  with  our  proviso  which  made  the  University 
appropriation  contingent  to  the  fitting  of  the  chair  of  Homoe- 
opathy. The  language  of  the  protest  shows  clearly  that  Dr- 
Thayer's  object  was  to  frustrate  our  purpose  in  this  matter* 
We  can  prove  this  so  clearly  that  no  one  can  be  deceived  His 
design  was  too  apparent  to  be  covered  up.  In  January,  1867 
we  wrote  the  petition  asking  : 

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priations  until  she  has  complied  with  the  laws  of  this  State,  and  has 
appointed  a  Professor  to  fill  the  chair  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  Univer- 
sity ;  or,  if  you  should  grant  the  University  the  favors  or  appropria- 
tions she  now  asks  for,  or  may  hereafter  ask  for,  we  ask  that  you  make 
them  conditional  to  her  filling,  in  good  faith,  the  chair  of  Homoeopathy 
in  the  University.     And  your  petitioners  will  ever  pray,  &c." 

This  was  added  to  the  argument  prepared  by  our  attornies, 
Messrs.  Morris  &  Cochrane,  for  presentation  to  the  Supreme 
Court,  and  forwarded  to  the  State  Legislature  and  by  that 
body  printed  as  House  Document  No.  4,  Legislature,  1867  (44 
pages  12  mo.) 

Similar  petitions  we  printed  and  circulated  Jan.  29,  1867. 
Let  the  reader  observe  the  date.  We  forwarded  these  petitions 
to  all  our  physicians  requesting  them  to  obtain  signatures. 
They  were  sent  to  Battle  Creek  as  well  as  other  places.  Im- 
mediately Dr.  Thayer  writes  his  protest,  this  bears  date  Battle 
Creek,  Feb.  6,  1867,  just  eight  days  after  the  circulation  of 
our  petitions,  and  the  very  first  sentence  proves  that  he  intend- 
ed it  should  thwart  our  purposes.     It  reads  : 

"  To  the  Honorable  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Michigan  : 
•  The  undersigned  has  been  informed  that  petitions,are  being  circu- 
lated and  signed  by  citizens  in  certain  localities  of  the  State  praying 
your  honorable  body  to  adopt  further  legislation  in  reference  to  the 
creation  of  a  chair  of  Homoeopathy  in  our  State  University,  and  the 
appointment  of  a  professor  thereto.  The  undersigned  begs  leave 
most  respectfully  to  protest  against  the  prayer  of  the  petitioners  be- 
ing granted  by  your  honorable  body,  &c."  In  another  part  of  his 
protest  he  says,  "  He  therefore  solemnly  protests  against  further  leg- 
islation, either  in  behalf  of  the  petitioners  referred  to  above,  or  in  fa- 
vor  of  adpropriating  any  sum  or  sums  of  money  for  the  alleged  benefit 
of  the  State  University,  &c." 

Dr.  Thayer  certainly  referred  to  our  petitions  praying  that 
the  University  appropriation,  if  granted  should  be  made  con^ 
ditional  to  filling  in  good  faith  the  chair  of  Homoeopathy.  No 
other  petition  had  been  sent  in  to  the  Legislature  up  to  that  time 
by  the  homoeopaths  of  the  State.  This  proves  beyond  cavil  that 
Dr.  Beebe's  statements  that  we  had  stolen  Dr.  Thayer's  thun- 
der, and  that  Dr.  Thayer  had  not  protested  against  the  prayer 
of  the  homoeopathic  petitioners  was  wholly  at  variance  with 
the  facts. 

Equally  false  is  the  charge  in  Dr.  Beebe's  resolution  that  we 
sold  out  the  interests  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  University  for  our 

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own  personal  aggrandizement.  Dr.  B.  declares  we  did  enter 
into  an  understanding  with  the  Board  of  Regents,  £c,  and  in 
his  speech  gave  Regent  Willajjd  as  authority  for  the  statement 
that  one  of  the  homoeopathic  physicians  of  Detroit  had  attend- 
ed the  meeting  of  the  Board  at  Detroit  and  offered  to  sell  out 
to  them  for  a  consideration.  Now  for  the  truth  of  the  matter. 
No  sale  of  any  kind  of  our  interests  to  the  Regents  has  ever  been 
made  by  any  one  to  our  knowledge.  We  never  heard  of  any 
meeting  of  the  Board  of  Regents  at  Detroit  We  attended 
their  meeting  at  Ann  Arbor,  June  25th,  1868,  wrote  and  pre- 
sented a  memorial  which  was  printed  (American  Homoeopathic 
Observer,  1867,  page  347,)  this  was  agreed  to  by  all  the  Uni- 
versity Committee  of  the  Michigan  Institute,  and  was  fairly 
expressive  of  the  desires  of  its  members. 

The  University  contest  has  been  conducted  with  all  frank- 
ness. The  Observer  from  time  to  time  has  kept  its  readers 
posted  in  relation  to  all  movements.  We  felt  surprised  at  Dr. 
Beebe's  ignorance  of  the  facts,  but  this  was  accounted  for  when 
we  discovered  that  he  did  not  take  this  journal.  Since  the 
meeting  of  the  Institute  he  has  subscribed  for  it,  and  we  ex- 
pect will  make  no  such  unfortunate  mistakes  hereafter.  If  he 
had  read  even  the  published  proceedings  of  the  Michigan  Insti- 
tute he  would  never  have  charged  that  monies  had  been  col- 
lected from  the  Michigan  physicians  and  never  accounted  for. 
About  three  years  ago  Dr.  Thayer  called  on  us  at  Detroit  and 
stated  that  he  had  consulted  with  Chas.  P.  Crosby,  Esq.,  in  re- 
lation to  another  application  to  the  Supreme  Court.  We 
found  that  $500  was  asked  for,  $200  for  Mr.  Crosby,  $200  for 
Theodore  Romeyn  and  $100  for  the  Attorney  General,  al- 
though the  charge  appeared  very  large,  we,  on  consultation 
with  members  of  the  committee  of  Michigan  Homoeopathic  In- 
stitute issued  a  call  tor  $5  subscriptions  to  defray  the  expense, 
very  few  subscribed,  Dr.  Thayer  did  not  appear  to  like  the  idea 
of  the  matter  being  attended  to  by  the  committee  of  the  Ho- 
moeopathic Institute,  Dr.  Drake  being  one  of  that 
committee,  and  Dr.  T.  did  not  pay  anything.  The  idea  of  em- 
ploying these  lawyers  was  abandoned.  Dr.  Thayer  left 
the  city.     Some  months  after  the  Michigan  Institute,  through 

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its  committee  employed  Messrs.  Morrow  and  Cochrane,  coun- 
sellors of  Detroit,  to  carry  on  the  suit  for  one-half  the  sum 
asked  by  0.  P.  Crosby,  Esq.,  and  Theo.  Bomeyn,  Esq.  They 
prepared  an  elaborate  argument  (some  58  pages  foolscap)  for 
presentation  to  the  Supreme  Court,  but  could  not  succeed  in 
obtaining  the  consent  of  the  Attorney  General  to  its  being 
filed.  During  the  delay  that  ensued  the  friends  of  the  Univer- 
sity applied  for  an  appropriation,  and  we  at  once  concentrated 
our  efforts  upon  the  Legislature  rather  than  the  Supreme 
Court.  The  heading  of  Messrs.  Morrow  &  Cochrane's  argu- 
ment was  changed  and  it  was  converted  into  a  petition,  as  be- 
fore referred  to,  and  so  printed  by  the  State.  Discontinuing 
the  suit  we  settled  with  our  lawyers  for  $150,  which  was  paid, 
as  per  receipt  on  file. 

We  have  devoted  more  6pace  to  this  controversy  than  we  can 
well  spare,  yet  we  could  hardly  do  otherwise.  When  the  in- 
tegrity of  our  motives  and  conduct  is  questioned,  when  rudely 
assailed  m  our  absence,  and  made  the  subject  of  the  grossest 
misrepresentation,  could  we  do  less.  We  have  met  and  refut- 
ed every  charge  that  Drs.  Thayer  and  Beebe  have  made,  and 
will  now  close  with  a  word  of  parting  advice  to  them.  If  you 
wish  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  profession  refrain  from 
any  such  ill-natured  attacks  in  the  future. 

APPLICATION  TO  SUPREME  COURT. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Supreme  Court  at  Detroit,  Tuesday, 
June  2d,  the  application  of  the  Regents  of  the  University  of 
Michigan,  for  a  writ  of  mandamus,  was  heard. 

C.  A.  Kent,  Esq.,  on  behalf  of  the  Board  of  Regents,  applied  for  a 
peremptory  mandamus  directed  to  the  Auditor  General,  ordering  him 
to  draw  a  warrant  on  the  State  Treasurer  for  payment  to  the  Regents 
about  the  sum  of  $3,000,  the  quarterly  instalment  of  the  fund  re- 
cently granted.  He  desired  that  the  case  should  be  decided  on  its 
merits,  and  not  on  any  technical  ground.  He  read  affidavits  setting 
forth  the  accumulation  of  the  fund,  the  appointment  of  Prof.  Hempel 
and  the  demand  made  upon  the  Auditor.  Also  an  affidavit  of  K.  C. 
Walker,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Regents,  stating  that  Dr.  C.  /♦  Hempel  toas 
duly  appointed  a  Professor  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  Medical  Depart- 

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ment  of  the  University  of  Michigan  at  the  same  salary  as  the  other 
professors. 

He  then  read  the  resolutions  relating  to  the  "  Michigan  School  of 
Homoeopathy  "  passed  by  the  Board  of  Regents,  March  25th,  1868. 
(These  were  published  in  Observer  for  April-May,  1868,  p.  247.) 

The  letter  of  Prof.  C.  J.  Hempel,  accepting  the  appointment,  was 
read. 

The  law  creating  the  tax  was  cited  and  the  proviso  referred  to. 

Mr.  Kent  then  remarked  that  the  only  question  in  the  case  was 
this,  "  Is  there  a  Professor  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  Department  of  Med- 
icine in  the  University  of  Michigan  at  this  time  ?" 

The  Regents  claim  that  they  have  fully  and  fairly  complied  with 
the  law,  and  made  the  appointment  contemplated. 

Mr.  Kent  remarked  in  substance  as  follows  :  The  Auditor  General 
takes  the  ground  that  the  location  of  the  School  at  some  other  place 
than  at  Ann  Arbor,  is  illegal.  It  must  be  conceded  that  the  Regents 
have  entered  upon  the  purpose  of  establishing  the  School  of  Homoe- 
opathy in  good  faith.  As  to  the  question  of  policy  we  have  nothing 
to  do,  we  have  merely  to  consider  the  right  construction  of  the  law. 

It  is  a  question  of  power.  Have  the  Regents  the  power  to  so  lo- 
cate the  school  ?  There  is  nothing  in  the  law  itself  which  indicates 
that  the  departments  must  all  be  confined  to  one  place.  [Mr.  Kent 
here  referred  to  several  statutes  providing  for  branches  of  the  Uni- 
versity in  different  congressional  and  judicial  districts  of  the  State. 
One  of  these  provided  that  such  branches  shall  not  have  the  right  of 
conferring  degrees,  SfCt 

He  did  not  consider  that  it  was  at  all  necessary  that  the 
University,  in  all  its  parts,  should  be  located  at  Ann  Arbor.  The 
word  University  properly  applies  to  a  union  in  one  whole  of  many 
parts,  as  universe.  Comprehending  parts  in  one.  A  collection  or  union 
of  a  number  of  colleges  in  one  corporate  body.  As  the  University  of 
London,  a  corporation  of  London,  but  including  associate  colleges  in 
Canada  and  other  British  possessions.  The  University  of  Cambridge 
is  located  at  Cambridge,  but  its  Medical  School  is  at  Boston.  At 
Paris  the  University  of  France  is  a  corporate  body,  having  branches 
everywhere  through t  France. 

As  a  matter  of  convenience  the  location  should  be  left  to  the  discre- 
tion of  the  Board  of  Regents.  He  then  referred  to  the  fact  that  the 
Allopathic  faculty  had  desired  the  removal  of  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment to  Detroit  because  of  the  superior  clinical  advantages  afforded  by 
a  large  city.  Departments  should  be  located  where  the  best  practical 
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advantages  can  be  had.  There  might  be  good  reason  for  the  location 
of  a  department  of  mining  in  a  mining  district,  and  equally  good 
reasons  why  medical  departments  should  be  located  where  there  is  a 
large  population. 

In  closing  Mr.  Kent  asked,  Is  there  anything  in  the  law  limiting 
the  Board  of  Regents  from  establishing  different  departments  in  dif- 
ferent places  ?  Can  the  court  decide  that  the  Regents  have  exceeded 
their  powers  ? 

Wm.  Jennison,  Jr.,  Esq.,  on  behalf  of  the  Auditor  General,  made 
the  following  points  : 

1.  The  Regents  have  no  such  controlling  power  outside  of  the  act  of 
the  Legislature  as  justifies  them  in  establishing  a  School  of  Hoinooop- 
athy  in  a  place  separate  and  apart  from  the  place  where  the  "  Depart, 
ment  of  Medicine  "  in  the  University  is  established,  to  wit,  at  Ann 
Arbor. 

The  entire  legislation  concerning  the  University  shows  that  the 
Legislature  gives  to  the  Board  of  Regents  but  limited  control.  The 
corporation  is  a  public  one,  created  for  a  public  purpose  and  support- 
ed by  the  public  fund.  The  corporators  have  no  private  interest 
whatever. 

The  Legislature  is  the  guardian.      The   Regents  are  instruments. 

2.  They  are  therefore  governed  by  the  limitations  of  the  act.  That 
act  provides  that  there  shall  be  thiee  departments,  one  of  which  shall 
be  the  "  Department  of  Medicine/'  consisting  of  its  various  professor- 
ships, but  an  entirety  in  itself.  A  division  or  separation  of  the  parts 
of  the  department  is  inconsistent  with  the  language  of  the  act,  and 
the  object  of  its  establishment.  A  medical  education  can  only  be  ob- 
tained through  the  means  of  the  facilities  offered  by  the  department. 
Section  J 1  of  the  act  provides  that  the  government  of  the  several  de- 
partments be  intrusted  to  the  President  and  faculties  of  tho  University 
clearly  showing  that  it  was  never  intended  that  the  said  "  depart- 
ments "  should  be  separated  from  the  f  eat  of  the  University,  the  resi- 
dence of  the  President  and  faculties.  The  law  of  1867,  under  which 
the  Regents  seek  to  obtain  this  money,  provides  that  a  Professor  of 
Homoeopathy  shall  be  appointed  in  the  "  Department  of  Medicine  at 
the  same  salary  as  the  other  professors  in  this  department." 

The  language  surely  can  only  mean  that  a  new  professor  is  to  be 
added  to  the  professorships  already  existing  in  the  "  Department  of 
Medicine  "  in  the  University  of  Ann  Arbor.  As  it  is  admitted  that 
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Department  of  Modieine  is  already  established,  the  Auditor  Gen- 
eral had  no  authority  to  pay  out  money  for  sueh  a  purpose. 

Mr.  Jennison  dwelt  particularly  upon  the  fact  that  no  new  professor- 
ship can  be  created  without  consent  of  the  Legislature,  and  that  the 
proviso  required  that  the  Professorship  of  Homoeopathy  should  be  es- 
tablished in  the  Department  of  Medicine.  The  department  means  a 
part  of  the  University  proper,  not  a  mere  branch.  The  Legislature 
did  not  intend  to  give  the  Kegents  absolute  control  of  the  University, 
or  power  to  legislate  in  the  establishment  of  schools  in  other  places. 
Students  require  all  the  advantages  of  the  University  where  it  is. 

The  following  statement  of  facts  and  law  was  presented  by 
the  Attorney  General,  Win.  L.  Stoughtou,  Esq.: 

1.  The   Constitution  gives  to  the  Regents  the  "general  su 
pervision  of  the  University,   and  the  direction  and  control  of 
its  expenditures."     Const.  Art.  13,  Sec.  8. 

The  Act   of  April  8th,   1851,  1    Comp.  L.  711,  defines  the 
powers  and  duties  of  the  Regents.      Section   5   of  this   act 
among  other  things,  authorizes  them  to  increase  and  reduce  the 
regular  number  ot  Professors,  etc. 

The  Act  of  February  12th,  1855,  amended  this  section  by 
adding,  "Provided,  that  there  shall  always  he  at  least  one  Pro- 
fessor of   Homoeopathy  in  the  D  t  artment  «>f  M  drjine." 

That  the  Regents  are  b  »u  id  to  in  \k  •  sue  i  i  >  oinMi  n  in  i 
reasonable  time,  isebarly  intimated  in  the  •>  •  <>f  T'n'  I'.niL 
ex  reh  Drirfc*  vs.  The  HejcuU.      JSe-j  1  .)/      .   \)6. 

2.  It  cannot  be  claimed  that  the  Board  of  It 'gents  are  plac  d 
by  the  Constitution  beyond  the  eontiol  of  the  Legislature.  The 
term  supervision  is  not  synonymous  with  the  term  control  S  c 
Webster  and  Worcester.  We  refer  to  the  legislative  action  of 
the  State  to  show  that  the  Legislature  has  at  all  times  careful- 
ly held  his  control  within  its  own  hands. 

See  laws  of  1817,  cited  in  4  Mich.  222. 
Laws  of  1821,  Code  of  1827,  448. 
12  Mich.  166. 
By  this  Act,  the  power  of  the  appointment  of  Trustees  was 
in     the    Legislature.       The    office    was    only    held    during 
its  pleasure.     The  right  of  repeal  was  expressly  reserved,  and 
11a  rustces  were  only  vested  with  the  management,  direction 


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and  government  of  the  University,  neither  of  which  terms  is 
equivalent  to  "  control/' 

Laws  were  also   passed  April  13th,  1827,  and  May   31st, 
1831,  relative  to  tBe  powers  and  duties  of  the  Trustees. 

The  Constitution  of  1835  contains  no  provisions  relative  to 
the  University,  except  as  to  its  funds.* 

In  1837  a  new  organic  law  was  adopted,  which  was  incorpo- 
rated into  the  revised  statutes  ef  1838,  p.  234,  vesting  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  University  in  twelve  Regents.  Section  9  pro- 
hibits ihe  establishment  of  any  new  Professorship  without  the 
consent  of  the  Legislature.  By  this  Act  it  is  clear  that  the 
Legislature  did  not  give  up  its  controlling  powers. 

The  law  of  1838  was  substantially  adopted  in  the  Revised 
Statutes  of  1846,  p.  216,  and  was  in  force  at  the  adoption  of 
the  Constitution  of  1850. 

After  so  long  a  course  of  legislation,  plainly  showing  that 
the  control  of  the  University  had  at  all  times  remained  with 
the  Legislature,  if  it  had  been  the  intention  of  the  framers  of 
the  Constitution  to  take  this  control  away  from  the  Legislature 
and  confer  it  on  the  Regents,  they  would  have  used  the  neces- 
sary words  to  accomplish  that  object,  and  it  would  have  found 
some  expression  in  the  debates  of  the  Convention.  By  refer- 
ring to  these  debates,  we  find  that  every  attempt  to  lessen  the 
powers  of  the  Legislature  produced  a  vigorous  contest.  Es- 
pecially would  this  have  been  the  case  had  the  intention  been 
to  confer  control  by  the  term  iC  general  supervision" — thus  giv- 
ing the  latter  word  an  unusual  signification,  while  in  the  same 
sentence  the  word  control  (of  all  expenditures)  is  employed  in 
its  usual  sense.  The  only  reference  to  this  subject  in  the  de- 
bates is  found  on  pp.  802  and  804. 

Such  a  construction  of  the  term  Ci  supervision  "  would  intro- 
duce a  contradiction  and  an  absurdity  in  sections  1  and  9  of 
Art.  13,  since  the  supervision  in  those  sections  is  to  be  confined 
within  such  limits  as  the  Legislature  shall  prescribe,  which 
would  be  just  no  control  at  all. 

3.  The  act  of  March  15th,  1867,  provides  for  a  yearly  tax  of 
^  of  one  mill  on  all  taxable  property  for  the  use  of  the  Uni- 
versity to  be  pai    by  t   e  St  e  easure  ,  when  ol      ected,  in 

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like  manner  as  the  interest  on  the  University  fund  is  paid — 
Provided^  that  the  Regents  shall  carry  into  effect  the  Act  of 
February  12th,  1855.     Laws  of  1867,  p.  85. 

No  money  can  be  paid  out  of  the  State  Treasury  except  on 
the  warrant  of  the  Auditor  General.      1  Comp.  Laws,  139. 

The  University  of  Michigan  is  located  at  Ann  Arbor.  See  4 
Mich.  227. 

The  Regents  now  claim  that  they  have  complied  with  the 
proviso  in  the  Act  of  March  15th,  1867,  by  the  adoption  of  the 
following  resolutions  on  the  25th  day  of  March,  1868,  and  the 
subsequent  acceptance  of  the  Professorship  therein  named, 
viz.: 

1.  Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Regents  accepts  the  aid  proffered 
by  the  Legislature  of  Michigan  hy  the  act  approved  March  15,  1867, 
with  the  terms  and  conditions  thereof. 

2.  Resolved,  That  in  order  to  comply  with  the  conditions  imposed 
by  said  act,  there  be  organized  in  the  Department  of  Medicine  a 
School  to  bo  called  the  "  Michigan  School  of  Homoeopathy,"  to  be  lo- 
cated at  such  place  (suitable  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board  of  Regents) 
other  than  Ann  Arbor,  in  the  State  of  Michigan,  as  shall  pledge  to  the 
Board  of  Regents  by  June  20th  next,  the  greatest  amount  for  the 
buildings  and  endowments  of  said  School. 

3.  Resolved,  That  two  Professors  be  appointed  for  said  school,  one 
at  this  time,  and  another  prior  to  the  opening  of  said  School,  and 
others  as  may  be  necessary. 

4.  Resolved,  That  the  sum  of  $3,000  be  appropriated,  besides  the 
salary  of  the  Professors,  out  of  the  State  tax  so  donated  to  the  Uni- 
versity, to  be  expended  in  establishing  said  School  of  Homoeopathy. 

5.  Resolved,  That  Dr.  Charles  J.  Hempel  be  appointed  Professor  of 
the  Theory  and  Practice  of  Homoeopathic  Medicine  in  the  Michigan 
School  of  Homoeopathy,  at  the  salary  of  $1,000  per  annum,  from  this 
date,  to  be  paid  out  of  said  fund  so  donated. 

It  is  respectfully  submitted  that  this  does  not  fill  the  require- 
ments of  the  statute.  The  amendment  of  February  12,  1855, 
provides  for  *'at  least  one  Professor  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  De- 
partment of  Medicine. "  The  University  was  then  as  now  "es- 
tablished "  at  Ann  Arbor  (1  C.  L.  711,  sec.  1,)  and  the  De- 
partment of  Medicine  was  provided  for.     Ibid,  sec.  8. 

It  is  the  clearly  expressed  will  of  the  Legislature  that  there 
should  be  a  Professorship  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  University 


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where  it  is  established,  and  not  elsewhere,  and  occupying  the 
same  relation  to  it  that  the  other  Professors  do. 

The  establishment  of  the  "Michigan  School  of  Homoeopa- 
thy "  was  not  contemplated  or  authorized  by  this  act,  and  the 
action  of  the  Regents  can  only  be  regarded  as  an  unwarrant- 
ed assumption  of  *power. 

If  it  is  claimed  that  the  iC  School "  is  established  as  a  branch 
of  the  University,  I  answer, 

1.  That  it  does  not  appear  that  the  income  of  the  Univer- 
sity will  admit  of  establishing  branches. 

2.  The  fact  that  brandies  of  the  University  cannot  confer 
degrees,  would  defeat  the  very  object  the  Legislature  had  in 
view — the  placing  both  systems  of  medicine  en  an  equality  so 
*ar  as  public  instruction  is  concerned. 

3.  The  fact  that  the  resolutions  appropriate  over  $1,500  per 
year  shows  conclusively  that  it  is  not  a  branch.  1  Comp.  Laws 
2200,  sec  18. 

4.  The  Regents  have  neither  selected  a  Trustee  or  a  charter- 
ed institution  of  the  State.     Ibid,  sec.  2300. 

The  defendant  has  no  desire  to  keep  the  money  in  question 
from  the  University.  But  it  is  his  duty  to  see  that  money  is 
not  paid  out  of  the  Treasury  in  violation^  or  without  authority 
of  law.  Wm.  L   Stoughton,  Attorney  General. 

C.  A.  Kent,  Esq.,  responded  that  the  citations  made  applied  to  the 
general  power  of  the  Regents.  Some  discretion  is  certainly  left  to 
them.  Years  ago  there  was  a  clinical  branch  of  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment of  the  University  at  Detroit,  under  charge  of  Dr.  Pitcher.  If 
under  any  circumstances  there  has  been  occasion  for  removal  of  any 
part  of  a  department,  may  not  such  contingencies  arise  again?  Should 
a  rule  be  established  by  this  court  ho  narrow  as  to  conOne  the  Univer- 
sity in  all  its  departments  to  Ann  Arbor?  There  is  nothing  in  the 
ordinary  construction  of  the  laws  regulating  the  Uuiversity  that  re- 
quires it. 

The  Court  reserved  its  decision  to  the  first  Tuesday  in  July  at 
Lansing. 

Our  friends  will  look  for  the  decision  with  much  interest.  Some 
will  regret  that  the  matter  was  not  decided  by  the  court,  and 
while  we  are  very  desirous  that  there  shall  bo  a  final  settlement  of 
the  controversy   as  soon  as  possible,  we  do  not  expect  to  lose  by  a 


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month's  waiting.  To  us  there  appears  to  have  been  no  necessity  for 
any  application  to  the  Supreme  Court  at  all,  yet  we  doubt  not  that  the 
Regents  have  been  actuated  by  the  best  motives.  In  our  common 
seuse  way  of  viewing  the  matter  as  it  stands  at  time  of  writing  this 
article  (June  5th,  1868)  we  think  the  Regents  have  now  in  their 
power  a  ready  and  satisfactory  solution  of  the  present  difficulty. 

Let  us  briefly  as  possible  recapitulate  the  history  of  the  question 
and  state  the  present  condition  of  the  University  in  its  rdlation  to 
Homoeopathy. 

First.  The  Medical  Department  of  the  University  under  an  Allo- 
pathic faculty  was  financially  successful,  and  the  Regents  were  in- 
duced to  believe  that  the  fulfillment  of  the  law  creating  the  Homoe- 
opathic professor  would  injure  that  department,  wherefore  the  law 
was  allowed  to  remain  a  dead  letter  year  after  year  notwithstanding 
our  earnest  petitions  and  remonstrances. 

Second,  When  the  original  proviso  confirmed  by  the  Legislature  by 
the  additional  proviso  which  restrained  the  Regents  from  receipt  of 
the  appropriations  until  they  obeyed  the  law,  the  Regents  desired  to 
find  some  practicable  mode  of  meeting  its  requirements,  and  at 
the  same  time  conserving  the  Allopathic  Medical  Department. 
It  was  then  that  the  Homoeopathic  branch  of  the  University  was  con* 
templated. 

Third.  Under  these  circumstances  the  Michigan  Homoeopathic  In- 
stitute met  the  Regents  with  a  memorial  declaring  "  that  the  appoint- 
ment of  one  or  two  professors  only,  in  some  other  place  than  Ann  Ar- 
bor, paying  them  one  or  two  thousand  dollars  a  year,  would  not  be 
accepted  by  the  homoeopaths  of  Michigan.  They  would  regard  the 
proposition  as  an  evasion  of  the  requirements  of  the  law.  The  pro- 
fessorship or  professorships  of  Homoeopathy  are  to  be  in  the  Depart- 
mont  of  Medicine  in  the  University.  We  are  entitled  to  the  advan- 
tages of  the  University,  here,  we  claim  these,  or  other  benefits  equal 
in  value."  (Observer  p.  236,  1867.) 

Fourth.  The  Regents,  as  an  equivalent  in  their  estimation,  made  C. 
J.  Hempel,  M.  D.,  a  professor  in  the  Medical  Department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan  to  lecture  in  the  Michigan  School  of  Homoeopathy 
to  be  located  at  some  other  place  than  Ann  Arbor. 

Fifth.  Notwithstanding  this  extreme  deference  paid  to  allopathic 
prejudice,  the  Medical  faculty  then  resigned,  and  some  of  them  have 
taken  positions  in  an  opposition  medical  school  at  Detroit. 

Sixth.  The  Regents  apply  to  the  Supreme  Court  for  a  mandamus 
to  compel  the  State  Treasurer  to  pay  over  the  appropriation. 

Seventh.  We  have  not  appeared  before  the  court  to  resist  the  appli- 
cation of  the  Regents,  yet  we  do  not  concede  that  their  action  has  ful- 
filled the  intention  of  the  Legislature,  or  that  it  gives  us  advantages 
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Eighth.  Now  that  the  Allopathic  professors  have  left  the  Univer- 
sity the  reasons  which  led  the  Regents  to  resolve  to  open  a  School  of 
Homoeopathy  do  not  now  exist,  If  their  places  are  filled  with  men  of 
special  talent  for  the  respective  chairs,  who  can  labor  pleasantly  with 
Prof.  Hempel  in  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Michi- 
gan at  Ann  Arbor,  the  law  will  be  filled  in  letter  and  spirit,  the  State 
Treasurer  will  pay  over  the  tax  regularly  without  hesitation,  and  the 
application  to  the  Supreme  Court  may  be  relinquished.  Why  should 
not  this  be  done  ?  If  the  literary  faculty  of  the  University  were  con- 
sulted they  would  respond  yes !  Prof.  Hempel  is  known  to  be  one  of 
the  best  scholars  in  the  State  and  they  would  welcome  him  to  the  po- 
sition with  them  to  which  he  is  entitled.  Many  of  the  citizens  of  Ann 
Arbor  have  been  prejudiced,  but  there  has  been  quite  a  revolution  in 
their  sentiments  since  the  childish  act  of  the  old  school  doctors  in  re- 
signing their  posts  in  fear  of  the  Homoeopathic  professor  ;  the  people 
of  the  State  have  again  and  again  through  the  Legislature,  instructed 
the  Regents  to  admit  Homoeopathy  into  this  University  of  the  people. 
Ninth.  Some  time  since,  sooner  than  fail  to  reap  any  of  the  advantages 
which  were  intended  for  us  we  were  disposed  to  take  less  than  the 
law  designed,  but  we  cannot  see  the  propriety  of  asking  the  citizens 
of  Detroit,  or  any  other  city  in  the  State,  to  subscribe  funds  for  build- 
ings, &c,  for  a  homoeopathic  branch  of  the  University  when  the  ne- 
cessity for  such  a  branch  has  ceased  to  exist.  Why  should  the  Re- 
gents appoint  one  Professor  of  Anatomy  to  teach  in  Ann  Arbor,  and 
another  to  lecture  at  Detroit;  or  one  on  Chemistry  and  Toxicology  at 
Ann  Arbor  and  another  at  Detroit ;  one  on  Medical  Jurisprudence  at 
Ann  Arbor  and  another  at  Detroit ;  one  on  Physiology  at  Ann  Arbor 
and  another  at  Detroit,  and  so  on  for  three-fourths  of  all  medical 
science?  Do  Allopathic  students  need  one  kind  of  Anatomy,  Physi- 
ology, Chemistry,  Medical  Jurisprudence,  &c,  &c,  and  Homoeopathic 
students  another  ? — of  course  not.  Have  the  Regents  more  money 
than  they  can  find  investment  for  in  the  University  ?  Not  at  all, 
the  institution  is  in  need  of  all  within  their  control.  Would  it  not  be 
better  to  increase  the  salaries  of  the  professors  now  employed  than 
appoint  any  that  are  superfluous  ? 

Tenth,  Since  writing  the  nine  points  above  we  observe  that  the 
Allopathic  State  Medical  Society  have  met,  and  after  denouncing  both 
the  Legislature  and  the  Board  of  Regents,  very  gravely  request  the 
Allopathic  professors  yet  remaining  in  the  University  to  retain  tJieir 
respective  chairs.  Will  not  the  Board  of  Regents  in  obedience  to  the 
law ;  in  view  of  the  interests  of  the  University  as  a  whole  ;  and  in 
self  respect,  invite  Prof.  Hempel  to  his  chair  in  the  Department  of 
Medicine  in  the  University  at  Ann  Arbor,  declare  vacant  the  chairs 
of  all  those  who  are  refractory,  and  appoint  to  the  vacancies  profes- 
sors of  distinguished  ability,  breadth  of  mind  and  purity  of  char- 
acter !  ■*  E.  A.  L. 

E3T  Personal,  Obituary  and  other  notices,  with  several  interest- 
ing articles  and  reports  are  deferred  to  August  number,  which  will 
contain  the  usual  variety  of  matter.  E.  A.  L. 


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PBOF.  EDWIN  M.  flALK,  Editor. 


[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.  J 
A   MONOGRAPH   ON 

U8TILAG0      MADIS, 
Its  Physiologico-PathologiccU  effects,  together  with  its  uses  in  Disease 

BY  W.  H.  BVBT,  M.  D.,  LINCOLN,   ILLIN0I8. 


(Concluded  from  page  320,  July  number.) 

Case  6. — Metrorrhagia.  Mrs.  F.,  act.  39.  Nervous  temper- 
ament ;  been  married  nine  years;  never  has  been  pregnant  to 
her  knowledge,  and  always  has  been  regular  every  28  days; 
Nov.  1st,  two  weeks  since,  had  her  menses  as  usual ;  eight  days 
after  she  had  ceased  to  flow,  haemorrhage  set  in  with  distress ' 
in  the  hypogastric  region,  otherwise  is  feeling  well  excepting 
she  is  feeling  very  weak  and  frequently  chilly  ;  this  is  the  sixth 
day  ;  has  flowed  constantly  to-day  ;  she  is  so  weak  she  had  to 
go  to  bed ;  the  blood  is  dark  colored  and  every  few  hours  a 
large  coagulated  lump  passes  her.  Gave  Ustilago  2d  every  two 
hours;  next  day  found  my  patient  better;  flows  about  one- 
half  as  much  ;  does  not  pass  any  more  blood  in  a  coagulated 
form ;  continued  same  remedy ;  next  day  hemorrhage  had  en- 
tirely ceased  ;  discharged  my  patient  convalescent.  This  case 
of  haemorrhage  1  believe  was  caused  by  excessive  coition,  her 
husband  being  a  very  large  and  amorous  man,  had  been  gone 
from  her  a  month,  but  had  returned  ten  days  before  I  was 
called. 

Case  7. — Metrorrhagia.  Mrs.  F.,  aet.  25.  Nervo-lymphatic; 
Sept.  5,  seven  weeks  since  aborted  when  three  months  goce ; 
has  had  haemorrhage  more  or  less  every  day  since ;  blood  is 
thin,  very  black  and  foetid,  otherwise  feeling  well.  Sept.  4th, 
rode  up  from  Springfield  on  the  cars,  which  brought  on  violent 
haemorrhage  ;  this  morning  thinks  she  has  flowed  one  quart  in 
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three  hours  of  dark  colored,  coagulated  blood  ;  this  is  the  lira* 
day  the  blood  has  been  coagulated  ;  has  no  pain  ;  is  sure  the 
afterbirth  came  away ;  has  been  attended  ever  since  by  an  al- 
lopath. Gave  Ustilago  2d,  two  grains  every  two  hours ;  or- 
dered perfect  rest,  &c;  next  day  haemorrhage  diminished  one- 
half;  continued  same  remedy  ;  next  day  no  haemorrhage  until 
the  afternoon ;  she  was  up  all  day  and  made  a  call  \  had  slight 
haemorrhage  all  the  afternoon  and  night ;  continued  the  Usti- 
lago all  the  next  day,  but  she  grew  worse ;  evening  gave  Se- 
cale  tincture,  iour  drops  every  four  hours  ;  morning,  no  better  ; 
gave  Sabina  all  day ;  no  change  for  the  better  ;  gave  Trillium, 
which  cured  the  lady  in  two  days.  This  is  the  first  case  the 
Ustilago  has  failed  to  cure,  showing  that  no  remedy  can  be  a 
perfect  specific  for  any  disease.  I  believe  a  portion  of  the  after- 
birth was  not  removed,  if  so,  the  reason  of  the  Ustilago  not 
curing  the  case  is  plain.  Why  was  the  blood  discharged  so 
foetid,  if  all  was  natural  ?  No  examination  was  made  and  this 
question  cannot  be  answered.  Since  treating  this  case  another 
one  has  come  into  my  hands  of  similar  character  that  the  Us- 
tilago has  failed  to  cure,  and  every  other  remedy  that  we  give 
in  such  cases  has  also  failed,  I  believe  it  to  be  a  case  of  uterine 
polypi,  but  not  being  privileged  to  examine  the  case  with  spec- 
lum,  I  am  left  in  the  dark. 

Qa%e  8. — Menorrhagia.^  A  tall,  slim,  nervous  lady,  aBt.  about 
30.  Complains  of  great  debility  all  the  the  time,  during  every 
menstrual  period  she  flows  profusely  for  two  weeks  quantities 
of  black,  coagulated  blood,  accompanied  with  a  good  deal  of 
pain  in  the  back  and  uterus ;  menses  when  regular  and  well 
last  four  and  five  days ;  gave  Ustilago  2  dec,  every  two  hours 
for  two  days,  commencing  the  third  day  oi  menstruation  which 
entirely  checked  the  flowing  the  second  day ;  now  gave  one 
powder  every  night  for  four  weeks ;  courses  came  on  without 
half  the  pain  she  generally  has  and  lasted  one  week,  being  nat- 
ural during  the  flow  ;  she  still  felt  debilitated,  gave  Iron  one 
month,  which  completed  the  cure. 

Case  9. — Menorrhagia  at  change  of  life.  Mrs.  F.,  aet  50. 
Nervo-bilious.  For  the  last  two  years  has  flowed  a  great  deal ; 
menses  come  on  every  three  weeks  and  lasts  during  the  whole 

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interval ;  for  the  first  eight  days  has  severe  pain  in  her  side, 
back,  right  leg  and  top  of  the  head  ;  has  a  violent  headache 
the  first  four  days,  on  the  right  side  of  the  top  of  the  head  5 
Opium  is  the  only  thing  that  relieves  it ;  suffers  constantly 
with  a  burning  distress  in  the  right  ovary,  at  times  it  is  much 
swollen ;  this  is  her  greatest  difficulty ;  the  flooding  lasts  dur- 
ing the  whole  three  weeks,  expelling  at  times  large  clots  of  dark 
eolored  blood ;  the  haemorrhage  is  profuse  for  the  first  eight 
days,  but  has  to  wear  cloths  all  the  lime ;  is  very  weak  and 
anaemic ;  it  is  with  difficulty  she  can  walk ;  bowels  regular  ; 
during  the  headache  has  chills  and  vomits  frequently ;  has  a 
goneness  in  the  epigastrium.  Treatment,  Ustilago  3  dec.  every 
three  hours  for  two  weeks ;  at  the  end  of  the  first  week  the 
haemorrhage  ceased,  and  the  second  week  every  pain  about  her 
had  vanished  and  she  ceased  to  take  medicine.  This  case  was 
treated  ten  mohths  ago,  the  lady  has  had  but  two  hard  at- 
tacks of  severe  headache,  something  remarkable  for  her;  was 
unwell  every  four  weeks  for  eight  months,  since  then  menses 
have  ceased  to  come  on  ;  in  the  ten  months  has  taken  the  Us- 
tilago twice  for  the  severe  headache,  but  no  other  medicine; 
has  good  health,  better  than  it  has  been  for  years.  This  con- 
verted the  lady  to  be  a  homceopathist,  and  she  labors  like  a 
Christian  for  our  glorious  work.  The  cause  of  all  her  troubles 
was  ovarian  irritation. 

Case  10. — Dysmenorrhea,  from  ovarian  irritation.  Mrs-  B., 
set.  27.  Nervous  temperament ;  menstruation  commenced  at 
the  age  of  13 ;  was  regular  every  28  days  until  the  age  of  18 ; 
for  the  last  ten  years  she  has  been  a  great  sufferer  from  dysmen- 
orrhea ;  menses  come  on  every  23  or  24  days  very  scanty,  last- 
ing two  and  three  days ;  the  first  24  hours  the  pain  is  most  in- 
tense, coming  on  every  few  minutes  in  the  back,  ovaries  and 
uterus,  but  mostly  in  the  left  oyary  and  womb  ;  as  soon  as  the 
flow  really  commences  the  pain  ceases  in  a  great  measure  ;  dur- 
ing the  interval  between  the  menses  her  great  trouble  is  a  con- 
stant misery  under  the  left  breast  at  the  margin  of  the  ribs, 
with  a  spasmodic  pain  eight  or  ten  times  a  day  in  the  left  ov- 
ary, lasting  a  few  minutes  at  a  time  ;  at  times  has  quite  a  per- 
ceptible enlargement  of  the    left  ovary  which  is  very  tender 

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cannot  bear  to  have  it  pressed  upon ;  for  the  last  four  years  has 
had  a  dry,  spasmodic  congh;  never  expectorates  any;  been 
married  four  years  and  has  never  been  pregnant ;  is  very  gloomy 
and  desponding ;  gave  Ustilago  3d  dec.  morning  and  aight  for 
three  weeks,  when  she  expected  to  have  her  menses,  but  instead 
of  going  22  days  went  to  the  27th.  and  had  not  half  of  the 
suffering  that  has  usually  occurred ;  continued  same  remedy 
four  weeks,  when  menses  came  on  without  any  suffering  ;  flow- 
ed a  great  deal  more  than  usual ;  the  misery  under  the  breast 
is  entirely  removed;  feeling  well  and  in  excellent  spirits,  but 
her  dry,  spasmodic  cough  was  as  bad  as  usual;  prescribed 
three  times  for  the  cough  i  gave  Bell.,  Bry.,  and  Sanguinaria, 
but  without  benefit,  and  she  ceased  to  take  medicine. 
This  case  was  treated  six  months  ago.  She  still  remains  all 
right  excepting  the  cough,  which  troubles  her  a  great  deal. 
The  pain  in  the  side  and  ovary  does  not  trouble  her  any  more, 
but  the  last  three  months  had  a  good  deal  of  pain  the  first  day 
of  menstruation.  For  three  months  the  effects  of  the  Ustilago 
waa  all  that  could  be  desired. 

Case  11. — Dysmenorrhea,  with  ovarian  irritation  and  stric- 
ture of  os  uteri.  Mrs.  S.  set.  29.  Nervous  temperament;  men 
ses  first  came  on  at  the  age  of  14 ;  first  two  years  perfectly  na- 
tural ;  then  took  cold ;  suppression  of  the  menses  four  months; 
since  then  has  suffered  during  menstruation  as  much  as  women 
in  labor,  with  sharp,  cutting,  bearing  down  pains  in  the  uterus 
and  back,  passing  down  to  the  knees ;  paroxysms  of  pain  come 
on  every  ten  to  twenty  minutes  ;  last  two  days ;  third  day  has 
a  slight  show  of  blood,  and  one  thing  remarkable  about  her 
case  was  this,  every  summer  for  three  or  four  months  she  never 
flowed  any,  excepting  a  little  white  mucus ;  menstruation  came 
on  every  three  weeks  ;  during  the  interval  has  a  constant  ach- 
ing pain  under  the  left  mammae^  greatly  aggravated  by  walking 
or  taking  a  full  breath ;  two  weeks  after  menstruation  always 
has  nervous  headache  badly  for  one  day  and  night.  Gave  Us- 
tilago 2d  three  times  a  day  for  seven  days ;  called  and  found 
she  had  been  entirely  free  from  the  pain  in  the  side  under  the 
mammae  for  three  days,  something  she  had  not  been  free  from 
for  the  last  year ;  same  treatment  for  seven  days ;  when  her 


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menses  came  on  suffered  abont  as  usual,  but  flowed  a  great  deal 
more ;  same  treatment  for  four  weeks ;  she  missed  her  nervous 
headache;  the  pain  in  the  side  was  entirely  removed  and  felt  bet- 
ter than  she  has  for  years ;  menses  come  on  instead  of  three 
weeks,  in  28  days;  suffered  as  usual,  most  intensely,  but  flowed 
as  much  as  a  woman  ought  to,  and  lasted  five  days ;  I  now  di- 
lated the  os  uteri  with  sponge  tents  for  two  months,  which 
made  a  permanent  cure.  This  case  was  treated  last  spring. 
All  summer  she  has  been  regular  every  four  weeks  without  suf- 
fering pain,  and  averages  about  four  days,  while  she  flows, 
something  she  has  not  done  for  the  last  twelve  years.  Has 
been  married  a  number  of  years,  but  never  has  been  pregnant. 
In  this  calse  the  Ustilago  certainly  established  her  menses  bet- 
ter, I  believe,  than  any  other  remedy  known  to  the  profession 
could  have  done.  This  lady  has  been  treated  by  a  number  of 
physicians,  one  of  which  treated  her  two  years,  without  any 
cessation,  for  the  dystnenorrhoea,  and  did  not  help  her  in  the 
least.  True  I  could  not  have  cured  her  without  the  use  of  the 
tents,  but  that  had  nothing  to  do  with  establishing  her  courses 
which  was  done  before  the  treatment  by  dilation  commenced. 

Case  IS. — Dysmenorrlioea.  Miss  M.  set.  19.  Nervous  tem- 
perament; enjoys  excellent  health,  and  is  regular  every  28 
days,  but  during  menstruation  is  a  great  sufferer  with  sharp, 
bearing  down  pains  in  the  uterus  and  back,  as  soon  as  the  flow 
gets  freely  established  the  pain  ceases  and  she  is  all  right ;  hot 
drinks  and  warm  fomentations  do  no  good  ;  Pulsatilla  if  taken 
as  soon  as  the  pain  commences  gives  her  perfect  relief ;  the  last 
two  periods  have  been  perfectly  relieved  with  Ustilago,  first 
time  15  dilution,  last  time  2d  trit.,  but  neither  remedy  makes  a 
permanent  cure.  This  case  is  probably  congestive  dysmenor- 
rhoea.  In  another  very  similar  case  the  Ustilago  acts  splendidly  if 
taken  as  soon  as  the  pain  comes  on,  but  it  does  not  cure  the 
case  permanently.  I  wish  I  could  give  the  symptoms  that  call 
for  the  Ustilago  m.  in  dysmenorrhcea.  When  its  indications 
are  fully  known  it  will  prove  to  be  one  of  our  best  remedies, 
but  one  symptom  will  be  the  "  key-note,"  in  all  the  cases  it 
will  be  found  homoeopathic  to,  that  is,  the  ovaries  will  be  more 
or  less  involved. 

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Case  IS. — Suppressio-mensium,  from  ovarian  irritation; 
Mrs.  W.  »t.  26.  Nervo-oilious  temperament,  bilious  predom- 
inating ;  has  never  been  regular  three  months  in  her  life  ;  has 
no  regular  time  that  she  expects  her  menses ;  come  on  every 
two,  three  or  four  weeks ;  has  frequently  gone  three  months  ; 
once  had  dropsy  of  the  womb  removed  by  an  operation ;  gen- 
erally has  leucorrhoea,  discharges  thin  and  white,  but  every  five 
or  six  weeks  the  discharges  look  like  pus ;  at  these  times  has  a 
constant  dull  distress  in  the  uterus ;  she  now  has  gone  four 
months  without  menstruating ;  has  now  constant  fullness  of  the 
temples ;  they  feel  as  if  something  were  pressing  them  out ;  is 
very  weak;  can  hardly  drag  about ;  bowels  torpid,  but  is  not 
anaemic ;  has  frequent  pains  in  the  ovaries ;  every  tew  days 
has  quite  a  swelling  in  the  left  groin  ;  has  always  taken  allo- 
pathic remedies;  the  last  two  months  has  taken  large  quantities 
of  medicine,  most  of  which  has  been  Oleum  tanacetum.  Treat- 
ment,  Ustilago  madis  2d  two  grains  three  times  a  day  ;  thinks 
she  ought  to  have  her  menses  in  eight  days,  this  was  Aug.  22  ; 
on  the  26th  commenced  to  have  menstrual  pains  every  half 
hour  to  an  hour ;  continued  to  have  the  pains  until  the  30th, 
when  menses  come  on  quite  profusely  in  forenoon,  then  stopped 
until  the  night  ;  came  on  again  and  lasted  seven  days,  flowing 
copiously  all  the  time ;  before  the  menses  came  on  the  pains 
in  the  back  and  womb  were  intensely  severe,  generally  has  no 
pains  at  these  times.  This  lady  still  remains  regular,  now  De- 
cember 3d,  every  four  weeks.  This  was  a  marked  case  of  ova- 
rian irritation,  and  the  powerful  influence  the  Ustilago  had  over 
it  was  truly  remarkable. 

Case  H. — Suppressio-mensium  from  ovarian  irritation.  A 
tall,  slim,  bilious  lady ;  for  two  days  menses  came  on  and  she 
flowed  as  much  as  usual,  stopped  in  the  night  and  have  not 
come  on  all  day,  now  4  f.  h.;  has  severe  headache  with  pain 
in  left  groin,  (ovary ;)  she  can  give  no  cause  why  the  men- 
ses stopped  on  her ;  usually  flows  a  week ;  gave  one  dose  of 
Ustilago  15th  dec;  next  morning  menses  were  on  her  all  right 
and  lasted  a  week  as  they  should. 

Case  15. — Ovaritis.  Mrs.  D.,  set.  31.  Nervo-bilious  ;  took 
cold  after  menstruation,  and  it  all  settled  in  right  ovary  ;  has 

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constant  dull  pain  in  the  right  groin  and  back  three  or  four 
times  an  hour ;  had  sharp,  neuralgic  pains  in  the  ovary ;  walk- 
ing is  painful ;  bowels  torpid  ;  is  feeling  very  languid  ;  gave 
Ustilago  3d  every  two  hours ;  next  day  pain  all  gone  but  still 
feels  languid ;  continued  remedy  every  four  hours  one  day, 
when  she  was  discharged  cured. 

Gate  16. — Ovarian  tumor  of  large  size.  Dr.  E.  U.  Jones,  of 
Taunton,  Mass.,  wrote  me  to  send  him  some  of  the  Ustilago 
madis  to  try  in  a  case  of  ovarian  tumor.  After  h<j  had  tested 
the  remedy  he  wrote  me  the  following  :  "  From  the  2d 
and  3d  triturations  I  found  constant  pathogenetic  symptoms, 
such  as  an  immediate  return  of  the  menses  (usually  very  regu- 
lar in  time)  with  a  great  increase  as  to  quantity  ;  severe  spas- 
modic action  of  facial  muscles,  &c,  but  so  mixed  up  with  her 
former  symptoms  as  to  destroy  their  value  as  provings.  No 
diminution  of  the  ovary  was  perceptible,  but  rather  an  increase 
of  the  burning  pain.  The  Ustilago  was  omitted  and  Arseni- 
cum substituted.  After  the  lapse  of  sufficient  time  the  Ustila- 
go was  again  used  in  the  12th  dil.  and  brought  down  to  the 
6th  with  no  result  curative  or  pathogenetic,  and  I  was  obliged 
by  other  circumstances  to  omit  it  altogether.  I  have  however 
used  the  Ustilago  with  eminent  success  in  case  of  protuse 
menstruation,  3d  trit.  once  or  twice  daily." 

I  am  now  using  the  Ustilago  in  a  very  interesting  case  of 
ovarian  irritation,  where  the  lady  has  had  vicarious  menstrua- 
tion, twice  from  the  lungs  and  once  from  the  bowels;  has  al- 
ways had  old  school  treatment ;  the  case  has  been  in  my  hands 
a  tew  weeks,  and  is  getting  well  as  fast  as  the  most  sanguine 
could  desire.     I  will  give  it  in  full  as  soon  as  cured. 

Case  17. — Ovarian  irritation  in  a  lady  past  the  critical  age. 
Mrs.  N.  set.  54  ;  nervous  temperament ;  has  a  constant  pain  in 
left  ovary  passing  down  the  hip,  so  severely  that  she  has  to 
limp  when  walking;  the  pains  are  sharp  and  at  times  pass  down 
the  leg  with  great  rapidity  ;  every  few  days  has  quite  a  swell- 
ing in  the  left  groin ;  cannot  bear  pressure  over  the  ovary ; 
bowels  regular  and  otherwise  well.  Two  prescriptions  of  Us- 
tilago 15th  dilution  lasting  a  week  at  a  time,  -gave  her  perfect 
relief,  and  remains  so  now  two  weeks. 


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Case  IS. — Menses  premature.  A  lady,  nursing  a  babe  now 
18  months  old,  for  the  last  eight  months  has  her  menses  every 
two  weeks ;  last  five  days  and  are  very  copious.  Feels  languid 
and  can  with  difficulty  do  her  work ;  bowels  regular ;  good  ap- 
petite, <fcc;  has  always  been  regular.  Gave  Ustilago  3,  morn- 
ing and  night  six  weeks,  which  regulated  her  menses  perfectly ; 
this  was  three  months  since,  is  now  unwell  every  four  weeks. 

Case  19. — Miss  E.,  set.  19.  Nervous  temperament ;  lor  the 
last  two  years  has  been  unwell  every  sixteen  to  twenty-four 
days ;  flows  a  good  deal ;  is  very  weak  and  anaemic,  otherwise 
quite  well.  Gave  Ustilago  2d,  morning  and  night ;  it  is  now 
26  days  and  there  is  no  signs  of  menstruation  ;  is  feeling 
stronger  and  says  she  knows  that  the  remedy  will  cure  her. 

Case  SO. — Scanty  menstruation.  A  lady,  nervous  tempera- 
ment, set.  27 ;  been  married  nine  years  and  never  has  had 
children,  but  enjoys  good  health  ;  never  has  had  her  menses 
more  than  three  days,  and  only  one  or  two  days  colored. 
Menses  so  scanty  is  not  compelled  to  wear  cloths.  Gave  Usti- 
lago 2d  and  3d  for  3d  tor  three  months.  For  the  last  three 
times  has  been  unwell  four  days  at  a  time ;  colored  for  three 
days  and  are  more  than  double  what  they  used  to  be  ;  this 
case  is  one  of  great  interest  to  me;  to  know  that  the  Ustilago 
will  increase  the  menses  in  one  that  is  so  old  and  never  men- 
struated freely  in  her  life,  is  certainly  valuable  (see  case  11.) 

Case  SI. — Leucorrhoea.  I  have  given  this  remedy  a  number 
of  times  in  leucorrhoea,  and  have  only  cured  two  cases,  which 
were  very  mild  ones.  I  do  not  think  it  will  be  found  very  use- 
ful in  this  disease. 

Case  SS. — Labor.  The  value  of  the  Ustilago  madis  as  a 
uterine  motor  stimulant,  I  am  not  able  to  give,  but  that  it  does 
effect  the  uterus  as  powerfully  as  the  Secale  cornutum,  I  have 
no  doubt.  Lindlay  says  "  Its  action  on  the  uterus  is  as  pow- 
erful as  the  ergot  of  rye,  and  perhaps  more."  It  having  pro- 
duced abortion  on  eleven  cows  and  two  bitch  dogs,  in  so  short 
a  time,  shows  that  it  has  a  powerful  effect  upon  the  uterus, 
even  the  uterus  of  fowls,  is  so  powerfully  affected  by  it  that 
they  lay  eggs  Without  any  shells.  In  two  cases  of  labor  (both 
primiparae)  I  have  used  it.  In  the  first  case  to  regulate  and  bring 

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on  the  pains  more  frequently.  The  lady  having  been  in  labor 
twenty-two  hours  and  the  os  was  only  dilated  so  that  I  could 
get  my  finger  in  readily  ;  the  pains  were  not  hard  but  came  on 
every  ten  to  fifteen  minutes.  About  three  grains  of  the  Ustila- 
go  every  ten  minutes  for  five  doses  entirely  checked  the  pain 
for  twelve  hours;  the  lady  slept  most  of  the  time  not  having 
slept  any  all  night.  This  rather  astonished  me,  but  when  the 
pains  commenced  again  they  were  very  powerful  and  the  labor 
was  brought  to  an  end  in  eight  hours.  The  second  case,  labor 
had  been  in  progress  fifteen  hours  ;  pains  not  hard  and  about 
every  six  minutes ;  os  uteri  dilated  about  the  size  of  a  fifty  cent 
piece,  but  very  rigid.  The  breech  of  the  child  presented.  Gave 
Ustilago,  four  grains  of  the  becond  trituration  every  fifteen 
minutes  for  four  doses.  For  one  hour  the  uterus  was  thrown 
into  the  most  powerful  and  continuous  contractions,  the  inter- 
val between  the  pains  would  not  be  over  one  minute  ;  this  was 
at  10  p.  M.;  the  pains  finally  became  ten  and  fifteen  minutes 
apart ;  the  os  gradually  dilated  and  the  labor  was  ended  favor- 
ably at  4  A.  m.  From  this  case  I  should  judge  that  the  effect 
of  the  Ustilago  m.  is  very  similar  to  Ergot,  and  probably  ought 
only  to  be  given  when  the  os  is  soft,  pliable  and  nearly  dilated. 
When  a  labor  is  rendered  lingering  by  rigidity  of  the  os  uteri, 
vagina,  or  perineum,  then  Ustilagoism  ought  not  to  be  at- 
tempted. '  The  physician  who  should  dare  to  drive  the  head  of 
a  foetus  against  a  rigid  os  uteri  in  spasm  by  the  means  of  the 
mad  force  of  Ustilagoism  or  Ergotism,  is  an  untrustworthy 
practitioner.  For  the  purpose  of  bringing  on  labor  pains  I 
would  advise  the  use  of  the  first  and  second  triturations  given 
in  five  or  ten  grain  doses  every  fifteen  minutes  until  it  has  the 
desired  effect,  or  what  would  probably  be  better  still  a  fluid 
extract  prepared  in  the  same  way  that  the  fluid  extract  of  Er- 
got is,  would  give  us  a  remedy  of  greater  power,  and  would  not 
require  such  large  doses. 

In  cases  of  labor  where  we  fear  that  we  will  have  a  haemor- 
rhage immediately  following  the  expulsion  of  the  foetus, a  large 
dose  of  the  Ustilago  given  just  before  the  child  is  expelled,  I 
have  no  doubt  will  succeed  in  arresting  the  haemorrhage 
by  its  power  of  condensing  the  uterus.     The  cases  of  metrorr- 

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hagia  I  have  given,  show  us  what  great  ability  it  has  to  diminish 
the  hypersemia  of  the  uterine  circulation. 

I  would  advise  a  thorough  trial  of  this  remedy  for  the  expul- 
sion of  polypus  uteri,  moles,  dead  ovum,  hydatids,  &c.  In 
those  cases  the  medicine  should  be  given  for  a  number  of 
days  in  frequent  doses. 

In  hypertrophy,  and  an  indurated  state  of  the  womb,  I  have 
giren  it  with  marked  and  beneficial  effect.  The  remedy  must 
be  continued  for  some  time  to  get  its  best  effects. 

Case  28. — Agalactia.  From  the  powerful  effect  this  remedy 
has  upon  the  ovaries  and  their  appendages  we  must  inter  that 
it  will  be  found  useful  in  diseases  of  the  mammae.  In  one  case 
of  scarcity  of  milk  in  a  very  large  lymphatic  woman  nursing 
her  third  child,  who  had  been  compelled  to  feed  all  her  children 
more  or  less  of  cow's  milk,  for  want  of  the  natural  secretion  in 
her  own  breasts.  No  one  could  apparently  be  more  healthy. 
When  the  child  was  six  months  old  her  milk  began  to  fail  as 
usual;  had  only  about  half  enough  for  the  babe.  For  three  weeks 
I  gave  her  Ustilago  2d  morning  and  night,  which  for  5  weeks 
had  a  fine  effect,  and  then  the  secretion  of  milk  failed  again.  I 
did  not  try  the  remedy  any  more.  In  chronic  inflammations 
and  indurations  of  the  mammae  I  would  strongly  urge  a  trial 
of  the  Ustilago.     Also  in  galactorrhcea. 

Case  #£ — Puerperal  peritonitis.  Mrs.  B.,  set.  about  26, 
temperament  bilious.  Dec.  7.  was  called  to  attend  her  for  the 
following  symptoms :  Aborted  two  days  since,  when  about  three 
months  gone ;  attended  by  an  allopath.  He  said  a  part  of  the 
placenta  remained  in  the  uterus. 

1.  Has  had  constant  fever  ever  since ;  pulse  now,  2  p.  m.,  120. 

2.  Cannot  bear  the  least  pressure  on  any  portion  of  the 
bowels. 

3.  About  six  times  to-day  has  had  sharp,  cutting  pains  in 
left  ovary. 

4.  Has  flowed  constantly  for  two  days ;  blood  is  dark  col- 
ored, but  not  copious  nor  attended  with  bearing-down  pains. 

5.  Cannot  move  in  bed ;  is  compelled  to  lie  upon  her  back. 

6.  Has  constant,  dull  frontal  headache. 

7.  Loss  of  appetite,  tongue  not  furred. 


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8.  Bowels  have  not  moved  since  the  abortion. 

The  tissues  involved  in  this  case  were  the  ovary  and  perito- 
neum. Thinking  this  a  good  opportunity  to  test  the  virtues  of 
the  Ustilago  m.,  I  gave  the  T^  every  hour,  about  two  grains 
at  a  dose. 

Dec.  8.,  10  p.  m.,  called  and  found  my  patient  nearly  conva- 
lescent ;  fever  all  gone,  soreness  of  the  ovary  and  peritoneum 
entirely  gone  ;  has  no  haemorrhage,  but  has  still  slight  head- 
ache. Continued  same  remedy  once  in  two  hours  through  the 
day,  and  next  day  discharged  the  patient. 

Case  25. — Menopausis.  Mrs.  B.,  set.  47,  bilious-lymphatic 
temperament.  Has  worked  very  hard  all  her  life,  but  generally 
had  good  health. 

1.  For  the  last  year  has  had  vertigo  every  day  ;  some  days 
so  bad  she  has  to  go  to  bed.     This  is  her  greatest  trouble. 

2.  Has  her  menses  every  three  weeks,  for  the  last  year;  lasts 
about  ten  days,  and  profuse  ;  flows  as  much  again  Jas  she  did 
when  in  health. 

3.  Has  a  constant  aching  distress  under  the  left  mamma. 

4.  Has  a  good  many  rheumatic  symptoms  in  her  shoulders 
and  back. 

5.  Is  very  weak  ;  not  able  to  work. 

6.  Appetite  good. 

7.  Bowels  inclined  to  constipation. 

&  Ustilago  m.,  Tfa  about  two  grs.  at  a  dose,  three  times  a 
day  for  ten  days.  This  entirely  removed  the  vertigo  and  dis- 
tress in  left  side.  Continued  the  Ustilago  twice  a  day  for  five 
weeks  longer.  Menses  came  on  in  just  28  days,  instead  of  21. 
Plowed  only  a  week,  about  as  when  healthy.  Since  then  she 
has  reported  herself  well.  Menstruated  twice,  both  times  the 
interval  was  four  weeks.     No  vestige  of  vertigo  left. 

Gate  26. — Haemorrhage  before  abortion.  Mrs.  H.  set.  about 
34.  Bilious  temperament.  Has  aborted  a  number  of  times  at 
the  third  month ;  is  now  about  three  months  pregnant. 

1.  For  the  last  ten  days  has  had  more  or  less  haemorrhage 
every  day  ;  some  days  quite  bad ;  not  so  much  at  night.  The 
blood  passes  a  number  of  times  through  the  day,  in  dark- 
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2.  Has  frequent  bearing  down  pains,  as  if  everything  would 
come  from  her. 

3.  Is  weak  and  languid,  but  does  her  housework. 

R  Ustilago  jjHif  *n  water,  teaspoonful  every  two  hours.  She 
said  the  first  dose  went  all  over  her  system  like  electricity,  and 
checked  the  haemorrhage.  In  six  days  the  haemorrhage  com- 
menced again,  lasted  two  days,  when  she  aborted. 

Case  27. — Ovarian  Irritation.  Mrs.  W.,  nervo-bilious,  aet. 
about  30.    Has  never  been  as  regular  as  she  ought  to  have  been. 

1.  For  a  long  time  has  had  soreness  over  the  left  ovary ;  sev- 
eral times  through  the  day  had  darting  pains  from  the  ovary  to 
the  womb. 

2.  Bowels  are  bloated  and  feeling  as  if  they  had  been 
pounded. 

3.  Has  constant  dull  headache ;  when  stooping,  head  feels  as 
if  it  would  burst. 

4.  Has  gone  two  days  over  the  time  she  ought  to  have  men- 
struated. 

5.  Digestive  organs  natural. 

R  Ustilago  1  4,  ten  drops  in  half  glass  of  water,  one  spoonful 
every  two  hours. 

March  5. — Has  taken  medicine  twenty-two  hours.  Pains  in 
the  ovaries  much  less.  Not  bloated  any.  Headache  no  better. 
No  signs  of  menstruation.  Gave  Ustilago  80,  in  water,  every 
two  hours.  6th,  4  p.  M.,  no  signs  of  menstruation.  Ustilago  2, 
two  graina  every  two  hours  for  two  days.  No  signs  of  menstru- 
ation, but  feels  well. 

This  case  went  four  weeks ;  the  Ustilago  was  given  again, 
and  the  menses  came  on  all  right.  Not  much  could  be  claimed 
for  the  remedy  in  this  case,  excepting  the  removal  of  the  great 
accumulation  of  flatus,  and  soreness. 

Case  28. — Intermittent  neuralgia  of  left  ovary.  Mrs.  J.,  aet. 
21 ;  bilious  temperament.  Has  been  sick  eight  weeks,  confined 
to^the  bed  six  weeks;  has  had  two  allopaths  attending  her  ; 
has  taken  large  quantities  of  quinine,  which  did  no  good ;  is 
now  taking  morphine. 

1.  Every  day,  from  about  12  m.,  to  4  p.  m.,  has  constant  pain 

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from  left  ovary  down  to  the  uterus,  and  every  few  minutes  the 
pain  in  the  ovary  is  intensely  severe,  cutting  like  a  knite. 

2.  Has  good  deal  of  pain  in  right  ovary  and  hypogastric 
region,  but  all  starts  from  left  ovary. 

3.  Left  ovary  can  be  distinctly  felt  in  the  groin,  about  as 
large  as  a  hen's  egg,  and  very  hard.  Wh^n  pressed  upon,  gives 
intense  pain. 

4.  Every  day  thinks  she  has  fever  with  the  paroxysms  of 
pain,  but  no  chill. 

5.  Has  slight  leucorrhoea. 

6.  Thinks  she  is  pregnant  about  two  months,  but  has  been 
unwell  slightly  twice. 

7.  Loss  of  appetite. 

8.  Tongue  clean. 

9.  Bowels  inclined  to  be  constipated. 

fy  Ustilago  ^jf  ten  grains  in  tumbler  of  water,  two  teaspoons- 
full  every  two  hours.  First  day  relieved  the  pains  greatly. 
Second  day  the  paroxysms  of  pain  were  much  lessened.  Third 
day  had  slight  pain  about  half  an  hour.  Fourth  day,  no  pain. 
Commenced  to  set  up  the  fifth  day,  and  in  two  weeks  was 
doing  all  her  work.  I  never  have  known  medicine  to  do  better 
work  in  my  life.  If  I  had  been  called  first  to  the  case,  I  should 
most  certainly  have  given  an  anti-periodic,  but  quinine  having 
been  tried  so  thoroughly,  I  determined  to  give  a  remedy  that 
would  have  the  most  powerful  effect  upon  the  diseased  ovary ; 
the  result  was  a  splendid  cure,  and  another  convert  to  our 
practice. 

Case  29. — Menopausis.  Mrs.  H.,  set.  50  ;  bilious-nervous. 
Has  worked  hard  all  her  life, 

1.  Three  years  since  menses  stopped  three  months  ;  since 
then  has  had  regular  menstruation  every  three  weeks,  lasting 
from  six  to  ten  days,  very  profusely. 

2.  Four  months  since,  menses  stopped  for  two  months.  Now, 
March  6th,  has  flooded  constantly  for  eight  weeks  ;  every  two 
or  three  days  comes  away  in  large,  dark-colored  clcts. 

3.  Has  constant  pain,  of  a  dull,  aching  character,  in  her 
right  ovary.  Has  been  troubled  all  her  life,  more  or  less,  in 
the  right  ovary. 


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4.  Every  three  weeks  has  most  violent  headache  in  the  right 
side  of  head  and  eye  ;  lasts  about  twenty-four  hours. 

5.  Is  very  weak  ;  keeps  her  bed  most  of  the  time. 

6.  Whenever  she  is  sick,  it  is  always  the  right  side  that  is 
affected.    This  she  has  noticed  all  her  life. 

7.  Appetite  poor. 

8.  Tongue  furred  white. 

9.  Bowels  regular. 

ft  Ustilago  80,  ten  drops  in  glass  of  water,  one  teaspoonful 
every  three  hours.  The  haemorrhage  ceased  the  first  day,  but  had 
for  two  days  and  nights  constant  and  severe  pains  in  the  lumbar 
region  and  hips.  So  violent  was  the  pain  that  her  daughter 
had  to  press  her  hands  against  the  small  of  her  back  most  of 
the  time.  She  says  her  back  never  pained  so  before,  and  the 
medicine  caused  it  all  by  checking  the  haemorrhage  so  suddenly. 
This  case  illustrates  in  a  most  beautiful  manner  the  powerful 
influence  the  Ustilago  madis  has  over  uterine  haemorrhage. 

In  diseases  of  the  thyroid  gland  the  Ustilago  m.  should  not 
be  forgotten.  I  have  given  Ustilago  m.  in  alternation  with 
Iron  and  Sulphur  in  a  great  many  cases  with  excellent  results, 
but  how  much  was  due  to  each  remedy  no  one  could  tell,  con- 
sequenty  I  thought  it  better  not  to  give  any  of  the  cases;  but 
I  think  the  remedy  alternated  with  Iron  will  be  found  of  great 
service  in  female  diseases,  where  there  is  a  good  deal  of 
anaemia. 

CHEST. 

73.  Sudden  flying  pains  from  the  heart  to  the  stomach  that 
arrested  breathing,  lasted  but  a  moment — probably  myalgia 

BACK. 

74.  Rheumatic  pains  in  the  lumbar  region,  aggravated  by 
walking. 

75.  Aching  distress  in  the  small  of  the  back. 

ARMS. 

76.  Dull,  aching  pains  in  the  shoulder  joints. 

77.  Severe  rheumatic  pains  in  the  muscles  of  the  right  shoul- 
der, lasted  all  night. 

78.  Rheumatic  pains  in  the  arms,  hands  and  fingers,  lasted  a 
week. 

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79.  Dull  rheumatic  pains  in  the  right  elbow  joint,  worse  on 
motion. 

80.  Kheumatic  drawing  pains  in  the  finger  joints,  more  es- 
pecially in  second  joint  of  right  forefinger. 

81.  Severe  drawing  pains  in  the  joints  of  all  the  fingers. 

82.  Fine,  sticking  pains  along  the  metacarpal  bone  of  right 
forefinger  every  few  seconds. 

83.  Sharp,  cutting  pains  along  the  metarcarpal  bones  of 
right  hand. 

LEGS. 

84.  Rheumatic  pains  in  the  legs,  arms  and  fingers  for  a 
week. 

85.  Flying  rheumatic  pains  in  the  metatarsal  bones  of  the 
right  foot. 

86.  Mules  fed  on  the  fungus  lose  their  hoofs. 

Let  not  the  reader  think  the  Ustilago  is  recommended  as 
a  perfect  specific  for  all  tl^  diseases  above  referred  to. 
There  is  no  perfect  specific  for  any  disease.  All  I  claim 
for  the  remedy  is,  that  it  will  fill  a  place  among  our 
medicines  that  cannot  be  filled  by  any  other,  but  exact- 
ly where  .Its  place  is,  has  still  to  be  settled,  and  if  every 
physician  will  do  as  much  as  I  have  towards  developing  its 
therapeutic  properties,  this  question  may  soon  be  solved.    • 


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Glycerine  in  Granular  Engorgements  and  Ulcerations  of  the  Uterus. 

Dr.  Sims,  in  rthat  most  remarkable  and  scientific  work, 
"  Uterine  Surgery,"  thus  speaks  of  the  action  of  Glycerine. 
My  own  experience  in  its  use  confirms  his  high  opinion  of  its 
merits. 

"  Take  some  fine  cotton,  as  much  as  can  be  held  in  the  hol- 
low of  the  hand,  immerse  it  in  tepid  water,  and  squeeze  it 
gently  under  the  water  till  it  becomes  perfectly  wet ;  then  press 
all  the  water  out  of  it,  and  saturate  it  with  Price's  Glycerine. 
To  do  this,  lay  the  moistened  cotton  in  the  palm  of  the  left 
hand,  spread  it  out  circularly  for  an  inch  and  a  half  in  diam- 
eter, more  or  less,  as  may  be  needed,  scooping  it  out  in  the  cen- 
tre ;  then  drop  half  a  teaspoonf ul  of  glycerine  on  it,  thus  held, 


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and  rub  it  into  the  cotton  with  the  point  of  the  finger  ;  then 
pour  on  a  little  more  glycerine  and  rub  it  in,  and  continue  till 
the  cotton  becomes  saturated." 

In  a  case  of  granular  engorgement  this  dressing  caused  a 
profuse  flow  of  water  from  the  diseased  tissues,  relieving  the 
engorgement,  and  its  repetition  cured  the  case.  Commenting 
on  this  singular  effect  of  Glycerine,  Sims  says  : 

"The  effect  of  Glycerine  thus  used  is  very  remarkable.  It 
has  a  great  affinity  for  water.  A  bit  of  cotton  saturated  with 
Glycerine  and  exposed  to  the  air  will  retain  moisture  for  weeks. 
When  applied  to  the  neck  of  the  womb,  as  above  directed,  it 
seems  to  set  up  a  capillary  drainage  by  osmosis,  producing  a 
copious  watery  discharge,  depleting  the  tissues  with  which  it 
lies  in  contact  and  giving  them  a  dry,  clear  and  healthy  appear- 
ance. When  such  a  dressing  is  applied  to  pyogenic  surface,  on 
the  cervix  uteri,  for  a  few  hours,  and  then  removed,  the  cut  or 
sore  will  be  as  clear  of  pus  as  if  it  were  just  washed  and  wiped 
dry." 

Before  seeing  Dr.  Sims'  work,  I  had  for  several  years  made 
use  of  a  similar  dressing  in  all  cases  of  granular  engorgements, 
erosions  and  ulcerations.  But  I  usually  medicated  the  Glycer- 
ine with  the  remedy  homoeopathic  to  the  disease,  using  Bapti- 
sia,  Hydrastis,  Calendula,  Hamamelis,  or  other  medicine,  as  the 
condition  demanded.  Hale. 


Monograph  on  Ptelea. 


At  the  last  meeting  of  the  American  Institute  of  Homoeop-  • 
athy,  Dr.  E.  M.  Hale  presented  a  very  exhaustive  report  on 
Ptelea.     The  report  consisted  of 

(1)  A  complete  botanical  description,  with  an  exact  drawing 
of  the  plant  in  its  various  stages  of  development. 

(2)  The  medical,  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  history, 
together  with  a  history  of  the  homoeopathic  provings. 

(3)  The  symptomatology,  containing  three  hundred  and  fifty 
symptoms,  most  of  them  verified. 

(4)  Clinical  notes. 

There  were  fifteen  physicians  who  presented  provings.  The 
sum  of  the  provings  amounted  to  twenty-three. 

The  first  prize  was  awarded  to  Prof.  Nichol.  The  second  to 
Drs.  Fish  &  Frain.     No  pathok  gical  proving  was  presented. 


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ANNUAL   ADDRESS 

Delivered  before  the  Michigan  Homoeopathic  Institute,   at   Grand 
Rapids,  by  /.  D.  Craig,  M.  J).,  Tuesday,  May  19,  1868. 

Mr.  President  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Institute : — I  am  not 
here  to-day  to  eulogize  our  glorious  system  of  medical  practice, 
nor  to  congratulate  you  on  the  rapid  advancement  of  our  prin- 
ciples, or  our  success  in  finally  securing  at  least  a  portion  of 
our  rights  in  the  University  of  Michigan  ;  but,  to  speak  of 
some  of  the  duties  we  owe  as  physicians  to  those  who  are 
placed  under  our  professional  care ;  and  the  influence  which  we 
possess,  and  should  exert,  to  abate  crime  and  its  consequent 
misery. 

You  are  aware,  gentlemen,  that  the  crime  of  abortion  is 
alarmingly  prevalent  in  the  United  States.  The  habits  of  our 
people  have  become  so  artificial  and  luxurious  that  childbearing 
— the  greatest  duty  and  privilege  which  God  has  imposed  on 
woman — has  become  unfashionable,  and  to  many,  intolerable, 
because  of  the  restraints  pregnancy  necessarily  imposes  on  their 
worldly  enjoyments.  To  so  great  an  extent  is  criminal  abortion 
practiced  in  this  country  that  the  whole  nation  is  reeking  with 
the  u  Blood  of  the  Innocents/7  and  women  who  would  ordina- 
rily recoil  with  horror  from  even  the  thought  of  shedding  blood, 
have  become,  through  ignorance  or  a  proper  public  appreciation 
of  the  nature  of  the  act,  either  accessory  to  or  actual  partici- 
pants in  the  awful  crime  of  murder ;  and  that  on  the  legitimate 
fruit  of  their  own  bodies,  which  every  law  of  Nature  and  of 
God  demands  that  they  should  love  and  protect. 

It  will  be  unnecessary  for  me  to  speak  of  the  evils  entailed 
on  woman's  physical  nature  by  induced  or  accidental  abortion. 
You  are  all  acquainted  with  them,  and  are  aware  that  to  this, 
more  than  any  other  cause,  is  to  be  attributed  the  physical 
degeneration  of  American  women.  It  is  a  startling  fact  that 
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the  Yankee  race  is  running  out,  and  that  were  it  not  for  foreign 
emigration  the  United  States  would  become  depopulated  ere 
many  generations,  if  the  present  cpnditioa  of  things  should 
continue. 

It  is  not  claimed  that  criminal  abortion  is  the  only  cause  of 
the  decrease  of  population  among  Americans  ;  yet,  there  is  no 
denying  the  fact  that  it  is  the  principal  one.  American  women 
are  more  susceptible  to  accidental  abortions,  because  of  physical 
weakness,  than  women  of  other  nations ;  and  although  this 
weakness  may  be  attributed,  in  a  great  degree,  to  previous 
criminal  abortions,  it  is  not  entirely  so,  even  in  those  addicted 
to  this  practice,  and  very  many  women  are  wholly  innocent  of 
such  a  crime.  Since  the  settlement  of  this  country  the  Amer- 
ican people  have  been  the  most  laborious  of  any  other  on  the 
face  of  the  earth.  t  It  might  be  said  that  within  a  century  a 
whole  continent  has  been  subdued ;  vast  forests  have  been 
cleared,  and  in  their  place  cities  have  been  built  up,  as  if  by 
magic  ;  and  a  nation  has  been  formed  that  astonishes  the  world 
with  its  magnitude.  The  natural  result  of  this  overwork  of 
the  fathers  and  mothers  has  been  physical  decay  in  their  chil- 
dren, and  as  strength  pf  body  is  necessary  to  a  high  degree  of 
procreation,  it  follows  that  the  present  generation  of  American 
women  have  not  the  child-bearing  power  posse  sed  by  their 
mothers  and  grandmothers. 

The  medical  profession,  as  a  whole,  has  done  its  duty,  and 
cannot  be  held  responsible  for  the  prevalence  of  criminal  abor- 
tion. Most  of  the  medical  societies  of  the  country  have  taken 
action  in  the  matter,  and  have  placed  the  seal  of  their  condem- 
nation on  the  practice.  In  June,  1865,  resolutions  were  sub- 
mitted to  this  Institute,  by  your  essayist,  denouncing  the  inten- 
tional destruction  of  the  foetus,  after  conception,  as  wilful 
murder,  and  they  were  passed  without  a  dissenting  voice  ;  and 
last  year  another  series  of  resolutions  on  the  same  subject  were 
submitted  to  the  society,  by  Dr.  Hale,  and  passed  unanimously, 
among  which  was  the  following  : 

Resolved,  That  any  member  of  this  Institute  who  shall  be 
guilty  of  unjustifiable  abortion,  shall  be  disgracefully  expelled 
from  the  association. 

So  this  Institute  stands  right  on  the  record. 


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But,  although  the  medical  profession,  in  its  various  organi- 
zations, both  allopathic  and  homoeopathic,  has  done  all  that  it 
can  do  to  stop  this  great  evil,  few  of  us  have  done  our  duty  as 
individuals,  by  denouncing  it  on  all  proper  occasions  ;  stigma- 
tizing it  as  the  blackest  of  all  crimes,  and  entering  our  solemn 
protest,  without  fear  or  favor,  against  its  commission. 

Unfortunately  it  is  not  alone  by  the  silence  of  medical  men 
that  this  crime  is  aided  and  abetted.  Thousands  in  the  profes- 
sion resort  to  the  business  of  the  abortionist ;  some  because  of 
innate  depravity,  and  to  indulge  in  the  basest  passions;  and 
others  because  their  limited  talents,  or  lack  of  acquirements 
prevent  their  acquiring  an  honorable  practice.  And  some  of 
these  men,  whose  crimes  in  comparason  make  Nero  a  philan- 
thropist and  Herod  an  angel  ot  mercy,  secretly  creep  into  our 
societies,  and  with  their  hands  all  dripping  with  the  blood  of 
innocent  children,  bring  discredit  on  our  noble  profession  and 
neutralize  the  influence  that  honorable  men  could  and  should 
have  on  the  public ;  and  because  of  these  traitors  in  our  midst, 
our  reputation  in  this  respect  is  very  far  below  what  the  pro- 
fession deserves.  I  have  more  than  once  kindled  with  indigna- 
tion to  hear  the  assertion  made  that  no  medical  man  would 
refuse  to  produce  an  abortion  if  the  fee  was  large  enough  ;  and 
in  behalf  of  the  profession  of  which  I  am  proud  to  be  a  mem- 
ber ;  in  behalf  of  the  Michigan  Homoeopathic  Institute ;  and 
in  behalf  of  myself,  as  a  man,  as  a  physician,  and  a  christian, 
I  throw  back  the  base  slander  with  the  scorn  and  contempt  it 
deserves. 

But,  the  question  arises,  what  is  our  whole  duty  in  the  prem- 
ises? Are  we  to  content  ourselves  with  the  thought  that 
because  we  have  passed  resolutions,  and  thus  placed  our  society 
in  its  proper  place  before  the  world,  we  have  therefore  removed 
all  responsibility  from  ourselves  ?  Is  it  not  rather  our  duty 
to  denounce  it  everywhere  as  murder  ;  murder  the  foulest,  the 
blackest,  and  the  most  cowardly,  that  ever  emanated  from  the 
bosom  of  Satan,  or  disgraced  humanity  ? 

If  any  blame  can  be  attached  to  us  as  physicians,  for  this 
great  wrong,  it  is  because  of  our  apparent  indifference  to  its 
existence  ;  but  there  is  another  evil,  if  possible,  more  general 


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and  deplorable  in  its  effects,  which  the  medical  profession  has 
done  more  to  keep  alive  and  propagate  than  all  other  causes 
combined.  Intemperance  has  its  citadel  with  us  and  has  found 
its  staunchest  defenders  in  the  most  eminent  medical  men  ;  all 
the  " Prohibitory  Liquor  Laws"  that  may  be  framed  will  be 
useless,  and  the  efforts  of  temperance  men  for  the  reformation 
of  the  debased  inebriate  for  the  most  part  unsuccessful,  until 
physicians  refrain  from  the  use  of  alcoholic  liquors  as  medicines, 
and  withhold  their  sanction  from  them  as  beverages.  How 
many  victims  of  this  debasing  habit  have  started  on  the  road' 
of  reformation  and  respectability,  and  have  been  hurled  back, 
and  dragged  deeper  in  debauchery  by  the  prescription  of  a 
doctor  ? 

If  we  examine  the  action  of  alcohol  on  the  human  system  in 
the  light  of  recent  physiological  discoveries,  we  shall  hardly  fail 
to  conclude  that  its  present  very  general  use  as  a  medicine  is 
unwarranted,  and  that  as  a  beverage,  it  has  nothing  to  recom- 
mend it. 

Heretofore  the  use  of  alcoholic  liquors  as  a  beverage  has  been 
defended  on  the  ground  that  they  were  useful  in  sustaining  life ; 
that  their  effect  on  the  vital  economy  was  not  only  beneficial  as 
a  stimulant,  but,  that  alcohol  being  a  hydro-carbon,  its  constit 
uents  were  useful  in  the  production  of  heat ;  indeed  they  were 
supposed  to  produce  all  kinds  of  beneficial  effects,  and  if  we 
were  to  believe  one  half  of  what  their  enthusiastic  champions 
claimed,  we  would  be  forced  to  conclude  with  the  drunkard, 
that  they  were  not  only  iood,  but  drink  and  lodging  beside. 

Physiological  researches  within  the  last  few  years  have  thrown 
a  flood  of  light  on  the  action  of  alcohol,  and  have  completely 
reversed  the  opinions  formerly  held  of  its  use,  either  as  a  life- 
sustaining  or  heat-producing  agent.  The  very  careful  experi- 
ments of  Massing,  Lallemand,  Perrin,  Duroy,  Anstey,  and  Dr. 
Edward  Smith  of  Europe,  and  Dr.  Benj.  W.  McOeady,  of 
Bellevue  Hospital  College,  New  York,  have  demonstrated  that 
the  action  of  alcohol  on  the  system  is  that  of  a  poison  ;  that  it 
passes  through  the  various  organs  and  tissues  of  the  body  un- 
changed, being,  therefore,  incapable  of  producing  heat,  much 
less  sustaining  life  in  any  way, 


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During  the  combustion  of  alcohol  when  excluded  from  the 
air,  a  series  of  definite  chemical  products  result,  and  these  must 
of  necessity  be  found  in  the  system  if  alcohol  is  consumed 
within  it. 

These  substances  are  aldehyde,  acetic  acid,  oxalic  acid  and 
carbonic  acid,  and  they  are  produced  in  the  order  named,  du- 
ring combustion,  the  following  changes  take  place :  Two  items 
of  oxygen  combine  with  the  alcohol  and  the  result  is  aldehyde 
and  water.  Thus  O2  added  to  alcohol  C4  H6  O2  produces 
aldehyde  and  water  C4  H4  02=2  H  0.  As  the  combustion 
continues  two  more  atoms  of  oxygen  are  united  with  the  alde- 
hyde, producing  acetic  acid  ;  thus  O2  added  to  C4  H4  O2  pro- 
duces acetic  acid  O4  H4  O4.  The  addition  of  oxygen  to  this 
last  substance  produces  oxalic  acid  and  water;  thus  O6  added 
to  C4  H4  O4  produces  oxalic  acid  and  water  C4  H2  08=2  H 
O,  and  a  still  further  addition  of  oxygen  gives  carbonic  acid, 
when  the  entire  combustion  is  finished. 

The  experiments  of  Massing,  Lallemand,  Perrin  and  Duroy, 
were  directed  to  the  detection  of  these  products  of  consumed 
alcohol,  but  no  such  substance  could  be  found  by  the  most 
careful  tests,  either  in  the  system  or  in  the  secretions. 

On  the  other  hand,  pure  alcohol  was  found  in  various  parts 
of  the  body.  Lallemand,  Perrin  and  Duroy  experimented  on 
animals  and  men,  and  succeeded  in  obtaining  pure  alcohol  from 
the  brain,  the  blood,  and  the  secretions  of  the  kidneys,  in 
amounts  sufficient  to  be  recognized  even  by  the  odor. 

These  observers  determined  the  fact  that  a  single  teaspoon- 
fill  of  brandy  would  yield  perceptible  results  of  pure  alcohol 
in  the  space  of  half  an  hour,  not  only  in  the  parts  mentioned . 
but  in  nearly  all  the  tissues  of  the  body. 

While  pure  alcohol  was  thus  freely  and  readily  obtained  from 
almost  all  parts  of  the  body^  on  the  other  hand  none  of  the 
products  of  its  combustion  were  found.  Careful  as  was  the 
search,  and  accurate  as  were  the  tests  employed,  neither  alde- 
hyde or  either  of  the  resulting  acids  was  to  be  detected  in  any 
of  the  tissues. 

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Edward  Smithy  of  London,  and  by  Drs.  Anstey  and  McCready, 
with  invariably  the  same  results. 

We  all  know  that  the  arctic  voyagers  found  alcohol  useless  as 
a  sustainer  of  he^t ;  on  the  other  hand,  experiments  have 
shown  that  the  temperature  of  the  body  while  under  its  effects, 
instead  of  being  increased  is  decreased,  as  the  following,  which 
is  taken  frotia  the  Chicago  Medical  Journal  will  show  :  Ci  On 
the  6th  of  April,  1867,  four  hours  after  dinner,  when  the  func- 
tions were  supposed  to#  be  undisturbed  by  digestion,  and  the 
man  in  good  health,  the  temperature  of  his  body  was  carefully 
noted  by  a  delicately-graduated  thermometer,  inserted  under 
the  tongue,  with  the  lips  closed  around  it ;  the  rate  of  the 
pulse  and  its  qualities,  as  indicated  by  the  sphygmograph,  were 
recorded  at  the  same  time.  Four  ounces  of  Bourbon  whiskey 
were  then  administered,  diluted  with  sweetened  water.  The 
same  observations  in  regard  to  temperature  and  condition  of 
pulse  were  made  and  recorded  every  half  hour,  until  two  full 
hours  had  pased.  Another  series  of  observations,  in  all  respects 
similar,  were  made  on  the  11th  of  April,  except  the  whiskey, 
for  which  four  ounces  of  sherry  wine  was  substituted. 

At  the  commencement  of  the  experiment,  at  10:30  o'clock  in 
the  evening,  the  temperature  of  the  mouth  was  98  J°,  pulse  83 
per  minute,  Then  he  took  four  ounces  of  whiskey.  At  11 
o'clock,  half  an  hour  after  he  had  taken  the  whiskey,  the  tem- 
perature of  the  mouth  was  97f  °,  pulse  85  per  minute.  At 
11:30  o'clock  the  temperature  of  the  mouth  was  97  J°,  pulse  89 
per  minute. 

At  11  o'clock  the  temperature  of  the  mouth  was  97£°,  pulse 
89  per  minute,  and  at  12:30  in  the  morning,  two  hours  after 
the  whiskey  had  been  administered,  the  temperature  of  the 
mouth  was  97 1°,  pulse  85  per  minute. 

Thus  it  will  be'seen  that  in  this  experiment,  when  four  oun- 
ces of  Bourbon  whiskey  were  administered,  the  pulse  increased 
from  83  to  89  beats  per  minute  during  the  first  hour,  but 
decreased  from  89  to  85  beats  per  minute  during  the  second 
hour.  The  sphygmograph  showed  most  conclusively  that  not- 
withstanding, while  the  number  of  pulsations  was  increased 
during  the  first  hour,  from  83  to  89  per  minute,  the  force  of  the 

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heart  and  pulsations  were  weakened.  The  heart  evidently  had 
less  power  to  propel  the  blood  through  the  arteries,  and  a  con- 
gestion of  the  venous  radicles  must  ensue." 

This  would  seem  to  prove  that  the  feeling  of  heat  produced 
by  the  imbibation  of  alcoholic  liquors  is  not  real,  but  is  caused 
by  its  stimulating  power,  and  it  is  easy  to  account  for  the 
decrease  of  temperature.  The  alcohol  becoming  vaporized  by 
the  heat  of  the  body  passes  rapidly  out  by  the  way  of  the 
lungs  and  skin,  cooling  these  organs  in  the  same  way  it  does 
the  hand  which  has  been  immersed  in  it  and  then  exposed  to 
the  air,  and  this  explains  the  facility  with  which  drunkardB 
freeze  to  death  when  exposed  to  a  low  temperature. 

With  the  above  testimony  as  to  the  uselessness  of  alcohol  in 
the  healthy  human  body,  we  may  leave  that  part  of  the  subject 
and  examine  some  of  its  most  prominent  pathogenetic  effects. 
But  before  doing  so,  it  will  be  well  to  notice  a  statement  made 
by  Dr.  T.  P.  Wilson  in  a  review  of  Flint's  Physiology,  in  the 
United  States  Medical  and  Surgical  Journal.     He  savs  : 

"But  recent  analysis  has  shown  conclusively  that  alcohol  is 
constantly  present  in  many  and  perhaps  all  parts  of  the  body. 
It  is  being  constantly  produced  through  chemical  disintegration 
of  the  blood  and  tissues.  The  blood  and  many  of  the  secre- 
tions show  its  presence  as  normally  a  part  of  their  structure. 
And  while  this  fact  gives  no  countenance  to  the  use  of  alcohol 
as  a  beverage,  it  does  show  its  possible  use  a  remedial  agent, 
an  d  wrests  from  the  hands  of  our  alcohol  abolitionizers  one 
of  their  strongest  arguments." 

Few  of  us  will  quarrel  with  the  doctor  about  the  use  of  alco- 
hol as  a  medicine,  when  indicated  by  the  totality  of  the  symp- 
toms, but  it  will  be  difficult  to  see  either  the  point  to  his  argu- 
ment or  wherein  the  arguments  of  the  abolitionizers  spoken  of 
have  been  wrested  from  them.  Even  if  we  admit  this  state- 
ment to  be  true,  does  it  follow  that  artificially-prepared  alcohol 
can  take  the  place  of  that  furnished  in  the  system.  Experi- 
ments have  been  tried  by  digesting  food  in  artificial  gastric 
juice,  and  although  the  fluid  so  digested  looked  and  tasted,  and 
in  a  chemical  point  of  view  was  identical  with  the  chyme  pre- 
pared in  the  stomach,  it  proved  in  every  case  an  utter  failure 


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when  introduced  to  the  blood ;  the   vital  forces  refusing  to 
assimilate  it,  and  treating  it  as  a  foreign  agent. 

The  truth  is  that  vital  chemistry  is  beyond  our  comprehen- 
sion. There  is  something  in  the  natural  chyme,  and  all  other 
natural  and  organized  products,  which  no  chemical  tests  have 
ever  detected,  and  we  can  no  more  compare  the  substances  pre- 
pared in  the  healthy  body,  and  similar  ones  out  of  it,  than  we  ' 
can  make  a  potatoe  in  the  chemical  laboratory,  without  the  aid 
of  earth,  air,  moisture  and  sunlight.  Every  chemist  knows 
that  many  substances  prepared  in  the  laboratory  of  nature  have 
different  properties,  although  possessing  the  same  formula ;  the 
6ils  of  juniper,  pepper,  caraway,  parsley  citron,  lemon,  orange, 
bergamot,  and  turpentine,  being  examples  ;  and  we  place  these 
among  what  we  call  isomeric  compounds,  but  after  we  have 
done  so,  we  know  as  little  about  the  cause  of  their  differences 
as  we  did  before. 

It  is  a  favorite  practice  with  our  allopathic  brethren  to  pre- 
scribe medicines  and  chemical  agents  because  of  their  real  or 
supposed  presence  in  the  blood  and  tissues  ;  thus  iron  is  given 
in  anaBmia  aud  cod-liver  oil  in  consumption  ;  but  it  is  generally 
believed  by  homoeopaths  that  these  substances  cannot  be  assim- 
ilated, the  cures  attributed  to  them  being  in  consequence  of 
their  dynamic  action  ;  and  the  fact  that  infinitesimal  doses  of 
iron  cure  anaemia  to,  say  the  least,  as  readily  as  large  ones,  goes 
to  prove  the  truth  of  our  doctrine. 

But  this  is  not  the  only  reason  we  have  for  disbelieving  in 
the  assimilation  of  inorganic  elements  or  compounds  by  ani- 
mals ;  experiments  have  been  tried  to  nourish  them  on  these 
substances,  and  every  such  attempt  has  failed.  It  is  only  in 
the  vegetable  kingdom  that  the  constituents  of  animal  food  can 
be  prepared,  and  all  animals  receive  their  nourishment  from 
this  source  either  directly  or  indirectly. 

Nor  is  it  because  of  their  physiological  relations  that  we  pre- 
scribe medicines,  but  the  contrary ;  and  those  agenis  which 
will  produce  the  greatest  disturtance  and  danger  to  the  system 
while  in  health*,  become,  because  of  that  fact,  the  better  reme- 
dies in  disease.  Every  homoeopathist  will  admit  that  Aconite 
is  a  powerful  and  precious  medicinal  agent,  but  no  one  has  ever 


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found  it  either  in  the  tissues  or  products  of  digestion,  except  it 
had  first  been  prescribed  as  a  medicine,  or  given  as  a  poison. 

The  symptoms  produced  by  moderately  large  doses  of  alco- 
hol are  somnolency  and  coma,  followed  by  giddiness,  weakness, 
stupidity,  headache,  nausea,  and  vomiting.  Sometimes  it  pro- 
duces sanguineous  apoplexy,  and  in  other  cases  the  symptoms 
produced  resemble  a  slight  attack  of  typhoid  fever. 

The  following  cases,  taken  from  Hull's  Jahr,  illustrate  its 
effects  in  large  doses:  A  lad,  aged  sixteen,  swallowed  sixteen 
ounces  of  whiskey  iu  the  course  of  ten  minutes,  and  pursuant 
to  the  terms  of  a  wager,  walked  up  and  down  a  room  for  half 
an  hour.  He  then  went  into  the  open  air,  apparently  not  at  all 
the  worse  for  the  feat ;  but  in  a  very  few  minutes,  while  in  the 
act  of  putting  his  hand  into  his  pocket  to  take  out  some  money, 
he  became  suddenly  so  senseless  as  to  forget  tp  withdraw  his 
hand,  and  so  insensible  that  his  companions  could  not  rouse 
him.     He  died  in  sixteen  hours. 

A  young  man  had  been  drinking  brandy  immoderately  for 
several  days,  when  at  length  he  was  attacked  with  shivering 
nausea,  feverishness,  pain  in  the  stomach,  vomiting  of  every- 
thing he  swallowed  except  cold  water,  thirst,  and  at  last  hic- 
cough, delirium,  jaundice,  and  convulsions.  Death  took  place 
on  the  ninth  day.  The  stomach  was  found  gangrenous  over 
the  whole  villous  coat ;  the  colon  was  much  inflamed,  and  all 
the  small  intestines  red. 

The  following  experiment  was  tried  on  animals:  There  was 
administered  daily  to  three  dogs,  of  various  ages  but  of  nearly 
equal  size,  six  ounces  of  Swedish  brandy.  Intoxication,  canine 
hunger,  and  intense  thirst,  were  occasioned  by  each  dose  during 
the  first  three  months  ;  but  the  dogs  continued  fat  and  appa- 
rently well.  In  the  fourth  month  the  bark  of  tjie  animals 
became  hoarse,  and  they  had  a  hoarse,  dry  hiccough  and  cough, 
the  eyes  were  staring  and  full  of  tears,  hearing  was  much  dimin- 
ished, and  their  sleep  became  restless,  with  frequent  subsultus, 
and  jerking  of  the  limbs.  After  the  completion  of  the  fourth 
month  the  dogs  trembled  when  they  attempted  to  stand,  their 
walk  was  shuffling,  and  there  was  evident  weakness  of  the 
extremities,  especially  in   the  hind  legs,  so  that  they  often 

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remained  in  a  sitting  posture  when  taking  food.  Cramps  and 
convulsive  movements,  and  subsultus  next  appeared  in  the 
limbs  and  trunk,  both  during  sleep  and  when  the  animals  were 
awake  and  lying  on  their  sides.  The  sight  of  other  dogs,  how- 
ever, roused  them  at  all  times  from  their  apathetic  condition, 
and  they  endeavored,  even  in  their  weakened  state,  to  attack 
and  bite  them.  Their  strength  diminished  more  and  more  ; 
the  sensibility  of  the  skin,  especially  of  the  ears,  was  remarka- 
bly lessened  ;  the  appetite  fell  off  iapidly  ;  but  the  irritability 
towards  other  dogs  continued  unabated  to  the  last.  The  deposit 
of  fat  rather  increased.     They  all  died  in  the  eighth  month. 

The  appearances  after  death  were  the  same  in  all  cases.  The 
stomach  was  contracted,  it  mucous  membrane  lead-colored  and 
(edematous ;  the  intestinal  canal  coated  with  a  bad-smelling 
mucus  ;  the  Kver  considerably  enlarged,  softened  and  dark ; 
the  bile  dark,  and  so  tough  that  it  could  be  drawn  out  in 
threads;  nasal,  tracheal  and  bronchial  mucous  membrane, 
slightly  inflamed  ;  vessels  ot  the  brain  and  its  membranes  much 
congested,  with  effusion  of  clear,  semi-coagulated  fluid  between 
the  same  membranes  of  the  spinal  cord  ;  muscles  pale,  relaxed 
and  soft ;  fat  soft. 

It  will  be  needless  to  follow  the  effects  pf  alcohol  further,  as 
you  are  all  well  acquainted  with  the  symptoms  it  produces ; 
but  I  ask  you,  gentlemen,  if  you  can  examine  the  pathogeneses 
of  this  agent,  and  compare  it  with  the  symptoms  produced  by 
the  [well-known  and  acknowledged  narcotic  poisons,  and  not 
decide  that  it  belongs  to  the  same  family,  and  should  be  banished 
forever  from  the  tables  of  the  healthy,  and  be  found  only  in 
our  offices  as  a  medicine. 

The  present  indiscriminate  use  of  alcoholic  liquors  as  medi- 
cines is  both  unscientific  and  empirical ;  and  with  a  full  know- 
ledge of  the  tenible  evils,  both  to  tne  victim  and  society,  which 
follow  their  abuse,  doesjit  not  become  us  to  prescribe  them  only 
after  we  have  carefully  examined  the  case,  and  have  decided 
that  the  totality  o#f  the  symptoms  corresponds  to  the  pathogen- 
eses of  the  remedy ;  and  then  should  we  not  administer  them 
in  as  small  doses  as  we  do  the  medicines  of  the  same  group. 


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But  these  remarks  apply  to  pure  alcoholic  liquors  only  ;  and 
although  I  would  not  exclude  them  entirely  from  the  materia 
medica,  when  pure,  the  abominable  compounds  sold  at  the 
present  day  for  liquor  forbid  our  using  for  medicine  anything  of 
the  name.  As  homoeopathists  we  pride  ourselves  on  the  purity 
of  our  medical  agents,  and  pay  our  pharmaceutists  more  than 
twice  as  much  for  drugs  than  they  could  be  bought  for  else- 
where, because  of  the  extra  time  and  care  used  in  their  prepara- 
tion ;  and  should  we  not  exercise  the  same  care  in  the  selection 
of  wine  and  whiskey. 

If  we  carefully  examine  the  evidences  as  to  the  almost  if  not 
quite  universal  adulteration  of  liquors,  we  shall  be  skeptics 
about  the  purity  of  any  liquors,  even  if  purchased  at  our  own 
pharmacies,  except  we  know  that  they  have  been  carefully 
tested  by  chemical  reagents  after  coming  from  the  distillery  or 
liquor  dealers.  It  is  doubtful  whether  pure  wine  can  be  found 
in  the  United  States,  except  what  is  "  home-made,"  notwith- 
standing the  vineyards  of  Ohio  and  California,  because  wine 
made  or  adulterated  with  drugs  gives  a  greater  profit  to  the 
manufacturer  than  that  made  from  the  juice  of  the  grape. 

It  is  stated  that  the  United  States  consume  one  million 
baskets  of  champaigne  [every  year,  but  the  whole  champaigne 
district  produces  and  manufactures  for  exportation  only  800,000 
baskets  ;  of  this,  Russia  consumes  160,000,  France  162,000, 
Germany  146,000,  England,  220,000,  leaving  only  120,000  for 
the  United  States,  showing  that  of  all  that  is  imported  into 
this  country,  only  twelve  per  cent,  is  champaigne.  The 
remainder  is  made  up  of  cider,  sour  beer,  sugar  of  lead,  and 
sulphate  of  arsenic. 

The  following  ingredients  are  used  in  the  manufacture  of 
wines :  To  brighten,  color,  clear,  and  make  astringent  wines, 
alum,  Brazil  wood,  gypsum,  oak  sawdust,  husks  of  filberts,  and 
lead  are  employed.  In  the  isle  of  Sheppy  many  persons  are 
employed  picking  up  copperas  stones  from  the  sea  beach,  which 
being  taken  to  a  manufactory,  copperas  is  extracted  and  then 
shipped  to  Oporto,  to  be  sold  to  the  vine  dresser  and  wine  mer- 
chant, and  by  them  mixed  with  the  port  wine  to  give  it  a  par- 


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ticular  astringent  quality.  It  has  been  said  by  a  writer  who  is 
well  acquainted  with  the  subject,  "  We  know  very  well  that  the 
Spaniard  would  not  touch  the  wine  he  manufactures  for  us,  and 
the  Portugese  would  spit  out  our  port  like  so  much  poison/' 

Dr.  Cox,  the  celebrated  chemist  and  inspector  of  liquors  for 
Ohio,  at  an  examination  in  the  presence  of  Prof.  Wilson,  of 
Dickinson  College,  Carlisle,  Pa.,  found  in  one  article  of  wine 
purporting  to  be  the  pure  wine  of  the  grape,  and  had  been  used 
for  sacramental  purposes,  the  following :  Eight  per  cent,  rye 
whiskey,  muriatic  acid,  alum,  sugar,  and  elderberry  juice  ;  and 
in  a  sample  of  pale  sherry,  so^ialled,  belonging  to  one  of  the 
Professors  of  that  College,  and  purchased  by  him  at  a  high 
price  from  an  importing  house  of  New  York  city,  and  for  medi- 
cinal purposes,  there  was  not  a  drop  of  the  juice  of  the  grape, 
but  abundance  of  sulphuric  acid,  prussic  acid,  alum,  and  other 
ingredients. 

In  reply  to  the  question:  "Have  you  reason  to  believe  that 
imported  wines  and  brandies  are  adulterated/'  this  same  Dr. 
Cox  said:  "  Yes  ;  I  know  them  to  be,  and  can  demonstrate  the 
fact  to  any  one  who  has  faith  in  chemical  developments.  I 
have  inspected  of  various  kinds  and  qualities  fresh  from  the 
Custom  House,  with  the  Inspector's  certificate  which  accom- 
panied them,  and  was  assured  that  they  were  freshly  imported, 
and  yet  the  chemical*  tests  gave  me  corn  whiskey,  with  abun- 
dance of  fusel  oil  as  a  basis,  with  sulphuric  acid,  nitric  ether* 
prussic  acid,  copper,  chloroform,  guinea  pepper,  tannin  or  tan- 
nic acid,  with  sometimes  a  very  small  per-centage  of  good 
brandy,  and  frequently  not  a  drop." 

As  physicians  we  have  no  right  to  prescribe  what  will  injure 
our  patient  when  sick  or  entail  misery  on  him  when  well,  and 
if  from  carelessness  or  a  worse  motive  we  cause  a  brother  to 
fall,  on  us  rests  the  responsibility. 

Gentlemen:  "It  is  impossible  but  that  offences  will  come, 
but  woe  unto  him  through  whom  they  come.  It  were  better 
for  him  that  a  millstone  were  hanged  on  his  neck  and  he  cast 
into  the  sea.'' 


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MICHIGAN    HOMOEOPATHIC    INSTITUTE. 


The  ninth  Annual  meeting  of  the  Michigan  Homoeopathic  Institute 
was  held  in  Leppig's  Hall,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan,  on  Tuesday  and 
Wednesday,  May  19th  and  20th,  1868. 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  the  President,  Dr.  C.  J.  Hem- 
pel,  and  opened  with  prayer  by  Dr  A.  J.  Bellows,   of  Boston,  Mass. 

The  following  members  were  present  on  organizing :  Drs.  C.  J. 
Hempel,  E.  A.  Lodge,  J.  D.  Craig,  C.  A.  Jefferies,  A.  Bagley,  A.  I. 
Sawyer,  A.  H,  Botsford,  T.  B.  Lamb,  W.  J.  Calvert,  and  B.  F.  Bailey. 

The  following  new  members  were  admitted  :  James  D.  Taylor,  M. 
D.,  Dowagiac  ;  A.  R  Smart,  M.  D.,  Hudson  ;CT.  Harris,  M.  D., 
Ann  Arbor  ;  G.  H.  McLin,  M.  D.,  Buchanan  ;  N.  B.  Rice,  M.  D., 
East  Saginaw;  Joseph  Hooper,  M.  D.,  Corunna ;  E.  Fish,  M.  D., 
Otisco  ;  Jacob  Reed,  jr.,M.D.,  Grand  Rapids,  and  W.  S.  Whitney,  M. 
P.,  Lansing. 

The  application  for  membership  of  Dr.  J.  H.  Reynolds  of  Peters- 
burgh  was  referred  to  the  Board  of  Censors. 

A.  J.  Bellows,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  was  elected  an  honorary  member. 

The  Institute  then  proceeded  to  elect  officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 
Dr.  Hempel  was  nominated  for  President,  but  declined  in  favor  of  C. 
A  Jefferies,  M.  D.,  who  was  elected.  A.  H.  Botsford,  M.  D.,  was 
elected  Vice-President. 

Dr.  Lodge  reminded  the  Institute  that  he  had  acted  as  Secretary 
and  Treasurer  sinoe  the  organization  of  the  society,  but  that  his  pres- 
ent engagements  would  not  allow  him  to  continue,  and  asked  to  be 
relieved.  He  nominated  Dr.J.  D.  Craig,  of  Niles,  who  accepted  the 
nomination,  but  suggested  that  the  offices  of  Secretary  and  Treasurer 
should  be  filled  by  two  persons.  Dr.  Craig,  of  Niles,  was  then  elected 
Secretary  and  Dr.  A.  Bagley,  of  Marshall,  Treasurer. 

Board  of  Censors  -  Prof.  C.  J.  Hempel,  Grand  Rapids  ;  Joseph 
Hooper,  M.  D„  Corunna;  W.  J.  Calvert,  M.  D.,  Ann  Arbor;  W.  S. 
Whitney,  M.  D.,  Lansing ;  A.  I.  Sawyer,  M.  D.,  Monroe. 

The  Treasurer  then  made  his  report,  which  was  accepted  and 
adopted,  and  the  new  Treasurer  ordered  to  pay  over  the  amount  due 
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A  vote  of  thanks  to  the  retiring  officers  was  passed,  and  re- 
sponded to  by  Drs.  Hempel  and  Lodge. 

The  Committee  on  University  made  their  report,  which[was  accepted 
and  the  Committee  discharged,  and  another  committee  on  the  same 
subject  appointed  to  report  in  the  afternoon,  consisting  of  Drs.  A.  L 
Sawyer,  E.  A.  Lodge,  C.  J.  Hempel,  C.  T.  Harris,  A.  Bagley,  and  C. 
A.  Jefferies. 

Dr.  A.  I.  Sawyer  submitted  a  report  of  surgical  oases,  which  was 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  Publication. 

The  Committee  on  University   then  made   their  report,  which  was 
aocepted,  and  after  considerable   discussion   amended  and   adopted 
except  the  part  relating  to  a  petition  of  the  people  to  the  Regents  of 
the  University,  which  was  referred  to  the  standing  committee  of  the 
University. 

The  report  is  as  follows :  The  Standing  Committee  on  University 
to  be  instructed  to  present  the  petitions  from  the  people  to  the  Re- 
gents, and  to  correspond  with  suitable  Homoeopathic  Professors,  and 
present  their  names  as  candidates  for  Professorships  in  the  University 
if  neoessary. 

A  vote  of  thanks  to  Dr.  Lodge  for  his  efficient  services  as  a  member 
of  the  Committee  on  University  was  passed  unanimously. 

Adjourned  to  meet  at  7£  p.  m.,  to  hear  the  annual  address,  by  Dr. 
Craig,  and  an  address  on  the  Philosophy  of  Eating,  by  Dr.  Bellows, 
of  Boston,  Mass.    The  Institute  then  adjourned  to  9  o'clock  to-morrow. 

Second  Day's  Proceedings. 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  the  President,  at  9  a.  m. 

Osman  E.  Goodrich,  M.  D.,  of  Allegan,  and  Charles  B.  Barrett, 
M.  D.,  of  Detroit,  were  unanimously  elected  members  of  Institute. 

Dr.  Henxpel,  from  Committee  on  Physiology,  made  a  report,  which 
was  accepted,  adopted  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Publica- 
tion. 

A  Committee  on  revision  of  the  By-Laws  was  appointed,  con- 
sisting of  Drs,  Lodge,  Calvert  and  Bailey,  and  ordered  to  report  in 
the  afternoon. 

The  following  members  were  appointed  to  nominate  committees  for 
the  ensuing  year :  Drs.  E.  A.  Lodge,  W.  J.  Calvert,  A.  H.  Botsford, 
A.  Bagley,  and  Joseph  Hooper. 

Dr.  Hempel  made  a  report  on  honorary  members,  and  on  his 
motion  Prof.  E.  C.  Franklin,  of  St.  Louis,  was  elected  an  honorary 
member  of  the  Institute. 


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Dr.  W,  J.  Calvert,  from  the  Committee  on  Medical  Electricity, 
made  a  report  which  was  accepted  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on 
Publication. 

Adjourned  until  3  o'clock,  p.  m. 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  the  President  at  3  p.  m. 

Dr.  Lodge,  from  Committee  on  Publication,  made  a  report,  which 
was  accepted: 

The  Committee  on  cures  with  one  remedy  reported  through  Dr.  A. 
Bagley,  which  elicited  a  discussion  that  was  participated  in  by  Drs. 
Sawyer,  Craig,  Bellows,  Hempel,  Hooper,  Smart,  Bailey,  Whitney, 
Jefferies  and  Lamb.     The  report  was  accepted. 

Committee  on  revision  of  By-Laws  and  Rules  of  Order  reported 
the  following  amendments : 

To  amend  Order  of  Business,  Art.  1,  so  as  to  make  it  read :  "  The 
meeting  shall  be  called  to  order  by  the  Secretary,  ond  opened  with 
prayer." 

Also  to  add  the  following  new  articles  to  By-Laws ; 

Art.  11. — Physicians  who  have  been  distinguished  for  particular 
devotion  to  the  interests  of  homoeopathy  in  this  State,  may  be  elected 
to  life  membership  at  any  annual  meeting,  such  position  entitling 
them  to  all  the  privileges  of  the  Institute  free  from  dues  or  assess- 
ments. 

Art,  12. — In  case  of  objection  to  the  reception  of  a.ny  applicant  for 
membership,  such  application  shall  be  referred  to  the  Board  of 
Censors. 

Art,  13.— Special  meetings  may  be  held  at  any  time,  at  the  option 
of  the  President  and  Vice-President,  and  special  meetings  shall  be 
called  at  the  request  of  eight  members,  whioh  request  shall  be  made 
in  writing  and  the  object  of  the  call  stated. 

Art.  14. — Ten  members  shall  be  necessary  to  constitute  a  quorum 
for  the  transaction  of  any  business. 

Art.  15. — Members  may  be  expelled  by  a  two-thirds  vote,  at  any 
regular  meeting,  upon  any  of  the  following  charges,  provided  he  has 
been  notified  by  the  Secretary  one  month  previous  to  the  date  of 
meeting,  that  such  charges  have  been  preferred,  and  opportunity  shall 
be  given  for  defence  before  the  Institute. 

1st.  The  practice  of  unjustifiable  abortion  or  any  other  notorious 
immorality. 

2d.  For  advertising  or  dealing  in  nostrums  or  publishing  certificates 
recommending  their  use. 

3d.  For  furnishing  or  presenting  false  certificates  in  relation  to 
time  of  study,  of  oharacter,  or  for  any  other  purpose. 

According  to  notice  given  at  last  annual  meeting,  Dr.  Craig  intro- 
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member  of  the  Institute,  of  any  person  who  has  not  received  a  diploma 
frem  some  respoctable  medical  college.  This  was  submitted  by  Dr. 
Oraig  and  amended  by  Dr.  Sawyer,  as  follows  :  No  person  shall  be 
admitted  to  this  Institute  unless  he  has  presented  his  application  for 
membership  to  the  Board  of  Censors,  at  least  three  months  previous 
to  the  meeting  of  the  society,  after  examination  has  been  approved 
by  them  ;  but  graduates  of  medical  colleges  may  be  admitted  at  any 
regular  meeting,  on  presenting  their  application  for  membership.  Dr. 
Craig  aocepted  the  amendment,  and  it  was  passed  unanimously. 

The  Nominating  Committee  reported  the  following  regular  com- 
mittees for  the  ensuing  year  : 

Committee  on  University  and  Homoeopathic  College — Drs.  A.  Bag- 
ley,  A.  Walker,  E.  A.  Lodge,  B.  H.  Drake,  G.  T.  RandjuidC.  T. 
Harris. 

Committee  on  Obstetrics  and  Diseases  of  Women  and  Children — 
Drs.  F.  Woodruff,  J.  M.  Long  A.  R.  Smart,  B.  F.  Bailey,  A.  H.  Bots- 
ford,  John  E.  Smith  and  B.  F.  Pennock. 

On  Pathological  Anatomy — Drs.  W.  J.  Calvert,  R.  Pengally, 
I.  Douglass,  Nat.  B.  Rice  and  W.  S,  Whitney. 

On  Chemistry — Drs.  G.  A.  Robertson,  Chas.  Hastings  and  Joseph 
Hooper. 

On  Medical  Electricity — Drs.  E.  L.  Roberts,  W.  J.  Calvert,  and 
Joseph  Sill. 

On  Diseases  of  the  Eye  and  Ear — Drs.  Jacob  Reed,  jr.,  John  Doy, 
F.  X.  Spranger  and  H.  B.  Bagley. 

On  Diseases  of  the  Teeth,  etc. — Dr.  Isaac  Douglass. 

On  Honorary  Members — l)rs.  C.  J.  Hempel   and  I,  J.  Meeoham. 

On  Publication — Drs.  J.  D.  Craig  and  E.  A.  Lodge. 

On  High  Potencies— Drs.  F.  Woodruff,  I.  N.  Eldridge,  and  J.  B. 
Tuttle. 

On  Cures  taith  One  Remedy — Drs.  A.  Bagley,  0.  Fowle,  C.  B.  Bar- 
rett and  J.  D.  Taylor. 

On  Pathology — Drs.  E.  B.  Graham,  J.  D.  Craig,  Wm.  Pattison 
and  B.  F.  Bailey. 

On  Provings  of  Indigenous  Remedies — Drs.  F.  X  Spranger  and  L. 
M.  Jones.  /  ' 

On  Intermittents — Drs.  J.  D.  Craig,  E.  B.  Graham,  G.  H.  McLin, 
and  A.  B.  Coulter. 
'  On  Surgery — Drs.  A.  I.  Sawyer,  E.  H.  Drake  and  H.  B.  Bagley. 

On  Syphilis — Drs.  F.  X.  Spranger  and  E.  Fish. 

On  Medical  Education — Drs.  A.  Walker  and  L.  Younghusband. 


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On  Medical  Jurisprudence— Dr.  Chms.  B.  Barrett,  jr. 

On  Materia  Mediea — Drs.  C.  J.  Hemp  el,  Joseph  Hooper  and  E.  B. 
Graham. 

On  Hygiene— Dt*.  £.  A.  Lodge  and  H.  B.  Bagley, 

Delegates  to  American  Institute— Drs.  £.  H.  Drake,  S.  A.  Lodge, 
and  W.  J.  Calvert 

Delegates  to  Western  Institute— Drs.  C.  J.  Hem  pel,  J.  D.  Craig 
B.  A.  Lodge,  A*  Bagley,  W.  J.  Calvert,  A.  R.  Smart  and  C.  T.  Harris! 

Delegate  to  Illinois  Homoeopathic  Association — Dr.  J.  D  Craig. 

Delegate  to  the  California  Homoeopathic  Association — Dr.  J.  A. 
Albertson. 

Necrologist— Dr.  B.  A.  Lodge. 

Next  Annual  Addtess— Dr.  C.  J.  Hempel.  Alternate,  Dr.  J.  M. 
Long. 

All  of  above  committees  were  approved,  except  that  on  University, 
&c,  for  which  the  following  was  substituted:  Drs.  C.  A.  Jefferies,  A 
I.  Sawyer,  E.  A.  Lodge,  A.  Bagley  and  E.  H.  Drake. 

Dr.  Lodge  read  a  letter  from  Drs.  Douglas  and  Perrine,  Chairman 
of  the  Committee  of  Arrangements  of  the  Western  Institute,  stating 
that  accommodations  had  been  secured  at  the  Milwaukee  hotels  for 
all  who  might  attend  the  session  of  the  Institute,  to  be  held  on  the 
21st  and  22d  inst.,  and  inviting  all  the  members  of  the  Michigan  In- 
stitute to  attend. 

Dr.  Lodge  was  unanimously  nominated  as  a  life  member  of  the 
Institute,  the  nomination  to  be  acted  on  at  the  next  regular  meeting. 

On  motion,  adjourned  to  meet  at  Lansing,  two  days  before  the  next 
regular  meeting  of  the  Western  Institute. 

J.  D.  Craig,  Secretary. 


INDIANA    STATE    INSTITUTE    OF    HOMOEOPATHY. 


The  second  annual  session  of  the  above  Institute  was  held  in  Indi- 
anapolis, May  13th,  i868,  the  President,  Dr.  Baer  in  the  Chair. 

Dr.  Boyd,  in  connection  with  a  report  on  the  anatomy  and  pathol- 
ogy of  the  uterus,  narrated  a  case  of  ulceration  of  the  uterus  :  Uterus 
became  pregnant  during  treatment ;  after  the  birth  of  the  child  the 
lungs  showed  tubercular  ulcerations  ;  cured  with  Nitrate  of  Mercury. 

This  case  gave  rise  to  an  interesting  debate.  The  disoussion  was 
taken  part  in  by  Drs.  Boyd,  Baer,  Jennings,  Eggert,  Corliss, Leonard. 

Dr.  Burnham,  of  Committee  on  Provings  and  New  Remedies,  read 
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an  interesting  report,  after  which  instructive  clinical  cases  were  rela- 
ted by  Drs.  Baer,  Corliss  and  Waters. 

Dr.  Baer,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Doses  and  Potencies, 
read  a  paper  which  was  ordered  to  be  published. 

Dysentery  and  Typhoid  Pever  were  selected  for  discussion  at  the 
next  meeting. 

The  following-named  gentlemen  were  elected  officers  for  the  ensu- 
ing year  :  President — Dr.  Baer.  Vice-Presidents — Drs.  Leonard 
and  Stockham. 

Recording  Secretary — Dr.  Burnham. 

Corresponding  Secretary — Dr.  Jennings. 

Censors — Drs.  Eggert,  Boyd,  Compton,  Waters  and  Roberts. 

Reports  will  be  made  by  the  following  -Committees : 

Materia  Medica — Drs.  Waters,  Leonard,  Stockham. 

Clinical  Medicine — Drs.  Burnham,  Corliss  and  Compton. 

Surgery — Drs.  Boyd  and  Leonard. 

Obstetrics — Drs.  Boyd  and  Leonard. 

Potencies  and  Cases — Drs.  Jennings,  Waters  and  Burnham. 

Anatomy  and  Physiology— -Drs.  Stockham  and  Roberts. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  Indianapolis,  November  14th,  1868,  at 
2  p.  M. 


WESTERN    INSTITUTE    OF    HOMOEOPATHY. 


This  Institute  held  a  very  profitable  two-days'  session,  May 
21st  and  22d,  at  Milwaukee,  Wis.  The  first  day  was  occupied 
in  reading  the  following  reports  :  Dr.  Beebe,  on  New  Mode  of 
Operating  in  Excision  of  the  Lower  Jaw  ;  Dr.  Boyd,  Use  and 
Abuse  of  Pessaries ;  Dr.  Chittenden,  Trichiniasis ;  Dr.  Wilson, 
Fistula  in  Ano ;  Dr.  Franklin,  Tumors  of  the  Lower  Jaw ; 
Dr.  Small,  Medical  Education ;  Dr.  Bowen,  Malaria ;  Dr.  Doug- 
las, Clinical  cases ;  Dr.  Ludlam,  Recent  Improvements  in  Ob- 
stetrics; Dr.  Perrine,  Prolapsus  Uteri;  Dr.  Hale,  Materia 
Medica;  Dr.  Parsons,  Anatomy  of  the  Foot;  Dr.  Patchin, 
Clinical  Case  of  Patulous  foramen  ovale ;  Dr.  Bellows,  Man 
His  Wants  and  Necessities ;  Dr.  Duncan,  Nephritis. 

The  second  day  was  devoted  to  the  discussion  of  these  reports. 
Phonographic  notes  were  taken  of  these  debates,  for  publica- 
tion in  the  Transactions,  which   are  to   be  issued  shortly.     A 


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committee  of  five  was  appointed  to  report  at  the  next  meeting, 
on  the  duties  of  preceptor-medical  education.  The  usual  ban- 
quet was  not  omitted. 

The  following  are  the  committees  to  report  next  year:  Lon- 
gevity; its  Physical  Signs,  Dr.  D.  N.  Beckwith,  Ohio  ;  General 
Pathology,  Dr.  J.  D.  Craig,  Mich.;  Diphtheria,  Dr.  A.  K. 
Smart,  do.;  Co-relationof  Pathogenesy  and  Pathology,  Dr.  0. 
J.  Hempel,  do.;  Medical  Electricity,  Dr.  C.  T.  Harris,  do.; 
Trichiniasis,  Dr.  Gr.  W.  Chittenden,  Wis.;  Malignani  Erysip- 
elas, Dr.  M.  F.  Page,  do.;  Fractures,  Dr.  G.  W.  Perrine,  do.; 
Diphtheria,  Dr.  A.  Kendrick,  do.;  Popularizing  Homoeopathy^ 
Dr.  J.  S.  Douglas,  do.;  Chronic  Diarrhoea,  Dr.  N.  A.  Gray,  do.; 
Asthma,  Dr.  A.  G.  Leland,  do.;  Granular  Conjunctivitis,  Dr. 
J.  T.  Boyd,  Ind.;  Operative  Surgery,  Dr.  E.  C.  Franklin,  Mo.; 
Anatomy,  Dr.  S.  B.  Parsons,  do.;  Surgery,  Dr.  G.  D.  Beebe, 
HI.;  Tuberculosis,  Dr.  A.  E.  Small,  do.;  Ante-Natal  Influences, 
Dr.  A.  R.  Bartlett,  do.;  Clinical  Practice,  Dr.  L.  Pratt,  do.; 
Bright's  Disease,  Dr.  T.  C.  Duncan,  do. 

The  following  are  the  officers  for  the  ensuing  year :  Presi- 
dent, Dr.  J.  P.  Dake,  of  Ohio;  1st  Vice  President,  Dr.  J.  T- 
Boyd,  of  Indiana ;  2d  Vice  President,  Dr.  G.  Worley,  of  Iowa  ; 
Treasurer,  Dr.  G.  W.  Perrine,  of  Wisconsin ;  Corresponding 
Secretary,  Dr.  E.  A.  Lodge,  of  Michigan ;  Recording  Secretary, 
Dr.  T.  C.  Duncan,  of  Illinois ;  Censors,  Drs.  T.  J.  Patchin.  of 
Wisconsin,  G.  D.  Beebe,  of  Illinois,  W.  C.  Barker,  of  Illinois, 
A.  R.  Smart,  of  Michigan,  and  S.  B.  Parsons  of  Missouri. 

The  Society  adjourned  to  meet  in  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  in  May, 
1869.  T.  C.  Duncan,  Bee.  Secretary. 


The  Wayne  County  Homoeopathic  Institute  was  organized  at 
Detroit  on  the  seventh  of  July.  This  will  co-operate  with  the  State 
Institute,  of  which  it  may  be  deemed  an  auxiliary.  This  is  the  second 
County  Homoeopathic  Institute  formed  in  this  State.  We  repeat  the 
recommendation  made  in  Annual  Address  before  Michigan  Institute, 
1867,  that  the  formation  of  County  Societies  be  encouraged  wherever 
there  are  more  than  four  homoeopathic  physicians  residing  within  the 
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New    Hampshire    Homoeopathic    Medical    Society. 


We  are  indebted  to  the  Secretary,  J.  H.  Gallinger,  M.  D.,  for  the 
following  abstract  of  proceedings  : 

The  New  Hampshire  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society  held  its  six- 
teenth annual  meeting  in  the  city  of  Concord,  on  Wednesday,  June 
J  7,  the  President,  Dr.  A.  Morrill  occupying  the  Chair.  The  attend- 
ance was  quite  large,  and  the  proceedings  harmonious  and  profitable. 
Drs.  Jarvis  U.  Woods,  of  Nashua,  and  B.  D.  L.  Parker,  of  Manches- 
ter, were  added  to  the  membership  of  the  Society,  and  Drs.  Constan- 
tino Fering,  Philadelphia ;  E.  E.  Marcy,  New  York ;  Wm.  Tod  Hel- 
muth,  St.  Louis;  A.  E.  Small,  Chicago;  Samuel  Gregg,  Boston;  J. 
H.  Pulto,  Cincinnati ;  F.  R.  McManus,  Baltimore  ;  Carroll  Dunham, 
Brooklyn;  D.  H.  Beckwith,  Cleveland;  and  Wm.  E.  Payne,  Bath, 
Maine;  were  elected  Honorary  Members.  Delegates  were  present 
from  the  Massachusetts  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society,  and  letters 
were  read  from  delegrates  appointed  by  other  State  organizations,  who 
were  unable  to  be  present.  The  session  was  chiefly  devoted  to  the 
discussion  of  practical  questions.  Dr.  S.  C.  Morrill,  of  Concord, 
read  a  paper  on  "  The  Medical  uses  of  the  Thermometer"  which- was 
adopted  and  referred  to  the  Clerk  for  publication.  The  following 
preamble  and  resolution  were  unanimously  passed  : 

Whereas,  All  homoeopathic  physicians  feel  the  need  of  a  homoeo- 
pathic Dispensatory  that  will  meet  the  demands  of  our  advanced  scienee 
and  the  approval  of  our  State  and  National  organizations ;  and  it  being 
understood  that  Dr.  Lodge,  of  Detroit,  Michigan,  has  such  a  work 
nearly  ready  for  publication,  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  proof  sheets  of  the  "  United  States  Homoeopathic 
Dispensatory,"  be  submitted,  for  examination  and  approval,  to  a  com- 
mittee, consisting  of  Drs.  J.  P.  Whittle,  Nashua ;  E.  Custer,  Man- 
chester, and  J.  U.  Woods,  Nashua,  on  behalf  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Homoeopathic  Medical  Society. 

The  Society  dined  with  the  President,  after  which  dolegates  were 
eleoted  to  the  several  societies,  the  ordinary  business  transacted,  and 
the  following  officers  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  :  President— Dr. 
A.  Morrill,  Concord-  Vice-President — Dr.  D.  F.  Moore,  Lake  Vil- 
lage. Clerk,  Treasurer  and  Librarian — Dr.  J.  H.  Gallinger,  Con- 
cord. Counsellors — Drs.  L.  T.  Weeks,  Laconia;  Francis  Brick, 
Keene  ;  and  the  President  and  Clerk,  ex  officio.  Censors — Drs.  J.  F. 
Whittle,  Nashua;  E.  Custer,  Manchester;  S.  C.  Morrill,  Concord; 
J.  C.  Moore,  Lake  Village  ;  and  W.  A.  Jones,  Lyndeborough.  It  is 
proposed  to  make  the  next  session  more  profitable,  by  continuing  the 


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meeting  through  the  entire  day,  and  haying  a  public  address  in  the 
evening.  The  Society  adjourned  to  meet  in  Concord  on  the  third 
Wednesday  of  June,  1869. 


WAYNE    COUNTY,  [MICH.,]  HOMOEOPATHIC     INSTITUTE. 
First   Annual    Meeting. 


ELECTION    OP     OFFICERS MISCELLANEOUS    BUSINESS. 


The  first  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Wayne  County  Homoeopathic  Insti- 
tute was  held  on  Tuesday  evening,  July  7,  1868,  Wm.  R.  Gorton, 
M.  D.,  in  the  Chair. 

After  invocation  of  the  Divine  Messing,  the  constitution,  by-laws 
and  rules  of  order  adopted  at  the  last  meeting  were  presented  by  the 
secretary,  duly  engrossed,  and  received  the  signatures  of  the  mem- 
bers present:  Drs.  Wra.  R.  Gorton,  F.  X.  Sprangcr;  M.  J.  Spranger, 
E.  T.  Adams,  E.  H.  Drake,  E.  A.  Lodge,  E.  R.  Ellis  and  Chas.  B. 
Barrett,  Jr. 

The  Institute  then  proceeded  to  an  election  of  officers  for  the  ensu- 
ing year,  with  the  following  result : 

President — Edwin  A.  Lodge,  M.  D. 

Vice  President — Wm.  R.  Gorton,  M.  D. 

Secretary — Chas.  B.  Barrett,  Jr.,  M.  D. 

Treasurer  -E.  T.  Adams.  M.  D. 

Censors— E.H.Drake,  MD.;  FXSpranger,  M.D.;  E.R.Ellis,  M.D. 

The  following  was  unanimously  passed  : 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  report,  from  month  to  month,  such  measures  as  may  be 
taken  in  relation  to  homoeopathy  in  the  University  of  Michigan  ;  and 
that  this  committee  recommend  a  course  of  action  to  the  Institute. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  appointed  to  serve  on  the  above 
committee,  Drs.  Gorton,  Ellis  and  Drake. 

Dr.  E.  T.  Adams  offered  the  following,  which  was  unanimously 
adopted : 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  inquire  into 
the  advisability  of  establishing  a  free  homoeopathic  dispensary  in 
Detroit,  and  report  at  the  next  meeting. 

Drs.  Adams,  Gorton,  and  Spranger  were  appointed  on  the  dispen- 
sary committee. 

The  subject  of  Medical  Ethics  was  selected  for  consideration  at  the 
next  meeting. 

After  a  brief  address  by  the  President,  the  Institute  adjourned  to 
the  first  Tuesday  of  August,  at  Dr.  Drake's  office. 

The  Institute  will  meet  regularly  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  each 
month,  and  hold  an  annual  meeting  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  July  in 
each  year,  for  election  of  officers  and  other  business.  Members  must 
be  graduates  of  incorporated  medical  colleges. 


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Dr.  S.  B.  Thayer  has  circulated  .  a  printed  letter,  addressed 
to  us,  but  we  have  not  received  a  copy  of  it  from  him.  In 
his  closing  paragraph  he  charges  us  with  making  the 
Observer  the  vehicle  of  personal  attacks,  instead  of  studying 
the  interest  and  taste  of  the  profession.  The  truth  is  the  oppo- 
site of  this.  But  we  must  make  some  allowance  for  Dr.  Thay- 
er's ignorance  of  the  Observer  as  now  conducted,  because  his 
name  was  stricken  off  the  subscription  list  some  time  ago,  he 
being  delinquent  for  several  years'  subscription. 

We  throw  aside,  every  month,  personal  and  contro- 
versal  articles,  and  give  the  preference  to  the  practical  and 
useful.  Occasionally  it  is  needful  we  should  stand  up  to  vindi- 
cate personal  and  professional  rights,  and  when  necessary  we  shall 
always  do  so.  We  devoted  several  pages  of  space  in  July  No. 
to  Drs.  Beebe  and  Thayer,  because  they  had  been  guilty  of 
perpetrating  a  gross  wrong  in  the  action  before  the  Illinois 
Society.  We  have  never  devoted  a  single  paragraph  to  refu- 
tation of  the  false  statements  made  by  Dr.  Thayer  and  others, 
to  different  physicians,  from  time  to  time ;  we  let  them  pass, 
having  no  idea  of  their  ability  to  injure  us  in  that  way ;  but 
when  they  bring  up  a  vote  of  censure  before  a  Society  of  another 
State,  in  the  absence  of  any  representation  whatever  from  this 
State  (Michigan),  and  make  statements  which  are  wholly  untrue, 
they  merit  sharp  criticism  and  will  receive  it. 

Dr.  Thayer  states  that  he  has  the  hearty  co-operation  of  Prof. 
Hempel,  Drs.  Bagley  &  Son,  and  Dr.  Woodruff,  &c.,  in  a  suit 
instituted  for  the  purpose  of  heading  off  a  sale  which  he  said 
we  proposed.  Dr.  Thayer  is  very  unfortunate  in  both  the 
statement  and  his  references.  Dr.  Woodruff  opposed  Prof. 
HempeFs  appointment.  Prof.  Hempel  endorses  the  course 
pursued  by  the  Michigan  Homoeopathic  Institute   and  by  us, 

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editorially  and  otherwise,  and  he  most  emphatically  censures 
Dr,  Beebe's  action  as  champion  of  Dr.  Thayer.  Neither  Prof. 
Hempel  or  Drs.  Bagley  &  Son  have  had  the  slightest  idea  of 
heading  off  any  sale  whatever,  by  contributing,  or  prom- 
ising to  contribute,  to  any  law  expenses  We  know  that  both 
Prof.  Hempel  and  Dr.  A.  Bagley,  at  Milwaukee  disapproved  of 
Dr.  Beebe's  resolutions  endorsing  Dr.  Thayer,  and  censuring 
"  certain  physicians  of  Detroit  "  and  we  have  not  the  most  remote 
idea  that  either  Dr.  H.  B.  Bagley  or  Dr.  Woodruff  would  have 
approved  of  them. 

Dr.  Thayer  does  not  assume  the  responsibility  of  Dr.  Beebe's 
resolutions,  yet  he  will  find  it  difficult  to  make  us  believe  that 
he  was  not  the  direct  instigator  of  them.  Would  Dr.  Beebe 
have  offered  them  if  he  had  not  been  prompted  by  the  state- 
ments made  to  hiip  at  different  times  by  Dr.  Thayer?  He 
certainly  would  not. 

Yet,  while  disclaiming  the  paternity  of  the  resolutions,  Dr. 
Thayer  writes  that  which  is  nearly  equivalent  to  repeating  the 
most  obnoxious  part  of  them.     Dr.  Beebe  wrote : 

"  Whereas,  Just  at  this  juncture  certain  homoeopathic  physicians  of 
Detroit,  apparently  more  anxious  to  promote  personal  interests  than 
the  interests  of  homoeopathy,  did  enter  into  an  understanding  with 
the  Board  of  Regents,  that  for  a  stipulated  sum  to  be  devoted  to  the 
endowment  of  a  homoeopathic  chair  elsewhere  than  in  said  University, 
they  would  relinquish  further  claim  to  a  chair  in  this  Institute,  thus 
selling  ont  the  interests  of  homoeopathy  for  personal  aggrandizement.1 ' 

The  objectionable  features  of  Dr.  Beebe's  preamble  are  read- 
ily seen ;  they  are  the  statements  that  an  understanding  was 
entered  into,  and  that  we  sold  out  the  interests  of  the  cause  for 
personal  benefits.  The  Illinois  physicians  were  induced  to  be- 
lieve that  we  had  acted  thus  basely,  and  passed  the  resolutions. 
Dr.  Thayer  does  not  endorse  them  in  so  many  words,  but  says 
that  a  suit  was  commenced  to  head  off  a  proposed  sale,  and  so 
iar  makes  the  action  of  Dr.  Beebe  his  own.  Theie  is  not 
a  shadow  of  truth  in  the  charge.  There\has^  been  no  un- 
derstanding, no  bargain,  no  sale,  and  no  offer  to  sell  out  the  inte- 
rests of  homoeopathy  for  the  personal  aggrandizement  of  ourselves 
or  of  others.     It  is  a  sheer  fabrication. 


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Dr.  Thayer  declares  that  we  stand  convicted  of  a  deliberate 
attempt  to  barter  away  our  rights  }n  the  Medical  Department 
of  the  State  University,  and  with  the  utmost  assurance  presumes 
to  say  that  he  has  acted  in  harmony  with  the  Michigan  Insti- 
tute and  we  in  opposition. 

Instead  of  this,  we  have  acted  consistently  throughout,  and 
the  Institute  has  fully  approved  of  our  work.  Now,  if  Dr. 
Thayer's  course  has  been  in  opposition  to  ours,  and  the  Michi- 
gan Institute  has  endorsed  ours,  has  he  acted  in  harmony  with 
the  Institute  ?  Besides,  that  Dr.  Thayer  has  not  acted  in  har- 
mony with  the  Institute  is  proved  beyond  cavil  by  the  follow- 
ing: 1.  Instead  of  uniting  with  the  Institute,  when  invited,  he 
opposed  it.  2.  He  failed  to  pay  any  portion  of  the  expense  of 
the  suit  that  was  commenced  under  its  auspices.  3.  He  was 
the  only  physician  of  the  State  that  protested  against  the 
homoeopathic  proviso,  which  now  gives  us  advantages  which  he 
could  not  get  ten  physicians  in  Michigan  to  consent  to  the , 
relinquishment  of.  4.  He  has  not  been  acting  with  the  major- 
ity of  the  physicians  of  the  State,  as  represented  by  the  Mich- 
igan Institute,  but  mainly  with  a  clique  who  are  not  its  friends. 

[Reference  to  some  facts  on  the  record  of  the  Institute  will 
set  this  matter  in  so  clear  a  light  that  every  unprejudiced  reader 
will  understand  it.  At  the  eighth  Annual  Meeting,  held  at 
Jackson,  Juue  18,  1867,  the  University  Committee,  consisting 
of  Drs.  E.  H.  Drake,  J.  A.  Albertson,  A.  Walker,  and  the 
writer,  made  a  report  setting  forth  the  proposal  of  the  Board 
of  Regents  to  establish  a  separate  school  of  homoeopathic  med- 
icine at  some  other  point  than  Ann  Arbor,  and  referred  the 
proposition  to  the  Institute  to  decide  whether  to  insist  upon  the 
appointment  being  made  in  the  University  at  Ann  Arbor,  or  to 
consent  to  the  modification  suggested  by  the  Regents.  After 
considerable  discussion  the  report  was  referred  back  to  the 
committee,  and  Drs.  I.  N.  Eldridge  and  A.  Bagley  added 
thereto.  The  next  morning  two  reports  were  presented,  a 
majority  report,  signed  by  Drs.  I.  N.  Eldridge,  A.  Bagley  and 
A.  Walker,  and  a  minority  report,  by  Dr.  J.  A.  Albertson.  The 
first  report  favored  a  separate  and  tree  medical  college,  the 
second  a  Spring  course  of  lectures  at  Ann  Arbor,  after  the 


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close  of  the  regular  Winter  course.  The  names  of  Dr.  Drake 
and  the  writer  did  not  appear  on  either  of  the  reports :  Dr. 
Drake  had  been  obliged  to  return  to  Detroit,  and  the  writer 
had  been  detained  by  sickness  in  his  family.  As  soon  as  we 
arrived  we  found  there  was  a  pretty  strong  discordant  feeling. 
Dr.  Hempel  tried  to  harmonize.  He  said:  "The  desire  of  the 
homoeopathists  is  to  have  a  Medical  College  of  their  own,  but 
this  they  cannot  have  at  present ;  the  next  best  thing  is  to  have 
a  Faculty  appointed  who  shall  deliver  their  lectures  at  the 
University,  at  the  close  of  the  Winter  course,  with  the  privi- 
lege of  using  all  the  apparatus ;  thus  getting  a  foothold,  the 
future  will  doubtless  bring  the  full  fruition  of  our  desires.  But 
it  would  not  do  to  demand  the  whole  at  once,  but  take  part 
now  and  depend  upon  our  merits  to  secure  our  ultimate  desires. 
He  was  in  favor  of  asking  only  a  moderate  sum  at  present." 
After  considerable  discussion,  the  reports  were  recommitted 
and  Drs.  Tuttle,  Calvert  and  Sawyer  added  to*  the  committee. 
Acting  as  chairman  of  this  committee,  we  attempted  to  prepare 
a  brief  and  explicit  report  which  should  fairly  represent  the 
desires  of  the  physicians  of  the  State.  We  recommended  a 
committee  of  five  to  confer  with  the  Regents,  and  memorialize 
the  Constitutional  Convention  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining 
equal  rights  with  the  Allopathic  Professors  in  the  University  of 
Michigan,  and  to  give  the  Regents  power  to  establish  a  homoeo- 
pathic school^  as  a  branch  of  the  University,  at  some  other  place 
than  Ann  Arbor,  if  deemed  advisable. 

This  report  met  the  approval  of  all  of  the  committee,  and 
was  unanimously  adopted  by  the  Institute.  This  report,  brief 
as  it  was,  expressed  the  views  of  the  members  exactly.  It 
appears  probable  that  Dr.  Thayer  may  be  suffering 
under  the  delusion  that  he  is  the  exponent  of  the  views 
of  our  physicians,  and  he  may  amuse  himself  with  this 
idea  until  he  is  undeceived,  but  we  have  yet  to  see  from  his  pen 
anything  that  approximates  to  a  fair  representation  of  the 
wishes  of  our  physicians.  He  may  challenge  us  to  make  such 
a  statement.  If  so,  we  shall  not  hesitate  to  reiterate  the  decla- 
ration :  We  claim  equal  privileges  in  the  University  of  Mich- 
igan with  the  allopaths ;  we  object  to  the  continuance  of  the 


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monopoly  they  have  enjoyed  ;  we  deny  the  right  of  the  Board 
of  Regents  to  conduct  the  Medical  Department  at  Ann  Arbor 
in  the  interests  of  the  Allopathic  party  ;  we  think  that  every 
Professor  in  the  Medical  Department  who  declares  that  he  will 
not  act  in  conjunction  with  a  Professor  of  Homoeopathy  in  the 
same  department,  in  obedience  to  the  State  law,  should  be  per- 
emptorily  removed.  We  see  no  propriety  whatever  in  taking 
from  the  pockets  of  the  homoeopathic  tax-payers  of  Michigan 
at  least  one-half  of  the  special  tax  and  depriving  us  of  the 
benefits  of  the  University  in  which  they  have  as  much  interest 
as  any,  and  we  have  urged,  courteously  but  persistently,  a  rec- 
ognition of  our  just  rights. 

Until  the  passage  of  the  last  proviso,  our  claims  were  ignored. 
Now  we  have  every  reason  to  expect  success.     Homceopathy 

WILL  BE  REGULARLY  INSTALLED  AS  A  PART  OF  THE  MEDICAL 
DEPARTMENT    OF     THE     UNIVERSITY   OF   MICHIGAN.        This    is 

conceded,  even  by  allopaths ;  they  did  not  desire  it,  they  fought 
against  it,  but  they  see  that  it  must  be  granted.  At  date  of 
writing  (July  10,)  we  have  not  received  any  report  of  the 
decision  of  the  Supreme  Court,  but  we  are  quite  satisfied  that 
it  will  do  homoeopathy  justice.  We  have  no  fears  on  this  head 
whatever. 

Dr.  Thayer  charges  us  with  having  made  a  proposition  as 
follows  :  "  The  Regents  to  establish  a  branch  of  the  University 
at  Detroit,  said  branch  to  receive  from  the  State  appropriation  to 
the  University,  three  or  five  thousand  dollars,  more  or  less,  the 
first  year,  and  a  less  sum  each  year  thereafter'9  No  such  prop- 
osition was  ever  ipade  to  us,  or  by  any  one  else,  to  our  know- 
ledge, to  the  Board  of  Regents  or  any  member  of  that  Board. 
There  is  no  more  truth  in  this  statement  of  Dr.  Thayer's  than 
the  similar  one  of  Dr.  Beebe's,  that  we  did  enter  into  an  under- 
standing and  sold  out  the  interests  of  homoeopathy  to  the  Board 
of  Regents. 

The  idea  of  a  "mere  side-show,  to  be  located  at  Detroit,  in 
the  form  of  an  Institute,"  "  a  pocket  school  at  Detroit,"  is  an- 
other of  Dr.  Thayer's  illusions.  The  physicians  of  Michigan 
who  have  talked  about  the  homoeopathic  portion  of  the  Medical 
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Detroit  have  had  /  itU-rcnce*  for  the  literal  carrying  out  of  the 
law,  by  an  invitation  to  Prof.  Hempel  to  lecture  before  the 
medical  students,  allopathic  and  homoeopathic,  at  Ann  Arbor, 
but  rather  than  have  the  law  remain  year  after  year  a  dead  let- 
ter,— the  Regents  impressed  (unfairly,  we  th^nk,)  with  the  idea 
of  the  impracticability  of  teaching  the  two  systems  before  the 
same  classes, — a  large  number  of  our  physicians  would  consent 
to  a  separate  medical  school.  They  have  had  no  idea  of  a  small 
medical  college  with  second-class  teachers,  liable  to  be  broken 
up  any  year.  Prof.  Hempel  offered  to  endow  one  chair,  and 
our  physicians  were  led  to  expect  that  aid  could  be  obtained  for 
the  perpetual  endowment  of  all  the  other  chairs. 

They  expected  to  procure  the  services  of  the  most  talented 
medical  professors.  They  would  have  all  the  prestige  of  the 
University,  issue  its  diploma,  to  be  signed  by  the  President  and 
the  Board  of  Regents,  as  well  as  the  homoeopathic  faculty,  and 
if  they  did  not  have  the  benefit  of  the  museumjat  Ann  Arbor, 
they  would  be  enabled  to  give  the  students  clinical  instruction 
that  Ann  Arbor  has  never  furnished. 

The  above  is  a  fair  and  candid  representation  of  the  views  of 
a  large  majority  of  the  homoeopathic  physicians  of  Michigan, 
A  few  have  said  Ann  Arbor  and  no  other  place,  and  some  would 
have  been  willing  that  Prof.  Hempel  should  lecture  in  a  small 
hall  or  room,  to  such  students  as  might  please  to  attend  his 
lectures, — anything,  so  it  was  Ann  Arbor.  One  or  two  others 
have  said  that  they  would  sooner  have  the  law  repealed  than 
allow  Dr.  Hempel  to  go  to  Ann  Arbor.  In  every  movement  we 
may  expect  to  find  extremists,  but  it  is  a  matter  of  congratula- 
tion that  so  large  a  portion  of  our  fraternity  are  reasonable  in 
their  desires  and  expectations. 

Dr.Thayer  states  that  we  are  mainly  responsible  for  the  failure 
of  an  effort  in  the  Spring  of  1866,  to  raise  funds  to  prosecute 
our  University  case  in  the  Supreme  Court,  He  says  :  "  Had 
you  employed  counsel  promptly,  as  you  were  expected  and 
advised  to  do,  instead  of  finding  it  more  convenient  to  hold  the 
money  for  several  months  and  then  frittering  it  away  on  cheap 
counsel,  it  would  have  been  otherwise/'  The  statement  is  erro- 
neous, if  not  malicious.     The  effort  referred  to  was  not  in  the 


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Spring  of  1866,  but  in  August,  1865 ;  the  difference  in  date  is 
not  material,  but  it  shows  that  Dr.  Thayer  seems  incapable  of 
making  any  statement  with  accuracy*  At  Milwaukee  it  was 
said  that  we  had  raised  money  and  never  accounted  for  it,  and 
Dr.  Thayer  says  we  held  it  foj:  our  convenience  for  several 
months  and  then  frittered  it  away  on  cheap  counsel.  Thus  un- 
justly implying  that  a  large  amount  of  money  was"raised  which 
we  used  for  a  time  for  our  personal  benefit,  if  we  did  not  entirely 
misappropriate.  The  facts  were  precisely  as  stated  on  page  351 
Observer  of  July,  1868.  A  call  was  made  for  $500,  and  not 
one-tenth  part  of  this  was  paid  in  before  the  removal  from  the 
city  of  the  counsel  it  was  proposed  to  employ.  We  have  before 
us,  in  the  handwriting  of  Dr.  Thayer,  a  memorandum  assess- 
ment towards  this  $500.  I  find  on  that,  Dr.  Hempel,  $50, 
which  he  paid,  wd  more.  Dfc.  Thayer,  $10,  and  Dr.  Thayer 
never  paid  a  cent 

Dr.  Thayer  attempts  to  excuse  his  protest  before  the 
Legislature,  but  utterly  fails  to  shake  the  position  we  took 
in  relation  to  it.  He  tries  to  make  a  point  against  us 
for  having  said  anything  against  it  before  reading  it.  All  that 
we  did  say  at  that  time  was  strictly  correct,  and  called  for  by 
the  fact  that  there  had  been  presented  to  the  Legislature  a €i  pro- 
test of  S.  B.  Thayer  against  any  further  legislation  to  aid  homoe- 
opathy in  the  University.  It  was  so  reported  in  the  newspapers, 
the  protest  itself  was  so  endorsed,  and  that  was  its  purpose. 
Our  criticism  was  just,  as  was  that  of  the  British  Homoeopathic 
Review,  which  said,  "  Dr.  Thayer's  opposition,  it  seems  was  not 
against  the  introduction  of  homoeopathy,  but  against  any  legis- 
lation at  all  until  the  Regents  had  complied  with  existing  stat- 
utes. A  quibbling  spirit,  such  as  this  proceeding  evinces,  is 
much  to  be  deprecated  at  a  time  when  unity  of  action  is  essen- 
tial to  success/' 

Dr.  Thayer  says  we  have  given  u  garbled  extracts"  of  his  pro- 
test, but  have  not  had  the  manliness  to  give  the  document 
entire.  Dr.  Beebe  of  Chicago  objected  that  we  had  only  given 
part,  and  we  read  the  whole,  and  he  had  then  nothing  to  say  in 
defence.  The  document  will  not  stand  criticism.  The  circum- 
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He  cannot  escape  the  censure  which  attaches  to  him  for  having 
immediately  after  the  circulation  of  the  petition,  praying  that 
the  University  appropriation  might  be  made  conditional  to  the 
filling  of  the  Chair  of  Homoeopathy,  sent  in  a  protest  against 
this  petition  of  ours  being  granted.  If  Dr.  Thayer  desires  to 
see  his  protest  in  type,  we  hope  he  will  print  it.  When  read  it 
will  be  seen  that  every  extract  made  from  it  by  us  has  been 
fairly  and  correctly  made,  and  it  will  probably  be  deemed  ob- 
noxious to  more  severe  censure  than  it  has  yet  received. 

Dr.  Thayer  says  we  have  the  unfairness  to  deny  him  space 
for  a  reply,  which  he  says  was  couched  in  respectful  language. 
His  ideas  of  what  is  courteous  and  respectful  are  different -from 
ours.  If  at  any  time  any  one  may  deem  that  he  has  been  in 
the  least  aggrieved,  we  leave  our  pages  open  for  explanation  or 
vindication,  but  we  have  made  it  a  rule  to  exclude  from  our 
pages  everything  which  is  rude  or  insulting.  The  present  letter 
of  Dr.  Thayer  was  not  sent  to  us  ;  if  it  had  been,  we  should 
have  declined  it.  We  have  no  objection  whatever  to  the 
most  pointed  criticism,  if  it  is  gentlemanly  and  calculated  to 
serve  the  cause  of  truth,  but  when  a  man,  in  reply  to  editorials 
which  contained  neither  epithets  or  mean  insinuations,  talks  of 
unqualified  egotism,  Chinese  onset,  falseness  and  impudence, 
unmanliness,  nonsense,  garbling,  floundering,rudeness,injustice, 
insidiousness,  frittering,  upsetting  your  sanity,  &c,  &c,  &c, 
and  all  this  while  evading  the  main  points  at  issue,  we  throw, 
his  effusions  aside. 

It  appears  that  Dr.  Thayer  desires  to  instruct  us  in  relation 
to  the  conduct  of  a  journal.  Has  he  forgotten  that  his  own 
efforts  in  journalism  in  past  years  were  failures  f 

SUPREME  COURT    DECISION. 

By  report  from  Lansing,  July  12th,  in  the  case  of  the  People 
ex  rel,  the  Board  of  Regents  of  the  University  of  Michigan  vs. 
William  Humphrey,  Auditor  General  of  the  State  of  Michigan 
the  application  for  mandamus  was  denied. 

This  accords  with  our  anticipations.  It  will  be  expected,  of 
course,  that  the  Regents  will  at  once  proceed  to  reorganize  the 
Medical  Department,  so  as  to  fulfil  the  requirements  of  the 
law,  but  we  understand  that  it  is  not  proposed  to  do  so.  The 
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the  next  Legislature,  when  they  will  petition  for  an  amendment 
of  the  law  so  as  to  authorize  them  to  divide  the  Medical  De- 
partment into  two  portions,  one  allopathic,  to  remain  at  Ann 
Arbor,  the  other  homoeopathic,  to  be  located  at  Detroit. 

What  course  shall  the  Homoeopaths  now  take  ?  They  may 
either : 

First — Apply  to  the  Supreme  Court  before  its  adjournment 
for  a  mandamus  to  compel  the  Regents  to  carry  out  the  law  as 
it  is  construed  by  the  Court. 

Second. — They  may  urge  the  impeachment  of  the  Regents 
for  disregard  of  the  law.     This  is  not  recommended. 

Third. — They  may  remain  inactive,  awaiting  further  devel- 
opments, merely  insisting  upon  retaining  the  advantages,  moral 
and  legal,  that  they  nq>w  possess. 

Fourth. — They  may  unite  with  the  Regents  in  a  petition  to 
the  Legislature  to  amend  the  laws  and  divide  the  Medical  De- 
partment as  proposed. 

A  special  meeting  of  the  Michigan  Institute  to  decide  upon 
the  course  to  be  pursued  has  been  thought  of. 

We  see  that  if  the  Regents  fail  to  act  now,  they  place 
themselves  in  an  unenviable  if  not  an  equivocal  position  ;  and 
that  there  will  be  great  danger,  should  the  matter  be  deferred 
to  the  next  Legislature,  that  the  appropriation  itself  may  be 
repealed.  Should  this  be  done,  it  will  still  be  incumbent  upon 
the  Regents  to  fill  the  Chair  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  University. 
The  University  needs  the  money  now  ;  it  should  have  it ;  it  is 
certainly  entitled  to  it.  Why  should  the  most  unreasonable 
prejudices  of  the  allopathic  school  prevent  its  receiving  the  aid 
provided  for  by  the  Legislature  ?  Why  should  the  Regents 
hesitate  to  accept  it  and  fairly  carry  out  the  wishes  of  the  best 
friends  of  the  University  and  the  people  of  Michigan. 

We  do  not  favor  any  course  which  will  excite  the  animosity 
of  the  Regents.  We  must  allow  that  the  Board  have  in  view 
the  interests  of  the  University,  and  we  know  that  they  are  now 
determined  to  recognize  the  rights  of  homoeopathy.  We  can 
obtain  that  which  will  permanently  benefit  our  cause  best  by 
friendly  yet  firm  action. 

Physiological  Department. — Several  very  interesting  arti- 
cles from  the  pen  of  the  Editor  of  this  Department,  H.  P. 
Gatchell,  M.  D.,  are  unavoidably  postponed. 

Surgery. — Printing  the  remainder  of  Dr.  Burt's  Monograph 
in  this  number,  we  have  been  compelled  to  lay  over  Dr.  James' 
editorials,  and  other  contributions,  until  September. 


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Bellows.— Our  friend  Dr.  A.  J.'Beltows,  of  ^Boston,  sends  a  rejoinder  to  Dr.  Gatchell's  last 
article.  We  have  not  read  it,  and  lay  it  aside,  thinking  it  unprofitable  to  oontinue  the  contro- 
versy. Dr.  B.'b  book  has  merits  as  well  as  defects.  Prof.  O.  has  dwelt  upon  the  latter.  Others 
point  out  its  numerous  excellencies,  and  we  are  much  pleased  to  find  that  the  "  Philosophy  of 
Eating"  is  receiving  such  warm  commendation.  Dr.  B.  attended  the  last  meeting  of  the  Mich- 
igan Homoeopathic  Institute,  which  society  invited  him  to  deliver  him  an  address.  This  was  well 
received  and  a  vote  of  thanks  passed.  He  was  also  elected  to  honorary  membership.  At  the 
Western  Institute  he  was  also  invited  to  speak,  and  also  received  the  thanks  of  that  body.  We 
understand  that  Dr.  B.  is  now  realising  a  good  income  from  sales  of  the  book  and  congratulate 
him  on  his  success. 

Burt.— "We  print  in  the  present  number  the  conclusion  of  a  monograph  on  "Uetilago 
mad  is,"  by  W.  H,  Bust,  M.  D.  Dr.  B.  directs  the  attention  of  the  profession  to  a  remedy  des- 
tined to  a  prominent  position  in  our  Materia  Medica.  The  provings  at  present  are  of  a  fragmen- 
tary character,  but  these,  with  the  ^record  of  cases  in  which  it  has  been  tested,  give  promise  of 
great  usefulness. 

Helminth.—  "Wm.  Tod  Helmuth  has  resigned  his  position  as  Registrar  and  Professor  of 
Theory  and  Practice.  Prof.  E.  C.  Franklin  succeeds  as  Registrar.  Every  one  interested  in  the 
college  regrets  the  necessity  for  this  step  as  the  Doctor  stood  very  high  in  the  good  opinon  of  the 
students,  both  as  a  gentleman  and  instructor.  He  was  a  lecturer  who  commanded  the  attend- 
ance  and  attention  of  every  pupil,  and  it  will  not  be  easy  to  secure  an  equal  to  fill  his  place  '» 
Since  receiving  the  above  we  learn  that  Prof.  Helmut  h's  health  requires  a  suspension  of  his  la- 
bors for  a  time,  and  that  he  intended  taking  a  European  tour. 

Hill.— We  received  from  Irvington,  N.  J.,  a  paper  for  publication  from  which  we  make  the 
following  extrrcts :  "  The  people  of  Irvington,  N  J.,  have  to  regret  the  removal  of  their  physi- 
cian and  friend,  Dr.  A.  A.  Hill,  to  Brantfbrd,  Ontario.  By  his  great  success  while  laboring 
amongst  them  he  increased  the  homoeopathic  practice  of  that  place  one-half,  and  left  it  a  desi- 
rable opening  for  a  homcBopathic  physician,  who  would  be  welcomed  there.  The  town  is  a  few 
minutes  ride  from  New  York,  and  inhabited  drincipally  by  business  men  of  that  city  who  have 
chosen  this  bright  location  for  their  homes." 

Spranger.— F.  X.  Spranger,  M.  D.,  a  homoeopathist  of  Detroit,  was  elected  (receiving  12  of 
16  votes)  City  Physician  of  Second  District  of  Detroit,  at  the  meeting  of  the  City  Council  held 
June  23d,  1868. 

Touuffhusband.— The  degree  of  L  L.  D.  was  confened  upon  Lancelot  Younghusbandi 
A.  M.,  M.  D„  of  Mt.  Clemens,  by  the  University  of  Acadia  College,  Nova  Scotia,  at  the  last 
Commencement.    Dr.  Younghusband  graduated  at  Acadia  several  years  ago. 


NECROLOGICAIi. 


Jewett.-- Dr.  J.  R.  Jewett,  of  Lyons,  Mich.,  has  suffered  a  severe  affliction  in  the  loss  of  a 
dear  and  only  danghter,  aged  16  years,  of  Pulmonary  Consumption.  The  friends  derive  conso- 
lation from  the  assurance  that  she  gains  by  the  exchange  of  the  suffering  of  this  world  for  the 
joys  of  the  redeemed. 

Horace  May,  M.  D.— At  an  adjourned  meeting  of  the  u  Kings  County  Homoeopathic 
Medical  Society,"  held  onTusday  evening,  11th  inst,  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted, 
viz.: 

Whereas,  Since  the  last  monthly  meeting  of  the  Kings  County  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society 
we  have  been  called  to  attend  the  funeral  obsequies  of  our  esteemed  friend  and  colleague,  Horace 
May,  M.  D.,  who  has  been  an  honored  member  of  the  Society  since  its  foundation. 

Resolved,  That  while  we  bow  in  humble  submission  to  Almighty  God,  who  in  His  inscrutable 
Providence  has  thus  suddenly  bereft  us,  we  cherish  a  high  respect  for  the  memory  of  our  be- 
loved brother,  who,  by  his  untiring  devotion  to  the  duties  of  his  profession  (for  seventeen  years 


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in  this  city,)  has  won  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  a  large  circle  of  friends  and  patrons,  who 
now  mourn  with  us  the  loss  of  a  beloved  physician  and  friend.    , 

Resolved,  That  by  his  sudden  death,  we,  who  remain,  are  admonished  to  increased  diligence 
and  faithfulness  in  discharging  the  duties  of  that  profession  to  which  he  was  so  ardently  devoted. 

Resolved,  That  we  tender  to  the  family  and  friends  of  the  deceased  our  heartfelt  sympathies 
in  their  affliction,  and  the  assurance  that  we  shall  ever  cherish  in  kind  remombrance  our  departed 
brother's  worth. 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  handed  to  the  widow  of  the  deceased,  and  also 
that  they  be  published  in  the'city  papers  and  in  the  homoeopathic  journals.  A.  O.  Busks,  M.  D. 
President ;  B.  Finckb,  M.  D.,  Recording  Secretary. 


REMOVAJJ3. 


Brener.— J,  D.  firener,  M.  D.,  from  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  to  Columbus,  Nebraska* 
Cowles.— Dr.  Edwin  Gowles,  from  Bloomington,  Ind.,  to  El-dorado,  Kansas. 
Cowlea.— Dr  S.  Cowles,  from  Constantine,  Mich.,  to  Panesville,  Ohio. 
Facltler.— J.  M.  Fackler,  M,  D.,  from  Bhilob  to  Mansfield,  Richland  County,  Ohio . 
Hill.— A.  A.  Hill,  M.  D.,  from  Ariadne  to  Brantford,  Ontario. 
Hunt.—J.  B.  Hunt,  M.  D.,  from  Newark,  Ohio,  to  Columbus,  Ohio. 
Jewett.— Dr.  W.  E.  Jewett,  from  Austinburg,  Ohio,  to  Constantine,  Mich. 
Johnson.— Wm.  Johnson,  M.  D.,  from  San  Antonio,  Texas,  to  Piedra  Negras,  Mexico. 
Knap  p.  -E.  R.  Knapp,  M.  D.,  from  Spaulding,  Mich.,  to  Virginia  City,  Nevada. 
Lee.— J.  K.  Lee,  M.  D.,  from  Philadelphia  to  Freeport,  Anthony  Co.,  Philadelphia. 
Mann.— O.  H.  Mann,  M.  D.,  from  Ottawa  to  Evanston,  111. 
Outwater.— John  Outwater,  M.  D.,  from  Litchfield  to  Jonesville,  Mich. 
Reynolds.— Dr.  J.  N.  Reynolds,  from  New  Baltimore  to  St.  Clair,  Mich. 
Sumner.— T.  F.  Sumner,;M.  D.,  from  Marblehead  to  Hyde  Park,  Mass. 
gg"  Address  wanted  of  the  following  physicians :  Dr.  G.  Reno,  late  of  Titusville,  Pa.    Dr. 
G.  C.  Brown,  formerly  of  Clifton  Spriugs,  N.  Y.    Dr.  G.  T.  Parker,  late  of  Greensburg,  Indiana  . 


MARRIED. 

Hoxle— Ware—  A.  C.  HOXIE,  M.  D.,  to  Miss  ANNA  WARE,  at  Buffalo,  N,  Y.,  April 

14th,  1868. 

Palmer— St.  Clair.— A  St.  Clair,  Mich.,  correspondent  writes  :  "  On  the  evening  of  the 
23d  June,  Dr.  GEORGE  PALMER  was  married  to  Miss  SUSAN  ST.  CLAIR,  daughter  of  our 
old  and  much-esteemed  fellow-citizen,  William  M.  St.  Clair.  It  is  not  often  that  husband  and 
wife  start  their  long  journey  of  life  together  under  circumstances  so  auspicious  Dr.  Palmer  is 
a  young  man  of  unexceptionable  character,  and  has  gathered  around  him  a  host  of  warm 
friends.    His  bride  possesses  every  quality  to  match,    May  they 

Side  by  side  on  life's  long  journey, 

Be  the  skies  dark  or  serene, 
Walk  so  closely  on  together, 

That  no  shadows  fall  between. 


DISPENSARIES. 


The  Thirteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  BOND  STREET,  (N.  Y„)  HOMOEOPATHIC  DI8 
PENSARY,  (Dr.  Fullgraff's.)  and  its  branch,  gratifies  us  with  satisfactory  proofs  of  its  con" 
tinued  prosperity.  During  the  year  ending  Feb.  1st,  1868,  26,046  cases  have  been  treated, 
50,122  prescriptions  given,  including  8,325  out-door  visits. 

Cases,  26,046  ;  cured,  21,642 ;  relieved,  1,965  ;  result  unknown   2,387 ;  deaths,  52. 

Receipts,  $4,235  ;  expenses,  $4,466  ;  deficiency,  $231  57. 


Annual  Report  of  the  NEW  YORK  HOMCEOPATHIC  DISPENSARY,  169  West  34th 
street,  for  the  year  ending  Dec.  31st,  1867  : 

Crses  treated  during  the  year,  11,073 ;  out-door  visits,  5,523.  Total  number  of  prescrip- 
tions, 25,375.    Total  expenses,  $3,200. 


Second  Annual  Report  of  the  POUGHKEEPSD3  HOMOEOPATHIC  MEDICAL  AND 
SURGICAL  DI8PENSARY,  Levi  Hubbard,  M.  D.,  and  Henry  N.  Avery,  Attending  Physi- 
cians and  Surgeons. 

Cases  treated  during  the  year,  724 :  cured.  612 ;  relieved,  49 ;  result  unknown,  3 ;  deaths  3; 
under  treatment,  57.    Receipts,  $316  ;  expenses,  $228.13. 


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EXCERPTA    FROM    SYDENHAM    SOCIETY    REPORT. 


Absorption  and  Diffusion. — A  few  grains  of  chloride  of 
lithia,  given  on  an  empty  stomach,  may  penetrate  all  the  vas- 
cular textures  of  guinea-pigs,  and  even  the  cartilage  of  the  hip 
joint,  and  the  aqueous  humor  of  the  eye,  in  the  short  space  of 
fifteen  minutes.  It  appears  to  pass  away  from  the  system  in 
about  three  or  four  days. 

In  man,  five  or  ten  grain  doses  of  carbonate  of  lithia  may 
appear  in  the  urine  in  from  five  to  ten  minutes,  if  taken  on  an 
empty  stomach  ;  and  it  may  continue  to  be  eliminated  for  six, 
seven  or  eight  days. 

In  guinea-pigs,  quinine  certainly  permeates  the  vascular  tis- 
sues, and  most  probably  all  the  non-vascular,  in  fifteen  minutes, 
whilst  in  forty-eight  hours  it  has  nearly  passed  out  of  the 
system. 

In  man,  quinino  begins  to  appear  in  the  urine  in  from  ten  to 
twenty  minutes  after  injection  ;  in  from  two  to  three  hours  it 
has  reached  its  maximum ;  in  from  three  to  four  hours,  at  the 
longest,  it  begins  to  decrease  ;  in  twenty-four  hours  it  has  been 
much  decreased;  in  forty-eight  hours  its  presence  is  still  detec- 
tible,  but  in  seventy-two  hours  no  trace  of  it  can  be  found. 
These  facts  show  that  the  serous  fluid  with  which  all  parts  are 
saturated,  and  by  which  they  are  nourished,  is  constantly  under- 
going renewal. 

Colin  has  shown  that  iodide  of  potassium,  injected  into  the 
stomach  of  a  dog,  appeared  in  the  chyle  in  from  eighteen  to 
twenty  minutes,  and  altogether  disappeared  in  from  six  to  fifteen 
hours.  When  injected  into  the  small  intestines,  it  appeared  in 
six  minutes.     It  appeared  more  quickly  after  subcutaneous 

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injection  in  the  lymphatics  than  in  the  veins.  Eulenberg  found 
that  iodide  of  potassium,  injected  su-bcutaneously  into  the  neck, 
appeared  in  the  parotidean  saliva  in  from  one  to  one  and  one- 
half  minutes ;  when  into  the  lower  limbs,  in  from  two  and  one- 
halt  to  five  minutes;  and  when  into  the  stomach,  in  from 
twenty  to  forty-five  minutes.  Evidence  of  its  presence  could 
be  obtained  after  twenty-four,  thirty-six,  and  even  after  forty- 
eight  hours. 

[Is  it  not  probable  that  the  cumulative  influence  of  medicines 
is  due  to  slow  elimination  and  consequently  to  actual  accumu- 
lation in  the  system  ? — G.] 

Lungs — Kespikation — Animal  Heat. — Hirschmann  con- 
cludes that  the  epithelial  covering  of  the  capillary  bronchia 
continues  into  the  infundibula  and  into  the  air  vesicles  them 
■elves.  It  consists  of  tessellated  cells  arranged  in  a  single  layer. 

The  smooth  muscular  tissue  likewise  enters  into  the  structure 
of  the  terminal  organs  of  the  respiratory  apparatus. 

W.  Weyrich  finds  that  the  temperature  of  the  expired  air  is 
decidedly  lower  than  that  ot  the  axilla,  the  temperature  of  the 
latter,  upon  a  men  of  200  observations,  being  99.44,  whilst 
that  of  the  expired  air  was  only  97.41. 

[This  ought  to  convince  even  the  dullest  mind  that  the  lungs 
are  not  a  fire-place  where  heat  for  the  body  is  manufactured. 
A  little  reflection  should  teach  any  one,  in  view  of  the  bad 
conducting  power  of  animal  substances,  that  such  a  develop- 
ment of  heat  in  the  lungs  would  soon  involve  their  destruction. 
The  truth  is  simply  this :  That  heat  is  developed  at  every  point 
in  the  whole  body,  and  that  its  development  is  proportioned  to 
the  amount  of  molecular  change.  Hence  Bernard  finds  the 
blood  of  the  liver  to  be  hotter  that  of  any  other  part  of  the 
organism. — G] 

The  temperature  of  the  axilla  rose  with  tolerable  regularity 
from  6  A.  M.  to  noon,  then  fell  slightly  till  2  p.  m.,  and  again 
rose  to  its  greatest  height  at  7  P.  M.,  after  which  it  gradually 
fell  till  it  had  reached  the  same  level  as  at  6  a.  m.  The  tem- 
perature of  the  expired  air  followed  similar  variations.  It 
attained  its  maximary,  however,  at  an  earlier  hour,  and  dimin- 


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ished  more  slowly  towards  midnight,  standing  at  that  hour 
much  higher  than  at  6  A.  m. 

[The  value  of  these  facts  is  much  diminished  by  lack  of 
information  as  to  the  hours  of  taking  food. — G.] 

Alterations  in  external  temperature  were  followed  much 
more  quickly  and  distinctly  by  variations  in  the  temperature  of 
the  expired  air  than  in  th^t  of  the  axilla. 

[Very  natural  that  it  should  be  so,  since  alteration  in  the 
•xternal  temperature  involves  alteration  in  the  temperature  of 
the  inspired  air.  Is  it  not  time,  in  view  of  such  facts,  that 
medical  writers  and  speakers  cease  from  babbling  about  cane 
sugar,  liver-sugar,  and  other  such  substances  being  burned  up 
in  the  lungs  ?  That  fire-place  is  exploded.  It  should  be  under- 
stood that  respiration  is,  in  general,  a  cooling  process,  for  the 
reason  that  the  inspired  air  is  ordinarily  of  a  lower  temperature 
than  the  blood.  The  reason  why  men  and  horses,  in  severe 
winter  weather,  are  liable  to  an  attack  of  pneumonia  after  rapid 
running,  with  its  increased  inhalation,  is  not  that  the  dense  air 
has  excited  a  violent  conflagration,  but  that  the  excessive  vol- 
ume of  cold  air  has  chilled  the  lungs  and  arrested  the  circula- 
tion. In  Weyrich's  experiments,  retention  of  the  air  within 
the  lungs  for  ten  or  fifteen  seconds,  caused  the  temperature  to 
rise  half  a  degree  Fahr.,  evidently  because  it  had  more  time  to 
abstract  heat  from  the  blood. — G.] 

Tscheschichin  concludes  from  his  experiments  on  rabbits : 

1.  The  spinal  cord,  containing  the  centres  of  respiration 
and  circulation,  operates  directly  ou  the  organic  chemistry  and 
consequently  on  animal  heat. 

2.  Section  of  the  cord  is  followed  by  retardation  of  the  cir- 
culation and  congestion  of  the  venous  system,  attended  by 
reduction  of  temperature. 

3.  All  circumstances  that  occasion  paralysis  of  the  vessels 
operate  in  the  same  way  on  the  radiation  of  heat  as  does  sec. 
tion  of  the  cord. 

4.  The  cramps  produced  by  certain  poisons  immediately 
elevate  the  internal  temperature  of  the  body. 

5.  In  animals  poisoned  with  alcohol,  the  temperature  imme- 
diately begins  to  fall. 


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6.  Section  of  the  sympathetic  operates  like  section  of  the 
cord. 

7.  Section  of  the  vagus  has  no  remarkable  direct  influence 
on  animal  heat. 

8.  Section  of  the  medulla  in  the  skull  at  the  point  where  it 
unites  with  the  pons  produces  violent  febrile  symptoms. 

9.  Similar  symptoms  appear  after  injection  of  putrefying 
fluids. 

10.  Physiological  experiments  and  clinical  observations 
establish  the  existence  of  moderatory  (inhibitory)  centres  in  the 
brain. 

[It  is  probable  that  increase  of  temperament  in  case  of  cramps 
is  due  to  the  intense  muscular  action  and  increased  molecular 
change  accompanying  cramps.  Any  one  .who  has  been'at  all 
familiar  with  cholera  cannot  fail  to  have  noticed  the  great  ele- 
vation of  temperature  attending  the  violent  post  mortem  muscu- 
lar spasms  that  sometimes  occur.  Alcohol,  in  poisonous  doses, 
instead  of  causing  muscular  spasms,  produces  complete  relaxa- 
tion and  probably  diminishes  molecular  action  in  general. — Gr.] 

BACHKLOBS     AND     BENEDICTS.  ' 


That  the  sciences  rest  upon  experience  of  nature  is  regarded 
as  an  axiom  by  the  modern  world,  at  least  the  scientific  section 
of  it.  But  experience  in  order  to  being  made  available  must 
be  recorded,  defined  and  systematized.  In  some  departments 
the  record  assumes  the  form  of  statistical  statement.  This  is 
epecially  true  of  those  into  which  human  passions  and  human 
will  enter  as  causes.  Statistics  are  the  mathematics  of  expe- 
rience and  it  is  only  by  their  aid  that  full  and  accurate  conclu- 
sions can  be  arrived  at  in  regard  to  life,  health,  crime  and 
kindred  matters.  A  most  interesting  chapter  is  that  which 
pertains  to  marriage,  and  not  the  least  interesting  portion  of  it 
is  that  relating  to  its  influence  on  longevity.  In  another  article 
I  have  quoted  the  stiong  statement  of  Huf eland  in  regard  to 
the  impossibility  of  great  age  on  the  part  of  bachelors.  That 
celibacy  is  not  favorable  to  length  of  life  appears  from  the  fol- 

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lowing  statements  derived  from  a  report  by  Dr.  Stark,  medical 
officer  attached  to  the  Registrar  General's  Department  in  Scot- 
land. 

44  From  twenty  to  twenty-five  years  of  age,  out  of  every  100,- 
000  unmarried  men,  1,174  died  during  the  year  ;  but,  out  of  a 
like  number  of  married  men,  only  597.  or  just  half  the  number. 
In  other  words,  between  the  age  of  twenty  and  twenty-five 
years,  thcdeath-rate  of  the  bachelors  was  exactly  double  that 
of  the  married  men.  As  the  age  increases,  the  difference  be- 
tween the  death-rates  of  the  married  and  unmarried  decreases; 
but  it  decreases  slowly  and  regularly,  showing  a  marked  dif- 
ference in  favour  of  the  married  men  at  every  quinquennial 
period  of  life.  Thus,  at  the  age  of  twenty-five  to  thirty  years, 
when  the  number  of  married  and  unmarried  men  in  Scotland 
is  pretty  nearly  equal,  of  every  100,000  bachelors,  1,369  died 
during  the  year  ;  but  of  an  equal  number  of  married  men,  only 
865  died.  At  that  period  of  life,  also,  the  death-rate  *  of  the 
bachelors  very  greatly  exceeded  that  of  the  married  men.  Be- 
tween the  ages  of  thirty  and  thirty-five,  while  in  every  100,- 
000  bachelors  1,475  died,  only  907  died  out  of  an  equal  num- 
ber of  married  men.  Between  the  ages  of  forty  and  forty-five, 
while  1,689  died  out  of  every  100,000  bachelors,  only  1,248 
died  out  of  an  equal  number  of  married  men.  At  the  ages  of 
sixty  to  sixty-five,  while  4,330  died  during  the  year  out  of 
every  100,000  bachelors,  only"3,3S5  died  out  of  a  like  number 
of  married  men.  Even  at  the  age  of  seventy  to  seventy-five, 
while  10,143  died  out  of  100,000  bachelors,  only  8,055  died 
out  of  a  like  number  of  married  men.  And  at  the  extreme  age 
of  eighty  to  eighty-five,  while  19,988  died  during  the  year  out 
of  every  100,000  bachelors,  only  17,400  died  out  of  a  like  num- 
ber of  married  men." 

To  explain  this  great  difference  Dr.  Stark  assigns  two  prom- 
inent reasons : 

4*  The  weak,  the  delicate,  those  suffering  from  disease  of  any 
kind,  the  dissipated,  the  licentious  do  not  marry." 

The  married  man  is  "more  regular  in  his  habits,  is  better 
housed,  better  fed  and  better  attended  to"  than  the  unmarried. 


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While  both  the  causes  assigned  are  operative  in  the  produc- 
tion of  the  difference,  it  seems  probable  that  the  latter  cause  is 
more  potent  than  the  former. 

For  while  Dr.  Stark's  statistics  show  that  the  rate  of  mor- 
tality for  both  sexes  is  diminished  by  marriage,  they  also  show 
that  this  diminution  occurs  to  a  much  greater  extent  with 
women  than  with  men,  and  it  is  precisely  in  grerfter  purity  of 
life  and  regularity  of  habits  that  the  unmarried  woman  isiikely 
to  have  the  advantage  over  the  unmarried  man.  Her  liability 
to  sickness  and  feebleness  of  constitution  is  equally  great  with 
his,  indeed,  rather  greater  during  the  middle  period  of  life,  so 
far  as  sickness  is  concerned.  What  a  sermon  is  contained  in 
these  facts. 

But  there  is  another  cause  not  alluded  to  perhaps  by  Dr. 
Stark,  and  that  is  the  more  full  development  of  the  affections 
on  the  part  of  the  married.  The  affections  are  the  strength  of 
the  character.  Douglass'  capacity  for  friendship  and  love  of 
society  and  not  his  intellect  bound  his  followers  to  him.  Web- 
ster was  much  his  superipr  intellectually,  but  Webster  never 
had  such  a  throng  of  personally  attached  adherents  as  did 
Douglas.  How  meagre,  in  general,  is  the  affectional  nature 
of  the  unmarried  as  compared  with  that  of  the  married.  But 
the  affectional  nature  is  not  limited  in  its  influence  to  the 
mental ;  it  extends  also  to  the  physiological. 

Physiological  processes  are  conducted  more  vigorously  with 
the  strong  emotional  nature  than  with  the  weak. 

Let  all  the  young  men,  therefore,  make  up  their  minds  to 
marry  as  soon  as  they  can  accumulate  the  means  necessary  to 
render  the  step  a  prudent  one.  And  nothing  contributes  more 
to  steadiness  of  purpose,  to  industry  and  economy  on  the  part 
of  the  young  bachelor  than  fixing  his  affections  on  one  worthy 
to  be  his  partner,  his  help-meet  through  life. 

To  the  success  of  the  physician  marriage  is  probably  more 
important  than  to  the  member  of  any  other  profession. — 6. 


"  Two  are  better  than  one  ;  because  they  have  a  good  reward 
for  their  labor.  For  if  they  fall,  one  will  lift  up  his  fellow  ; 
bat  woe  to  him  that  ig  akm#  when  he  faltoth," 

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BT  Aff  INVALID  M.  D. 


This  matter  of  being  the  patient  when  you  have  always  been  the 
doctor ;  of  patting  out  your  radials  for  the  touch  of  a  brother  profes- 
sional, and  submitting  to  chest-thumpings  innumerable,  and  of  having 
your  heart  secrets  wormed  out  of  you  by  a  keen,  professional  ear;  and 
every  four  hours  taking  a  couple  of  tablespoonfuls  front  a  glass,  of 
something,  you  know  not  what,  is  odd,  very  odd.  And  then  to  be 
told  that  your  mental  pabulum  is  in  no  degree  to  be  drawn  from  your 
medical  books,  nor  from  the  study  of  cases  in  practice,  for  you  are  to 
have  none,  makes  you  feel  a  little  restive  under  this  restraint  upon 
your  liberties.  You  begin  to  settle  down  into  the  conviction  that  in 
the  battle  between  life  and  death,  everywhere  raging  about  you,  you 
are  placed  hors  du  combat,  and  somehow  have  been  sent   to  the  rear. 

Dear  Observer,  viewing  the  conflict* from  a  distance,  shall  I  not  give 
you  my  impressions,  the  result  of  my  observations,  and  occasional 
reminiscences  of  events  as  they  have  occurred,  while  my  comrades 
are  in  the  advance  striking  bravely  for  the  right  ?  Perhaps  1  shall 
send  you  a  sketch,  now  and  then,  of  some  of  the  prominent  actors  on 
the  stage.  But  just  now,  while  I  think  of  it,  I  have  half  a  mind  to 
sketch  you  my  doctor ;  trusting  to  an  unskilled  hand  at  the  work  (I 
know  you  will  keep  my  secret)  that  he  will  not  recognize  in  himself 
the  original  from  which  I  have  copied.  'For .between  us,  he  will  surely 
include  in  his  ban  of  interdiction  even  so  innocent  a  thing  as  writing 
to  you. 

Dr. is  six  feet  two  or  three  inches,  straight  as  an  arrow,  of  a 

large,  well-knit  frame,  with  a  large  chest  capacity,  that  tells  one  why, 
through  so  many  storms  braved  and  vicissitudes  of  weather  encoun- 
tered, by  day  and  by  night,  during  nearly  sixty  years  of  practice,  he 
shows  so  little  of  age  and  exposure.  He  has  a  keen,  scintillating 
gray  eye,  as  undimmed  as  when  I  first  saw  him,  many  years  ago.  His 
hair — he  has  lost  none — is  white  and  straight,  worn  short,  to  be  in 
keeping  with  a  closely-shaven  face.  His  features — how  shall  I 
describe  them  ? — as  well  try  to  sketch  the  figures  of  the  kaleidoscope, 


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Unrest  is  perhaps  the  only  word  that  will  apply  as  expressive  of  their 
condition.  Possessing  a  mind  ever  active,  an  indomitable  will,  and  a 
spirit  of  perseverance  that  stops  at  no  obstacle,  it  is  easy  to  see  that 
he  was  admirably  fitted  for  the  peculiar  work  of  a  pioneer  of  homoeop- 
athy. And  such  the  history  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  homoeopathy 
in  this  country  records  of  him.  Apropos  of  our  pioneers,  it  is  to  be 
hoped  that  the  leading  facts  in  their  lives  will  be  carefully  preserved, 
that  the  hands  of  some  skillful  compiler  and  writer  may  gather  them 
into  a  volume,  to  serve  as  a  monument  commemorating  their  valor  and 
bravery  in  the  great  work  of  securing  for  homoeopathy  its  present 
flattering  position  in  this  country.  And  who  shall  be  the  custodians 
of  these  precious  bits  of  interesting  history  ?  Or  who,  rather,  in  the 
first  place,  shall  gather  them  ?  Certainly  in  States  where  no  State 
organizations  have  been  effected,  and  auxiliary  county  societies  exist, 
it  would  seem  to  be  eminently  proper,  as  has  already  been  done  in 
New  York,  to  leave  the  work  to  committees  of  the  County  Societies. 
Papers  of  this  kind  are  always  very  acceptable  to  the  State  Societies* 
and  if  the  latter  shall  be  so  fortunate  as  to  have  legislative  aid  in 
publishing  volumes  of  annual  transactions,  they  will  be  preserved 
there.  From  these  sources,  in  time — and  no  very  long  time — a  very 
readable  volume  could  be  written. 

Thanks  to  the  energy  of  such  a  man  for  instance  as  the  Secretary 
of  the  New  York  State  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society,  much  has  been 
done  in  this  direction  in  that  State. I  trust  his  characteristic  modesty 
will  not  be  offended  by  this  allusion.  But  really  his  success  as  an 
organizer,  and  in  infusing  something  of  his  own  energy  into  the  sub- 
ordinate  societies,  aiming  in  his  appeal  to  his  professional  brethren  to 
call  especial  attention  to  the  important  subjeot  of  gathering  up,  here 
and  there,  the  history  of  the  pioneer  work,  it  is  eminently  due  him, 
in  passing,  to  award  him  this*  small  meed  of  praise,  and  thus  give 
"  honor  to  whom  honor  is  due."  May  every  State  organization  be  so 
fortunate  as  to  secure  one  as  faithful,  as  able,  as  untiring,  as  the, one 
referred  to,  Horace   M.  Paine,  M.  D.,  of  Albany,  N.  Y. 

By -the -by,  the  work  of  the  compiler,  or  historian  if  you  choose,  is 
no  enviable  one.  Has  any  reader  of  the  Observer  ever  tried  his  hand 
at  the  business  1  In  some  respects  it  is  very  amusing,  in  others  it  if 
very  annoying,  to  say  the  least  of  it.  As  the  committee  of  one 
appointed  to  prepare  a  sketch  of  the  rise  of  homoeopathy  in  a  certain 
section,  you  address  to  each  of  the  physicians  belonging  to  that  see* 
lion  a  note,  asking  for  a  brief  sketch  of  his  own  life — a  sort  of  auto- 
biography  of  his  life,  so  far  as  it  may  interest  homoeopaths — especially 


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with  reference  to  the  circumstances  of  his  adoption  of  similia  simili- 
bus.  Say  you  write  to  ten  or  a  dozen.  Half  of  them  will  observe  a 
characteristic  silence.  They  are  too  much  absorbed  in  money-making 
or  fear  that  somehow  or  other,  at  some  time  or  other,  it  will  cost  them 
something.  Three  or  four  will  give  you  a  very  brief  statement,  and 
from  a  laudable,  although  to  you  a  rather  annoying  diffidence  about 
appearing  in  print,  (would  that  more  had  a  little  of  the  same  spirit !) 
will  leave  you  to  gather  the  material  for  yourself  from  various  sources 
as  well  as  you  can.  Yet  these  are  just  tho  historical  morceaus  you 
would  not  lose  for  anything,  for  they  have  real  worth.  Now  do  not 
find  fault  too  much  with  the  brevity  of  the  last,  open  this  one,  the 
only  one  remaining.  Surely  you  are  not  going  to  say  of  fhis  that  you 
wish  there  were  more  of  it*  He  has  given  you  a  very  detailed  account 
not  of  his  conversion  to  homoeopathy,  nor  of  incidents  illustrating  the 
popularity  of  the  new  system  in  his  neighborhood, — not  a  word  on 
these  subjects,  but  in  lieu  thereot  a  great  many  on  his  superior 
advantages  over  the  brethren  in  the  possession  of  some  recently- 
purchased  new-fangled  instruments,  that  can't  be  bought  this  side  of 
the  Atlantic,  or  because  of  a  pilgrimage  to  the  Mecca  of  Medicine 
and  Surgery,  where  he  would  have  you  believe  the  mantle  of  a  Du- 
puytren  had  fallen  upon  his  worthy  shoulders.  Mayhap  he  has  writ- 
ten an  article  or  two  for  a  medical  journal.  You  are  to  be  pitied  if 
he  has.  You  thought  it  a  stupid  thing  when  you  read  it,  and  now, 
having  referred  you  to  it,  he  expects  you  to  say  all  manner  of  pretty 
things  of  it.  Now  cull  out  from  his  letter  what  is  really  deserving  of 
record  in  your  sketch,  and  you  have  an  infinitesimal  quantity  to  deal 
with.  Nota  Bena. — When  a  vote  of  thanks  is  moved,  as  pay  compli- 
mentary for  your  work,  you  need  not  expect  him  to  vote  "aye."  He 
has  not  succeeded  in  getting  you  to  advertise  him  and  his  wares,  and 
henceforth  you  are  written  down  in  his  book  as  very  disobliging,  and 
altogether  too  partial  to  be  a  compiler  and  historian. 


Note. — The  above  admirable  paper  was  prepared  for  the  Observer 
by  oar  friend  Jas.  F.  Merritt,  M.  D.,  a  notice  of  whose  death  ap- 
peared in  the  Observer  for  June  last  (p.  299.)  The  physician  he 
describes  so  well  was  F.  Vanderburgh,  M.  D.,  whose  demise  occurred 
two  months  previous  to  his  own,  and  whose  character  he  portrayed  in 
necrological  notice  published  in  Observer  of  March.  Both  of  these 
good  men  having  passed  away  to  the  glories  of  the  eternal  life,  there 
attaches  to  the  production  a  somewhat  melancholy  interest,    e.  a.  l 


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IT  OKO.  J.  M'LKOD,   X.    D.,   PHILADKLPHIA,  PEKK. 


Twenty  years — a  life-time  of  medical  labor — well  befits  a 
practitioner  to  impart  instruction  of  the  most  reliable  character. 
Careful  scrutiny  of  the  labors  and  writings  of  medical  men 
for  a  score  of  years,  certainly  should  form  an  excellent  basis 
upon  which  to  build  an  estimate  of  the  progress  of  medical 
science.  In  the  article  headed  "  some  of  our  needs  "  in  the  Ob- 
server we  find  the  review  of  the  past  twenty  years  summed 
up  in  the  Jeremiad  that  of  all  men,  physicians  are  the  most 
servile  in  their  methods  of  thought  and  consequent  action. 
Nay  more — this  conclusion  was  reached  not  to-day,  but  twenty 
years  ago  !  This  to  us  of  the  present  generation,  who  pride  our- 
selves on  the  "  progressiveness  of  the  age,"  is  a  thought  far 
from  flattering  and  deserves  at  least  passing  notice. 

Servility  or  imitation  arises  from  one  or  two  causes — first 
from  inability  to  originate  a  course  of  thought  or  action,  in 
other  words  an  entire  lack  of  originality,  or  second  from  that 
mental  indolence  which,  dreading  the  toil  of  investigation,  ig- 
norantly  or  carelessly  adopts  and  acts  upon  the  conclusions  of 
another.  But  there  is  sometimes  an  error  even  more  cruel  in 
its  effects  than  servility,  and  which,  built  upon  the  founda- 
tion of  entire  freedom  of  thought,  forms  a  dangerous  element 
in  any  character.  It  is  the  evil  of  reaching  one  conclusion, 
and  then  with  the  utmost  complacency,  dogmatically  resting 
thereupon  with  Eureka  for  the  mental  motto.  Of  this  class 
would  appear  the  writer  of  the  article  in  question,  who,  hav- 
ing cried  "servility"  twenty  years  ago,  has  never  swerved, 
and  now,  with  apparently  more  of  triumph  than  regret,  re- 
iterates that  which  he  then  gave  to  the  profession.  Servility 
implies  not  alone  obsequiousness  to  another,  but  slavishness 
to  a  thought  or  opinion  evolved  by  ones-self,  and  in  the  lat- 
ter case  demands  strict  investigation  lest  the  apparently  or- 
iginal deduction  be  based  upon  some  previous  teaching,  subtlety, 
gradually,  and  yet  surely  interwoven  with  the  mental  habits  of 
the  thinker.    Applying  this  test  to  the  conclusion  of  Dr.  Kirby 

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we  are  forced  to  admit  that  if  he  be  the  representative  of  the 
medical  profession  of  the  present  day  then  we  as  physicians  are 
of  all  men  the  most  servile. 

Bat  let  us  examine  how  the  worthy  Doctor  would  lead  us 
from  the  slough  of  servility  in  which  he  sees  the  mass  of  the 
profession  well  nigh  inextricably  involved.  What  does  he  offer 
for  our  relief  and  how  propose  to  become  the  Moses  of  his 
brethren  ?  By  three  methods.  1st,  Ignoring  pathology  ;  2d, 
Obliterating  all  recollection  of  nosology,  and  finally  by  careful- 
ly studying  and  implicitly — let  us  hope  not  blindly — imitating 
and  undeviatingly  following  the  orgamm  of  Hahnemann.  How 
then  is  "  that  error  taught  in  the  schools  under  the  name  of 
pathology  "  to  be  a  perpetual  clog  to  the  advancement  of  medi- 
cal science  ?  Conservatism  when  restrained  within  proper 
bounds  is  an  inestimable  element  in  every  mental  conformation, 
but  when  carried  to  excess  readily  degenerates  into  mere  radi- 
calism. To  preserve  pathology  within  its  equitable  limits  as 
regards  its  influence  upon  the  practitioner  is  just — to  sweep  it 
entirely  away  by  denunciation  is  manifestly  unjust  and  must 
cripple  the  proper  observation  of  disease  and  consequent  ad- 
ministration of  remedies.  Pathological  research  has  brought 
to  light  the  absolute  sphere  of  many  of  our  drugs,  and  by  this 
light  the  true  physician  is  guided  in  the  employment  of  these 
same  drugs.  Given  for  example  a  case  in  which  the  symptoms 
seem  equally  covered  by  two  drugs,  and  the  physician  after  due 
examination  into  "  sides,"  "  aggravation,"  "  duration  of  ac- 
tion,7' &c,  finds  himself  at  a  loss  to  decide.  Who  has  not  oft- 
time  found  himself  in  this  unhappy  dilemma  ?  What  then 
xemains  to  be  done  ?  Try  the  action  of  one  and  then  if  failure 
ensue  resort  to  the  other  !  Time  is  lost  and  the  patient  may 
be  too.  Alternate  in  the  hope  that  the  orthodox  agent  may 
develop  its  remedial  power.  Twenty  years  of  medical  expe- 
rience lends  no  helping  hand,  but  the  despised  and  rejected  pa- 
thology comes  to  our  aid,  doubts  are  resolved  into  certainty  and 
difficulties  vanish.  Pathology  has  shown  that  one  of  the  drugs 
in  question  has  produced  not  alone  the  group  of  symptoms  ap- 
plicable, but  a  morbid  condition  of  certain  organs  simulating 
closely  to  the  condition  or  corresponding  organs  in  the  supposed 


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case.  Every  keen  observer  must  involuntarily  form  a  mental 
picture  not  alone  of  symptoms  but  of  the  diseased  condition, 
which  gives  rise  to  these  symptoms.  Why  is  Arsenic  applica- 
ble to  sa  many  cases  of  abdominal  typhus  ?  Our  hero  of  twen- 
ty years  will  tell  us  that  the  pathogenesis  of  Arsenicum  admi- 
rably meets  the  disease  in  question.  True,  but  why  ?  Be- 
cause Hahnemann  has  told  us  ?  Because  twenty  years  has 
shown  us!  Nay — pathology,  that  baneful  "error  of  the 
schools  "  has  proven  that  Arsenic  produces  the  exact  morbid 
condition  in  Peyer's  glands  and  other  portions  ot  the  intestinal 
canal  which  is  found  upon  a  post-mortem  examination  of  ab- 
dominal typhus.  Jahr  tells  us  that  Rhus,  Bryonia,  Mercurius, 
&a,  meet  the  demands  of  such  a  case,  but  knowing  as  we  do 
that  Arsenicum  will  develop  the  abdominal  lesions  requiring 
to  be  met,  would  we  trust  to  aught  than  this  ?  Here  too  in- 
cidentally enters  the  beautiful  reflex  action  of  pathology  not 
alone  guiding  the  physician,  but  proving  the  verity  of  homoeo- 
pathy. Did  space  permit  it  would  be*a  pleasing  duty  to  es- 
pouse the  cause  of  pathology  and  cite  instances  numberless  to 
prove  not  alone  its  incalculable  benefits,  but  its  indispensability 
to  every  thorough  practitioner.  But,  says  the  Doctor,  "  every 
practitioner  of  our  school  must  not  go  out  of  himself  in  his 
work.  He  must  work  with  his  own  brains  and  not  with  those 
of  another  ;"  or  must  wrap  the  drapery  of  his  own  weak  mind 
around  him  and  lie  down  to^  die,  or  worse  still,  let  his  patients 
die.  The  Doctor  tells  us  "  G-od  has  not  duplicated  anything, 
there  are  no  identities."  Remembering  this  he  should  know 
that  his  own  gigantic  and  reliant  mind  is  not  reproduced  in  the 
profession,  and  we  minor  lights  must  use  the  brains  and  labors 
of  others  as  well  as  our  own.  But,  one  question.  Does  not 
our  veteran  use  the  "  brains  of  another  "  when  he  collates  the 
symptoms  of  his  cases  and  compares  them  with  those  produced 
by  scores  of  provers  ?  Even  the  dietetic  regimen  of  his  pa- 
tients— is  it  ordered  solely  by  his  active  mind,  or  does  he  us* 
the  "  brains  "  and  experience  of  others  ?  Of  what  possible  use 
can  the  sprightly  Observer  be  to  such  an  one  save  to  dissemi- 
nate the  result  of  twenty  years'  labor  of  his  ever  quick  brain  ? 
Time  forbids  more  than  a  glance  at  the  other  two  means  of 

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relief  thrown  to  the  befogged  profession.  The  abolition  of  no- 
sology. Pray,  good  Doctor,  what  harm  can  poor  nosology  do? 
No  physician — the  article  was  not  intended  for  empirics  and 
charlatans — ever  prescribes  merely  by  the  namejof  a  disease. 
Is  the  Doctor's  mental  temperament  of  such  a  discursive  charac- 
ter as  rather  to  enter  by  detail  upon  the  symptoms  of  a  case 
than  to  describe  it  by  one  word — rather  allow  all  diseases  to 
run  riot  than  to  classifyjand  bring  their  history  within  circum- 
scribed limits  ?  Every  science  hasjits  peculiar  and  individual 
nomenclature,  and  why  deny  medicine  ?  It  cannot  be  done, 
and  in  this,  as  in  his  crusade  against  pathology,  he  but  simu- 
lates the  position  of  him  who  seats  himself  upon  the  beach  and 
draws  a  series  of  protesting  resolutions  to  the  advancing  tide. 

Lastly,  our  safety  lies  in  "  closely  studying  and  following  the 
immortal  Hahnemann."  As  homcjeopathists  we  all  revere  the 
life  and  labors  of  Hahnemann,  but  must  we  forever  bow  to  him 
and  recognize  no  labors  but  his  ?  Here  the  secret  of  medical 
servility  is  unveiled  and  here  again  we  diverge  widely  from  the 
Doctor.  All  honor  to  Hahnemann,  the  glorious  old  man  who 
struck  such  a  rich  vein  of  medical  wealth,  and  who  laid  broad 
and  deep  the  foundation  upon  which  to  build  a  noble  structure. 
But  still  honor  and  admiration  be  to  those  who  have  toiled 
upon  the  superstructure,  and  who,  not  content  with  the  surface 
working  of  the  vein,  have  sunk  a  deeper  shaft,  and  who  present 
to  us  year  after  year  the  golden  ore.  Must  the  researches  of 
Hale,  that  noble  pioneer,  be  unrecognized  and  ignoring  his  her- 
culean labors  of  pen  and  brain,  must  we  forever  cling  to  the 
dust  of  the  past  and  live  and  die  by  it  and  it  alone.  May  Pro- 
vidence preserve  our  patients  from  such  bigoted  policy  !  May 
Providence  preserve  the  profession  from  this  ignoble  sepulture 
in  the  grave  of  by-gone  years,  and  reveal  to  us  that  •'  some  of 
our  needs  "  are  not  narrow  minded  conservatism,  but  free  inves- 
tigation and  constant  progression. 


Capilla  Hominis. — The  Druggists  circular  says  that  there 
are  prescriptions  for  the  use  of  a  distillate  of  human  hair  in 
every  homoeopathic  or  Hahnemannian  dispensatory.  We  have 
all  the  homoeopathic  dispensatories  that  have  been  published, 
but  have  never  found  any  reference  to  this,  neither  any  com- 
mendation for  it  use  in  any  homoeopathic  manual.  Where  did 
the  editor  of  Druggists'  circular  get  such  an  idea  ? 

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SUSHBOD  W.  JAMES,  M.  D.,   Editor. 


Fractured   or  dislocated  Clavicle — Secure    Dressing. 


Among  the  most  numerous  accidents  that  the  practitioner  is 
brought  in  contact  with  may  be  mentioned  injuries  to  the 
clavicle,  and  particularly  that  of  fracture.  Either  the  ordinary 
dressing  of  Dessault  with  pad  and  three  rollers,  one  of  which 
'goes  around  the  chest  to  hold  the  axillary  pad  in  position, 
another  to  hold  the  arm  of  the  injured  side  in  position,  and  the 
third  to  maintain  the  shoulder  upwards  and  backwards  ;  or  the 
apparatus  of  Fox  with  the  wedge  shaped  pad,  the  collar  and 
elbow  sling,  will  generally  suffice  to  keep  the  ends  of  the  bone  in 
place  until  union  occurs  ;  but  now  and  then  it  will  happen  that  an 
unusually  nervous  or  unmanageable  child  comes  under  our  care 
so  that  every  time  the  case  is  seen  the  dressings  will  be  found 
to  have  been  disturbed,  and  if  a  fracture,  the  opposing  ends  not 
in  proper  apposition — if  a  dislocation,  the  end  of  the  bone 
again  displaced.  Now  the  easiest  way  of  applying  a  firm 
dressing  to  such  cases  is  as  Prof.  S.  D.  Gross  suggests,  that  of 
employing  adhesive  plaster.  Cut  (lengthwise  and  not  cross- 
wise of  the  muslin)  two  strips  of  good  adhesive  plaster  a  yard 
long,  and  for  a  child  about  one  and  a  half  inches  wide  and 
from  two  to  two  and  a  quarter  for  an  adult.  Then  flex  the 
forearm  and  reduce  the  fracture  by  pushing  the  shoulder  up- 
wards from  the  elbow  whilst  the  other  hand  pulls  the  shoulder 
backwards  and  outwards.  Let  your  assistant  hold  it  in  place. 
Then  place  a  small  compress  above  and  another  below  the 
clavicle  at  the  point  of  fracture  and  keep  them  in  position  by 
throwing  one  piece  of  the  adhesive  plaster  across  the  shoulder, 
commencing  well  down  the  back  and  extending  up  over  the 
shoulder  and  upon  the  compress — traction  upon  the  plaster 
being  made  when  it  is  about  coming  upon  the  compress 
— and  care  being  taken  at  this  juncture  to  see  that  the  ends  of 

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the  bones  are  in  apposition  and  the  compress  properly  adjusted, 
carry  the  plaster  on  and  continue  it  well  over  the  chest. 

Then,  while  the  assistant  still  holds  the  shoulder  quiet  and 
in  position,  commence  with  the  other  plaster  on  the  back  of 
the  wrist  and  run  it  up  and  over  the  flexed  elbow  and  back  of 
the  arm,  crossing  the  latter  obliquely  at  or  near  the  insertion 
of  the  deltoid  muscle,  to  the  front  of  the  shoulder,  when  by 
traction  upon  the  plaster  the  whole  extremity  is  secured  in  its 
proper  position  for  maintaining  the  proper  adjustment  of  the 
broken  clavicle,  and  while  still  drawing  upon  the  plaster  you 
carry  it  on  over  the  middle  of  the  shoulder  well  down  the  back, 
when  the  whole  is  secure.  Put  a  pad  in  the  axilla  and  then  tie 
one  handkerchief,  folded  lengthwise,  around  the  chest  and 
extending  over  the  middle  of  the  arm  and  another  folded  in  a 
triangle  from  the  elbow  obliquely  across  the  chest  and  over  the 
well  shoulder,  put  the  hand  in  a  sling  and  then  you  have  the 
child  so  fixed  that  he  cannot  get  out  of  its  dressings.  The  last 
strip  or  probably  both  may  become  loosened  in  from  a  week  to 
ten  days,  if  they  do,  new  ones  can  soon  be  applied.  My  plan 
is  to  put  on  the  old  fashioned  dressing  for  a  few  days  as  a  tem- 
porary dressing  and  then  put  on  the  plasters,  etc.,  as  a  perma- 
nent one.  If  there  is  a  dislocation  of  the  clavicle  one  pad  only, 
and  that  placed  above  the  dislocated  head  of  the  bone,  will  be 
required  to  keep  it  in  position.  If  heat  is  not  at  hand  alcohol 
or  ether  may  be  used  to  soften  the  ordinary  adhesive  plaster  by 
moistening  the  strips  with  either  of  the  above  agents  imme- 
diately before  applying  them.  J. 


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CASE  OF  UTERINE  SCHIRRUS  CURED  WITHOUT  SURGICAL 
OPERATION. 

BY  D.  JAMES,  X,  D.,  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


Having  been  for  forty  years  in  active  practice  in  the  medical 
profession,  and  having  tested  the  relative  merits  of  the  two  sys- 
tems practically  at  the  bed-side,  I  will  give  for  the  encourage- 
ment of  the  young  practitioner  a  clear  case  illustrative  not  only 
of  the  truth  of  our  noble  and  scientific  system  of  medicine,  Ho- 


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moeopathy,  but  also  of  the  importance  of  trying  to  cure  every  case 
that  may  come  under  his  care,  no  matter  how  unfavorable  the 
symptoms  may  appear,  or  how  incurable  the  case  may  be  con- 
sidered by  any  one  else. 

I  was  called  to  see  Mrs.  J.  W.  aged  35  years,  of  a  sanquineo- 
bilious  temperament,  and  found  her  suffering  severely  from  the 
presence  of  a  large  tumor  making  the  abdomen,  protrude  much 
more  extensively  than  it  usually  does  with  ladies  at  the  full  term, 
of  pregnancy.  Such  was  the  degree  of  prostration  of  her  vital 
powers,  and  such  evidences  of  approaching  death  did  she  pre- 
sent that  her  former  medical  attendant,  an  allopathist,  lost  all 
hope  of  affording  her  any  relief,  and  said  she  could  not  live 
another  week. 

I  found  her  with  a  quick,  small  irregular  pulse,  pain  across 
the  abdomen  and  extending  down  to  the  right  iliac  region  and 
down  the  right  thigh.  The  thighs  where  swollen  and  exceed- 
ingly tender  to  the  touch  and  to  movement,  as  was  also  the  ab- 
dominal tumor.  A  vaginal  examination  revealed  a  schirrus  of 
the  uterus  together  with  schirrus  growths  on  the  pudenda. 

The  general  appearance  of  the  patient  was  that  of  genuine 
cancerous  diathesis,  with  the  haggard  care-worn  expression  of 
countenace  and  pale  sallow  color  of  skin  peculiar  to  such  cases. 
The  tongue  and  lips  appeared  almost  bloodless  with  the  up- 
per lip  contracted  so  much  as  to  show  the  teeth  ;  the  teeth 
where  covered  with  dark  sordes;  the  breath  was  offensive, 
there  was  a  loss  of  appetite,  scanty  urination  and  obstinate  con- 
stipation; the  voice  was  weak  and  had  a  hollow  sound ;  the 
eyes  were  sunken,  the  face  pale  and  swollen,  and  in  fact  sym- 
toms  of  such  vital  prostration  were  present  that  f death  seemed 
near  at  hand. 

By  means  of  a  tape  I  measured  the  circumference  of  the  ab- 
domen around  the  growth,  and  also  the  size  of  the  thighs  at 
their  middle,  marking  the  tape  in  each  instance  and  then  gave 
it  to  the  nurse  and  told  her  to  take  care  of  it,  and  if  she  wished 
to  know  whether  the  case  was  improving  or  not  she  could  mea- 
sure her  with  this  tape  and  ascertain  for  herself  any  increase 
or  decrease  in  size.     I  used  this  means  of  avoiding  continued 

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unnecessary  questioning.  I  ordered  her  to  have  very  nutritious 
diet,  and  enjoined  perfect  rest,  and  that  no  one  should  go  into 
the  room,  except  thpse  necessary  to  attend  to  her. 

I  gave  her  first  Carbo  animalis  30.  In  about  six  hours  after- 
wards Conium  maculatum  was  given.  The  next  day  I  found  her 
easier  and  in  some  respects  better,  although  there  was  still  great 
prostration  and  labored  breathing.  There  was  not  so  much  jac- 
titation, and  there  was  an  increase  in  quanity  of  urine  secreted, 
and  its  color  was  not  so  dark  as  heretofore.  I  continued  the  Co- 
nium, and  also  gave  a  dose  of  Carbo  animalis  30  about  every 
10  or  12  days. 

Three  weeks  after  my  first  visit  she  asked  me  what  I  thought 
of  her  case  then,  I  obtained  the  tape  from  the  nurse  and  mea- 
sured her  abdomen  across  the  same  region  as  at  first  and  found 
that  the  tape  lapped  two  and  a  half  inches.  I  showed  it  to  her 
and  she  smilingly  remarked,  "why  !  I  am  great  deal  smaller, 
Tes;  and  I  feel  much  better,  feel  stronger,  have  a  better  appetite 
and  sleep  much  better/'  The  tumefaction  of  the  lower  extremi- 
ties had  likewise  decreased.  She  continued  to  improve,  and  the 
abdominal  tumor  and  the  tumors  of  the  pudenda  gradually  les- 
sened in  size,  and  her  strength  increased  untill  about  eighteen 
or  twenty  months,  when  she  was  able  to  be  about  and  attend  to 
the  affairs  of  her  house.  She  is  now  living  and  is  apparently  a 
strong  robust  woman,  and  attends  t<J  all  the  duties  of  her  house- 
hold, notwtihstanding  the  fact  that  about  twelve  years  have 
elapsed  since  her  allopathic  adviser  pronounced  her  incurable 
and  prophesied  her  speedy  death. 


The  Editor  of  this  department  would  like  to  have  from  each 
and  every  physician  of  our  school  authentic  statistics  of  the 
number  ot  cases  of  carcinomatous  disease  and  malignant  tu- 
mors treated  by  them  homoeopathically,  together  with  the  num- 
ber that  recovered  and  the  number  that  proved  fatal,  and  like- 
wise the  names  of  the  remedies  that  were  used  successfully. 

J. 

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OVABIAN     CONGESTION,    ETC. 

BT  A.  I.  8AWYXB,  M.  D.,  MOSROB,  MICH. 


Although  the  two  following  cases  may  not,  strictly  speaking, 
come  under  the  head  of  surgery,  nevertheless  a  correct  diagnosis 
in  such  cases  being  impossible  without  a  considerable  knowl- 
edge of  anatomy,  and  the  anatomical  relations  of  different  parts 
to  each  other,  they  become  peculiarly  interesting  to  those  who 
make  any  pretentions  in  the  practice  of  surgery,  and  I  doubt 
not  will  remind  those  present*  of  many  similar  cases  in  their 
own  experience,  and  perhaps  be  of  essential  service  to  our 
younger  brethren.  Therefore,  with  the  consent  of  the  conven- 
tion I  will  report  them  at  this  time. 

Case. — Mrs.  Ezra  Jolint,  a  French  woman,  aged  23,  mother 
of  one  child  consulted  me  on  the  29th  of  last  August.  She 
had  been  under  treatment  most  of  the  time  during  the  two 
years,  preceding  for  sciatica  and  rheumatism  of  the  right 
lower  extremity,  but  without  more  than  partial  and  temporary 
relief. 

After  carefully  noting  the  symptoms  as  related)  by  her,  I 
diagnosed  congestion  of  right  ovary,  together  with  chronic  in- 
flammation, induration  and  possibly  ulceration  of  body  and 
cavity  of  the  cervix  uteri. 

The  metroscope  together  with  the  necessary  manipulations 
confirmed  my  previous  views,  and  I  at  once  set  about  treating 
her  for  the  above  lesions,  and  as  these  disappeared  the  sciatica 
and  attendant  lameness  also  disappeared  and  have  not  as  yet 
returned,  now  five  months. 

To  the  anatomist  it  will  not  appear  strange  that  any  abnor- 
mal enlargement  weight  or  hardness  of  the  pelvic  viscera  press- 
ing as  they  may  and  often  do  unduly  upon  the  sacral  plexus, 
should  affect  the  great  sciatic  nerve  and  its  branches,  it  and 
they  being  but  a  continuation  of  the  above  plexus  of  nerves ; 
but  rather  that  it  should  so  often  be  overlooked  by  those  who 
pretend  to  practice  the  healing  art. 

•  The  surgical  articles  in  this  number  were  embraced  in  the  Report  of  Dr.  A.  I.  Sawybr  to 
Michigan  Homoeopathic  Institute. 

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PHTHISIS   PULMONALIS,  ETC.  #27 

1  have  observed  many  cases  similar  to  this,  but  one  more  will 
suffice  for  the  present,  and  be  sufficient  to  demonstrate  that 
without  weighing  all  the  circumstances  connected  with  any 
given  case,  no  one  can  be  a  successful  practitioner.  In  these 
persons  as  in  many  others  I  might  mention  that  the  real  cause 
of  theirTsufferings  had  been  overlooked  for  years.  Hence  in  a 
great  measure  the  failure  to  relieve. 


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Supposed    Case    of   Phthisis    Pulmonalis   Cured    by  Amputation 
of   a    Diseased    Hand. 

IT  A.  L  8AWTBR,  M.  D.,  MOHBOE,  MICH. 


This  case  was  of  a  Frenchman  about  38  years  of  age,  house 
painter  ;  served  three  or  four  years  in  Union  army  as  a  soldier,  on 
his  return  home  resumed  labor  at  his  trade. 

In  a  few  days  he  discovered  a  soreness  in  the  palm  of  left 
hand  which  continued  to  swell  and  pain  him  for  several  days, 
when  he  consulted  an  old  school  doctor,  who  advised  bread  and 
milk  poultices.  After  a  time  his  hand  was  lanced  both  on 
palmar  and  dorsal  surfaces  and  matter  discharged.  But  the 
sore  did  not  heal ;  continuing  to  discharge  freely  and  copiously 
until  the  hand,  arm  and  whole  system  became  much  emaciated 
and  he  was  afflicted  with  a  racking  cough,  copious  expectora- 
tion, night  sweats,  hectic  fever,  loss  of  appetite  and  all  the  ex- 
ternal appearances  of  an  advanced  stage  of  phthisis  pulmonalis. 
In  this  condition  he  finally,  about  one  and  a  half  years  after 
first  appearance  of  sore  in  the  hand  consulted  a  conservative 
old  allopathic  doctor,  who  in  turn  consulted  me  as  to  the  pro- 
priety of  exsecting  the  third  and  fourth  metacarpal  bones,  and 
endeavoring  to  save  the  rest  of  the  hand  as  well  as  to  relieve 
him  of  the  constant  drain  upon  his  system,  which  was  fast 
hurrying  him  to  the  grave. 

After  a  careful  exploration  of  the  'diseased  member  and  the 
general  condition  of  the  patient,  I  concluded  that  nothing  short 
of  amputation  would  relieve  him  and  so  declared,  and  on  the 
22nd  of  February  last,  assisted  by  the  old  doctor  and  one  of  my 
students  (Dr.  Clarke),  I  proceeded  to  operate.  After  getting 
him  under  the  influence  of  Chloroform  I  lai<J  the  back  of  the 


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hand  open  longitudinally  in  order  that  the  old  Dr.  might  ex- 
amine the  bones  of  that  region  and  have  an  opportunity  of  fully 
satisfying  himself  as  to  their  necrosed  condition  and  that  the 
member,  or  any  part  of  it,  could  not  be  saved.  Finding  all  of 
the  carpal  and  metacarpal  bones  unsound  he  consented  to  its 
removal,  and  proceeded  at  once  by  making  a  semi-circular  incision 
from  right  to  left  across  the  back  of  the  hand  about  one  inch 
below  the  wrist  joint,  cutting  through  the  integuments,  which 
I  dissected  back  up  to  the  joint,  where  I  divided  the  tendons, 
ligaments,  etc.,  down  through  the  wrist  joint  and  completing 
operation  by  forming  a  flap  from  palmar  surface. 

Then  ligated  the  arteries,  cleansed  the  wound,  united  the  di- 
vided parts  with  sutures  and  adhesive  strips  and  dressed  with 
simple  dressing. 

Although  much  emaciated  and  very  feeble  he  bore  the  oper- 
ation extremely  well  and  in  the  short  space  of  two  weeks  walked 
out,  cheerful  and  happy.  Very  soon  he  was  entirely  free  from 
cough,  night  sweats  and  hectic  fever,  with  a  good  appetite, 
sound  sleep  at  night,  and  generally  convalescent,  and  is  now  to 
all  apperances  in  perfect  health.  The  main  features  worthy  of 
notice  in  this  case  are  the  threatened  constitutional  symptoms 
caused  by  the  local  lesion  and  their  rapid  and  complete  disap- 
pearance after  amputation. 


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Sciatica    Caused    by    Suppressed    Haemorrhoids    Cured    by    Nux 

Vomica  3d. 

BT  A.  I.  8A.-WTBR,  M.  D.,  MOMftQS,  MICH. 


Case. — Conrad  Kaasalman,  a  German,  tailor,  40  years  of  age. 

Had  been  afflicted  for  several  years  with  bleeding  piles  until 
about  three  years  since,  when  he  had  them  cured,  as  he  and  his 
medical  attendant  supposed,  by  local  treatment. 

All  appeared  to  move  on  satisfactorily  except  inconvenient 
corpulency  until  about  one  year  ago,  when  he  began  to  expe- 
rience occasional  darting  pains  in  the  region  of  the  left  hip  or 
acetabulum.  These  pains  increased  in  frequency  and  severity 
Until  last  December,  when  they  became  almost  constant  and  at 

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times  very  severe,  so  that  he  was  entirely  disabled  for  labor, 
being  confined  most  of  the  time  to  his  bed. 

From  that  time  on  until  the  24th  of  April  last  he  was  under 
constant  treatment  and  that  of  several  different  physicians, 
sometimes  two  or  three  at  the  same  time. 

By  the  use  of  opiates,  quinine,  chloroform  and  other  seda- 
tives and  anti-periodics  they  were  for  some  time  enabled  to  allay 
in  a  measure  the  severity  of  the  painsj;  but  finally  these  lost 
their  power  over  the  disease  and  he  became  perfectly  frantic 
from  pain  and  loss  of  sleep. 

While  in  this  condition  I  was  called,  and  after  getting  the 
history  of  tht>  case  as  best  I  could,  the  main  features  of  which 
I  have  already  stated,  I  concluded  that  suppressed  hsemor- 
rhoids  were  at  the  bottom  of  his  troubles,  and  administered  a 
dose  of  Nux  vomica  8,  at  the  same  time  advising  his  nurse 
not  to  give  anything  else  until  I  could  see  him  in  the 
morning. 

April  25. — Passed  a  very  comfortable  night.  Soon  after 
taking  the  powder  he  fell  into  a  quiet  sleep,  during  which  he 
broke  out  into  a  profuse  perspiration  that  continued  almost 
uninterruptedly  for  two  weeks  afterwards. 

No  further  change  in  his  symptoms  worth  mentioning  until 
the  first  of  May,  when  his  old  friends  the  bleeding  piles  again 
made  their  appearance,  and  have  continued  in  a  mild  form 
ever  since.  He  is  now,  and  has  been,  since  he  took  the 
Nux  vomica,  comparatively  free  from  pain.  When  he  has  felt 
any  pain  he  had  but  to  take  a  dose  of  Nux  vomica  and  he  was 
soon  at  ease.  He  is  now  able  to  get  along  by  the  help  of  a 
cane,  experiencing  only  stiffness  and  weakness  of  the  lower 
extremities,  all  of  which,  however,  is  rapidly  subsiding. 


Chloroform  Mortality. — Statistics  from  fourteen  London 
hospitals  in  which  eighty-three  thousand  and  fifty-nine  cases 
in  which  chloroform  was  used,  Dr.  E.  Andrews  states  that 
twenty-four  proved  fatal.  Dr.  Colton  has  administered  nitrous 
oxide  many  thousand  times  through  his  dental  associations 
without  any  mortality  attending  its  use  as  an  anaesthetic.  J. 

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430  SUBGERT. 

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Injury  of  the  Arm  in  a  Threshing  Machine. 

BY   A.  I.   SAWYER,  M.  I).  MOHBOS,  MICH. 


Mr.  Stumph,  a  German  bv  birth,  aged  27  years,  injured  by  a 
threshing  machine  on  the  sixth  day  of  August  last. 

The  clothes  covering  the  arm  being  caught  by  the  tumbling 
rod,  while  in  motion,  soon  wound  the  arm  around  it,  fracturing 
the  bones  of  the  fore-arm,  besides  severely  contusing  the  soft 
parts  and  severely  shocking  the  whole  system. 

An  old  school  doctor ,  being  called  to  dress  the  wounds, 
applied  bandages  and  splints  tightly  to  the  arm,  the  former 
extending  up  to  near  the  shoulder,  and  ordered  iced  water  to 
be  applied  freely  and  constantly  to  the  limb,  by  being  poured 
from  a  pitcher  in  the  hands  of  a  nurse. 

As  the  friends  of  the  patient  were  not  pleased  with  his  con- 
dition, after  a  few  days  of  the  above  treatment,  another,  and 
still  another  doctor  was  called.  The  third  suggested  that 
amputation  would  be  necessary,  and  advised  them  to  send  for 
me,  and  on  the  sixth  or  seventh  day  after  injury,  a  messenger 
came  with  a  note  from  the  doctor,  requesting  me  to  come  pre- 
pared to  amputate  at  the  shoulder  joint.  As  yet,  I  had  not 
even  heard  of  the  accident,  (which  was  not  strange,  as  it 
occured  some  14  miles  from  town,)  and  of  course  I  knew  noth- 
ing of  the  case. 

However  I,  together  with  one  of  my  students,  (Dr.  Parker,) 
repaired  to  the  place  as  directed,  and  after  surveying  the 
ground,  concluded  not  to  operate,  and  for  the  following 
reasons,  viz  : 

Extensive  gangrene  had  already  set  in,  apparently  extending 
to  and  involving  the  shoulder,  axillary  and  pectoral  regions. 

The  general  appearance  at  the  same  time  was  very  bad,  eyes 
and  skin  intensely  jaundiced,  pulse  rapid,  feeble  and  wiry,  tongue 
red  and  dry  at  tip,  but  thickly  furred  with  a  yellowish  brown 
coating  towards  the  root,  no  appetite,  and  more  or  less  dele- 
rium,  and  with  all,  the  weather  intensely  hot.  My  prognosis 
was,  death  within  48  hours.     But  ordering  all  bandages  and 

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INJURY   OF   THE   ARM.  Ifil 

splints  removed,  and  poultices  of  pulverized  charcoal  and 
brewer's  yeast  to  be  applied  to  the  gangreneous  parts,  with 
stimulating  drinks,  fresh  air  and  rest,  I  left. 

The  patient  not  dying,  as  expected,  other  physicians  were 
called,  with  a  view  to  amputate,  who  in  like  manner,  after 
examining  the  patient,  considered  his  case  hopeless,  and 
desisted. 

Finally,  about  the  11th  day  after  injury,  a  line*  of  demarca- 
tion appeared.  Extensive  sloughing  soon  followed,  after  which 
the  jaundice  and  febrile  symptoms  soon  disappeared,  the 
appetite  returned  tad  the  patient  rapidly  convalesced.  And 
although  the  process  of  sloughing  removed  the  entire  limb 
below  the  elbow,  and  nearly  all  of  the  soft  parts  from  the 
upper  arm,  axillary  space,  shoulder,  and  considerable  por- 
tions of  the  pectoral  region  on  right  side,  nevertheless  healthy 
ganulations  soon  set  in  and  in  a  great  measure  restored  the  lost 
tissues,  and  again  covered  the  denuded  pariosteum  of  the 
humerus,  clavicle,  scapula  and  ribs,  as  well  as  the  exposed 
arteries,  nerves,  etc.,  of  those  regions.  And  Mr.  Stumph  is 
now  enjoying  perfect  health,  with  a  tolerably  fair  stump. 

The  points  in  this  case  to  which  I  desire  to  call  your  atten- 
tion, are  the  dangerous  and  pernicious  effects  of  too  tight 
bandaging,  the  too  free  and  long  continued  use  of  cold  water 
externally,  in  causing  gangrene  and  mortification,  and  the 
properties  pulverized  charcoal  and  brewer's  yeast  possess  in  pre- 
venting or  arresting  this  terrible  malady.  Also  the  power  of 
suppuration  in  freeing  the  system  of  jaundice  and  the  accompa- 
ning  febrile  symptoms  peculiar  thereto,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
great  difficulty  of  prognosing  as  to  the  probable  results  of 
mechanical  injuries. 

In  my  opinion,  and  not  mine  alone  either,  the  gangrene  and 
mortification  in  this  case  were  the  immediate  result  of  too  tight 
bandaging,  and  the  too  free  and  too  long  continued  use  of  very 
cold  water,  and  that  the  charcoal  and  yeast  were  mainly  instru- 
mental in  arresting  them,  and  aided  very  materially  in  forming 
a  line  of  demarcation  which  resulted  in  the  above  spontaneous 
amputation,  as  well  as  to  free  the  system  of  diffused  bile,  the 
probable  result  in  a  great  measure  of  the  fearful  shock  received 

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£82  INJURY   OF    THE    FOOT. 

at  the  time  of  injury,    augmented  by  the  intense   traumatic 
fever  which  followed. 


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INJURY  OP  THl!  FOOT. 

BT  A.   I.  8  A  WYE  B,  M.   D.,    MONROE,  MICH. 


John  Rui,*a  German  aged  14  years,  had  his  foot  crushed  by 
a  car  running  on  it.  An  old  school  doctor  was  called  to  dress 
the  wound  and  did  so. 

The  next  day  he  sent  to  town  for  counsel,  but  the  family  not 
being  pleased  with  the  appearance  of  the  doctors,  called  a 
third  physician,  and  he,  after  treating  him  several  days,  called 
me  to  amputate  the  foot.  Therefore,  on  the  4th  day  of  May 
1868,  just  nine  days  after  the  accident  occurred,  I,  together 
with  the  doctor  and  my  students  Clark  and  Parker,  took  the 
cars  for  that  purpose,  but  on  arriving  there  and  examining  the 
injured  parts,  I  found  the  foot  mortified  and  the  leg  gangrenous 
nearly  to  the  knee  joint,  and  the  patient  in  a  very  critical 
condition.  He  had  had  no  sleep  for  several  days,  quite  deliri- 
ous, pulse  rapid  and  wiry,  (160  per  minute,)  tongue  parched, 
red  at  tip  and  edges,  the  rest  dark  brown,  with  no  appetite  and 
altogether  presenting  a  very  unfavorable  condition  under  which 
to  operate. 

The  patient  being  ansethesized  with  chloroform  the  limb  was 
removed  by  the  circular  operation,  about  four  inches  below  the 
knee  joint.  The  stump  being  thoroughly  cleansed  and  the 
arteries  secured  by  ligatures,  the  integuments  were  brought 
down  and  united  by  divided  sutures,  and  these  sustained  by 
adhesive  slips  and  the  roller  bandage.  The  patient  was  then 
put  in  bed  and  left  in  charge  of  the  family  physician,  (him 
who  called  me.) 

I  never  saw  the  boy  again  for  about  six  weeks,  when  I  met 
him  in  Monroe,  on  crutches,  well. 

It  may  be  asked  why  I  operated  while  the  patient  was  so 
low  and  before  a  line  of  demarcation  had  made  its  appearance? 
My  answer  is  simply  this :  Because  I  did  not  think  the  boy 
would  live  long  enough  to  have  the  process  of  mortification 

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INJURY   OF   THE   LEFT   ARM,  Jf88 

arrested  by  topical  applications,  and  if  he  did,  amputation 
would  have  to  follow,  and  not  lower  down  than  where  I  opera- 
ted, as  gangrene  had  already  nearly  extended  to  the  knee,  and 
his  rapid  recovery  against  the  opinion  ot  all  who  saw  him  has 
confirmed  the  course  I  took. 

In  the  three  cases  next  following,  conservatism  prevailed,  and 
proved  not  less  unsuccessful. 

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INJURY    OF    THE    LEFT    ABM. 

BT  A.  1.  SAWYER,  M.  D.,  MONROE,    MICH. 


Nelson  Shinnovowe,  a  Frenchman,  aged  40,  had  his  left  arm 
injured  by  a  circular  saw  on  the  20th  of  February  last,  by 
which  the  radial  and  medial  arteries  and  nerves,  and  all  the 
muscles  in  the  anterior  aspect  of  the  forearm  were  divided  and 
terribly  lacerated  in  an  oblique  direction,  beginning  about  two 
inches  below  the  elbow  joint  in  the  radial  side,  and  terminat- 
ing near  the  middle  of  the  forearm  on  the  ulnar  side,  carrying 
away  or  .splintering  to  such  an  extent  as  to  necessitate  re- 
moval of  at  least  two  and  a  half  inches  in  length  and  one-half 
in  thickness  of  the  os  radius  making  a  fearful  wound.  The 
ulnar  artery,  vein,  nerve  and  bone  not  being  materially  injured, 
I  deemed  it  advisable  to  endeavor  to  save  the  arm  it  possible. 

I  therefore,  with  the  assistance  of  Drs.  Clarke  and  Parker 
put  him  under  the  influence  of  chloroform,  removed  spiculse 
and  splintered  bone,  ends  of  divided  and  exposed  nerves 
and  tendons,  and  all  foreign  substances ;  ligated  the  divided 
arteries,  cleansed  it  thoroughly  with  water,  having  a  little  tinc- 
ture of  Calendula  in  it,  united  the  wound  as  best  I  could  with 
deep  divided  sutures  applied  the  roller  and  simple  dressing. 
On  the  third  day  I  found  the  limb  from  the  ends  of  the  fingers 
up  to  and  involying  the  shoulder  and  axillary  space  very  much 
swollen,  of  a  yellowish  pink  hue,  and  studded  with  numerous 
blisters  filled  with  a  yellowish  watery  fluid,  and  the  patient 
weak  and  restless  with  more  or  less  delirium,  all  plainly  indi- 
cating gangrene.  I  at  once  removed  all  dressing  and  ordered 
charcoal,  oat-mtal  and  brewers'  yeast  to  be  applied  as  follows : 
ft  Oatmeal,  lb.  iv.,  charcoal,  lb.  ss.,  yeast,  oij. 

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JSj,  INJUKY   OF   THE   LEFT   ABM. 

The  whole  limb  and  shoulder  were  to  be  enveloped  in  this 
to  the  depth  of  one  inch  or  thereabouts,  and  the  application  to 
be  renewed  every  three  hours.  The  patient  taking  the  while 
Secale  cornutum  8,  a  dose  once  in  three  hours. 

At  the  end  of  three  days  the  swelling,  redness  and  general 
gangrenous  symptoms  had  nearly,  if  not  quite  subsided,  and 
the  wound  discharging  freely,  but  the  patient  looked  haggard 
and  weak;  and  still  restless. 

The  charcoal,  etc.,  were  now  discontinued,  the  wound 
thoroughly  cleansed  throughout  and  Carbolic  acid,  one  dram 
to  the  ounce  applied  freely,  and  Moschus  2  administered  every 
three  hours. 

The  wound  soon  put  on  a  healthy  appearance  and  began  to 
heal.  But  the  granulating  process  becoming  too  vigorous  or 
luxuriant  a  solution  of  sesqui-carbonate  of  potash,  half  dram  to 
the  ounce  of  water,  was  applied  both  externally  and  internally 
to  the  wound  till  checked,  and  a  weaker  solution  continued 
afterwards. 

Adhesive  straps  were  not  applied  until  the  wound  had  put 
on  a  healihy  appearance  and  the  ligature  and  sutures  removed. 

The  above  is  a  brief  outline  of  the  main  features  in  the  treat- 
ment of  the  case,  and  the  patient  is  now  well,  wound  nearly  or 
quite  healed,  with  prospects  of  a  tolerably  useful  arm,  although 
deprived  of  motion  to  a  certain  extent,  remaining  partially 
flexed,  and  half  way  between   pronation  and  supination. 

The  points  in  the  case  are  the  fearful  extent  of  the  wound, 
and  subsequent  gangrene  settling  in,  and  yet  the  arm  being 
saved. 

This  case  furnishes  another  proof  of  what  conservative  sur- 
gery may  do,  or  might  have  done  in  other  cases  of  a  simi- 
lar or  less  serious  character,  and  should  remind  the  young  sur- 
geon (or  the  old  one  either  for  thai  matter)  not  to  be  too 
hasty  or  reckless  in  resorting  to  the  knife.  I  am  aware  of  the 
prevailing  notion,  especially  among  young  surgeons  that  it  is 
popular  to  cut,  and  that  without  cutting  everything  that  offers 
an  opportunity,  either  real  or  imaginary,  a  man  cannot  build 
up  a  reputation. 

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COMPOUND  FRACTURE  SUB-MAXILLARY  BONE.  435 

And  I  am  sorry  to  say  that  this  idea  is  but  too  apt  to  be  en- 
gendered in  the  first  place,  and  fosfered  afterwards  by  the  teach- 
ing 8nd  doings  of  those  whose  experience  should  have  taught 
them  better. 

But  to  such  I  would  say,  is  this  the  end  of  man,  and  the 
aspiring  hope  of  the  profession  ? 

No,  my  friends,  we  have  a  higher,  nobler  and  more  glorious 
mission  before  us.  That  of  saving  limbs  as  well  as  lives,  and 
to  restore  to  usefulness,  if  possible,  the  lacerated  and  unsound 
limb  or  arm  of  him  or  her  to  whom  helpless  children  are 
wont  to  look  for  protection  and  support ;  not  to  use  the  knife 
rashly  and  indiscriminately  for  our  own  aggrandizement  and 
renown  merely. 

The  case  next  following  becomes  interesting  as  it  tends  to 
show  how  rapidly  the  lower  jaw,  especially  in  the  young,  may 
heal  after  having  been  fractured  ever  so  badly,  and  that  it  is 
not  always  essential  that  a  fractured  bone  should  be  immedi- 
ately adjusted. 


rFor  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 
COMPOUND    FRACTURE     SUB-MAXILLARY    BONE. 

BT  A.  I.  SAWYER,  M.  D.,  MONttOK,  MICH. 


Case. — On  the  19th  day  of  October  last  was  called  to  attend 
a  German  boy  (Martin  Langley),  aged  14  years,  who  had  been 
injured  by  the  running  away  of  a  span  of  horses. 

Besides  other  and  various  bruises  and  cuts  the  inferior  max- 
illary bone  was  fractured  in  three  places,  as  follows,  to  wit :  at 
the  junction  of  the  body  with  the  ramus  of  the  bone  on  right 
side,  and  on  each  side  at  about  one  inch  [from  the  symphysis, 
the  divided  ends  passing  through  the  walls  of  the  buccal  cavity 
and  nearly  severing  the  tongue  at  about  one  inch  from  the  tip. 
The  serious  flesh  wounds  received  rendered  it  inexpedient  to 
attempt  to  adjust  the  fractured  bones  until  these  could  be  par- 
tially healed  and  the  consequent  inflammation,  swelling  and 
suppuration  abated.  This  took  seven  days,  at  the  expiration 
of  which  I  proceeded  to  adjust  the  fractured  bones,  first,  how- 
ever, removing  one  of  the  superior  incisors,  thereby  creating  a 


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passage  through  which  he  might  be  fed,  and  in  the  short  space 
of  ten  days  the  bones  had  united  so  strongly  as  to  enable 
him  to  bite  substances  of  considerable  consistence,  such  as 
ripe  apples,  etc. 

Now  there  is  nothing  to  indicate  the  injuries  save  slight 
scars  on  the  face  through  which  the  bones  passed. 

I  report  this  case  to  show  that  nothing  was  lost  by  first  re- 
ducing the  inflammation  and  swelling  of  the  adjacent  parts  pre- 
vious to  adjusting  the  fractures.  Besides,  had  I,  in  this  case, 
adjusted  the  fractures  at  once  and  confined  the  jaw  as  is  nec- 
essary in  such  cases,  the  child  would  in  all  probability  have 
strangled  to  death  in  consequence  of  the  swelling  of  the  tongue 
and  surrounding  soft  tissues  together  with  the  inflammatory 
secretions  of  those  parts.  A  mistake  that  might  have  happened 
had  the  patient  fallen  into  less  experienced  hands. 

The  next  case  is  introduced  to  demonstrate  the  superiority 
of  the  ligature  over  the  knife  for  the  cure  of  fistula  in  ano. 

For,  I  believe,  it  is  an  admitted  fact  by  the  most  of  surgeons 
of  any  note  that  it  is  not  advisable  to  use  the  knife  where  the 
lungs  appear  to  be  seriously  affected,  and  yet  a  decided  cure 
was  here  obtained,  not  only  without  any  evil  consequences  to 
the  patient  but  with  decided  and  permanent  benefit  to  his  gen- 
eral health. 


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FISTULA    IN    ANO    CURED    BY    A     LIGATURE. 

BT  A.  I.  SAWYER,  M.  D.,  XONBOB,  MICH. 


February  16th  last  was  called  by  Dr.  Lietche  (Allopath)  to 
operate  on  George  Finsel,  a  German,  aged  30,  for  fistula  in 
ano.  But  upon  examining  the  patient  found  him  very  low, 
having  been  confined  to  his  bed  some  eight  weeks  and  during 
that  period  having  been  treated  for  typhoid  puemonia,  peritoni- 
tis, hepatitis,  orchitis  and  I  do  *  not  know  what.  The 
patient  was  very  feeble  and  much  emaciated,  with  hectic  fever, 
profuse  night  sweats,  rapid  and  weak  pulse,  no  appetite,  cough 
and  expectoration. 

The  fistula  opened  internally  about  three  inches  above  the 
anus  and  about  the  same  distance  from  the  anus  externally, 

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passing  through  the  walls  of  the  rectum  adjacent,  adipose  and 
cellular  tissues,  the  gluteus  maximus  muscles  and  integuments, 
and  I  did  not  think  the  patient  able  to  undergo  an  operation 
with  the  knife  for  the  removal  of  the  fistula  in  his  feeble  con- 
dition, nor  did  I  feel  that  his  strength  and  health  could  be 
recuperated  while  the  above  disease  existed. 

I  therefore  used  the  ligature  drawn  through  a  piece  of  cork, 
which  was  to  be  tightened  every  day,  at  the  same  time  injecting 
dilute  phosphoric  acid  into  the  fistulous  passage  night  and 
morning. 

I  also  gave  Arsenicum  3  three  times  a  day. 

It  took  about  three  weeks  to  cure  the  fistula  and  I  had  the 
satisfaction  not  only  of  seeing  him  recover  from  the  fistula  but 
also  from  impending  death  by  exhaustion,  and  he  is  now  com- 
paratively well  and  at  work  at  his  trade  (that  of  tinner). 
As  the  cure  of  the  fistula  progressed  the  hectic  fever  and  sweats, 
together  with  cough  and  expectoration  subsided,  the  pulse  re- 
sumed its  normal  condition,  the  appetite  returned,  and  the 
vigor  of  health  again  began  to  resume  its  sway. 

The  above  case  tends  to  disprove  the  common  and  I  think 
erroneous  opinion  that  a  radical  cure  ot  fistula  in  ano  should 
not  be' attempted  where  the  lungs  of  the  patient  appear  to  be 
affected,  as  in  the  above  case,  for  had  the  person  under  con- 
sideration not  been  cured  of  the  fistula  he  would  most  certainly 
have  died,  and  that  shortly,  of  exhaustion. 

But  he  could  not  have  been  safely  treated  by  laying  the 
parts  through  which  it  passed  open  with  the  knife,  even  had  he 
survived  the  first  effects  of  the  operation,  The  discharge 
caused  by  the  ligature  being  of  a  different  nature  and  for  a 
time  more  abundant  than  that  which  had  befen  secreted  by  the 
fistulous  membrane,  relieved  the  lungs  rather  than  oppressing 
them,  as  would  in  all  probability  have  been  the  case  had  I  used 
the  knife. 


Exhombd  Surgical  Instruments. — About  sixty  different 
kinds  of  surgical  instruments  have  been  found  among  the  ruins 
of  Herculaneum  and  Pompeii.  More  than  three  hundred  in- 
struments, however,  have  been  recovered. 

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CASE  OF  T2BNIA. 

BT  A.  I.  SAWTKR,  M.  D.,    MONROK,  MICH. ' 


A  common  tape  worm  or  tseuia  solium,  upwards  of  one 
hundred  (100)  feet  in  length  expelled  by  the  use  of  the  tincture 
of  Filix  mas  or  male  fern. 

The  person  afflicted  was  a  German  by  birth,  aged  about  20 
years,  had  been  suffering  for  several  years  with  what  physicians 
called  tape  worm.  Although  he  had  consulted  several.physi- 
cians,  *rho  had  employed  various  modes  of  treatment,  he  had 
never  been  more  than  partially  relieved,  portions  only  of 
the  parasite  bein  g  removed. 

Under  these  circumstances  I  was  consulted,  and  on  the  31st 
of  March  last,  after  fully  satisfying  myself  of  the  existence  of 
tape  worm,  I  ordered  him  to  fast  three  (3)  days,  taking  night 
and  morning  one  dram  of  the  tincture  of  male  Fern,  then  to 
take  a  half  pint  of  cow's  milk  morning  and  evening,  while  he 
was  to  continue  medicine  two  days  longer,  then  to  omit  and 
continue  milk  night  and  morning  till  further  orders.  At  the 
expiration  of  two  (2)  days  after  omitting  medicine,  he  passed 
the  above  worm,  to  the  entire  relief  of  my  patient,  rejoicing  of 
friends  and  wonder  of  neighbors. 

He  used  in  all  about  one  ounce  of  the  tincture. 


Inquiry. — Will  some  one  of  the  many  subscribers  to  the 
"  American  Homoeopathic  Observer  "  give  in  detail  a  method 
of  vaccinating  from  the  scale  which  is  generally  successful  ?  I 
have  often  failed  to  obtain  satisfactory  results,  and  am  unable 
to  decide  whether  the  fault  can  justly  be  attributed  to  the 
vaccine  or  my  method  of  performing  the  operation. 

Nemo. 


Deferred  Surgical  Articles. — Spina  bifida,  etc.,  by  M. 
B.  Lukens,  M.  D.  Calendula  in  stings  of  Insects.  Hamamelis 
in  wounds,  by  C.  W.  Hamisfar,  M.  D.  Scald  cured  by  cotton, 
by  J.  C.  Eichards,  M.  D.  Foreign  bodies  in  the  eye,  by  B.W. 
James,  M.  D.    Another  form  of  Endoscope,  etc.,  etc, 


$  Haft  giiiim,  *tt* 


Plastic  Surgery.  By  David  Prince,  M.  D.  1868.  Lindsay  & 
Blakiston,  Philadelphia.  Octavo,  93pp.  Price,  $1.50.  For  sale 
at  Detroit  Homoeopathic  Pharmacy. 

This  little  monograph  claims  to  be  a  new  classification  and  a  brief 
exposition  of  Plastics,  a  title  which  it  well  deserves.  It  is  gotten  up 
in  good  style,  with  numerous  cuts  for  illustration,  but  the  proof-reader 
seems  to  have  been  particularly  negligent,  as  errata,  to  the  number  of 
fifteen,  greet  the  eye,  between  the  preface  and  table  of  contents ; 
more  than  should  be  found  in  a  volume  ten  times  its  size. 

He  believes  in  a  preparatory  training  and  diet  before  important 
plastic  operations  are  undertaken,  and  states  that  Abernethy  "  found 
that  patients  who  had  been  some  time  in  bed,  underwent  operations 
with  better  results  than  those  who  had  not  been  subjected  to  any  such 
preliminary  treatment,  and  hence  he  adopted  the  rule  of  keeping 
patients  in  bed  two  or  three  days  who  were  about  to  undergo  any 
important  operation.  It  is  not  the  condition  of  the  greatest  muscular 
strength  that  is  required  as  a  desirable  surgical  element,  but  a  state 
of  the  blood  which  does  not  readily  permit  a  febrile  condition." 

With  regard  to  the  diet,  he  recommends  that  it  be  moderate,  and 
makes  the  remark  that  "  it  is  no  more  necessary  to  exclude  the  nitro- 
genous elements  from  the  blood,  than  it  is  to  take  the  mattrass  from  the 
bed  and  replace  it  by  a  board." 

He  mentions  three  general  therapeutic  indications,  the  last  being, 
"  The  prevention  of  those  disturbances  of  circulation,  and  consequent 
congestions  and  inflammations,  which  arise  from  local  impressions, 
directly  or  through  reflex  action."  For  this  he  recommends  opium, 
and  in  case  of  symptomatic  fever,  Veratrum  viride,  and  to  sustain 
the  system  during  recovery,  Iron  and  Quinia.  Being  unfamiliar  with 
homoeopathy,  of  course  he  is  not  aware  that  Aconitum  napellus, 
homceopathically  given,  and  in  not  too  large  doses,  will  much  more 
speedily  und  safely  remove  the  fever  and  equalize  the  circulation;  and 
that  Belladonna,  likewise  administered,  will  diminish  tho  congestion 
and  inflammation  with  a  superior  efficacy  to  any  remedy  he  recom- 
mends, while  his  tonics  are  entirely  unnecessary ;  but  stimulants  for 

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the  effects  of  shook  are  of  great  value,  if  used  at  the  proper  time  and 
in  suitable  quantities. 

He  gives  Dr.  A.  C.  Post's  mode  of  applying  the  plastic  pin,  which 
certainly  is  an  excellent  one.  The  skin  is  covered  with  adhesive 
plaster,  which  keeps  the  cut  edges  in  apposition,  and  furthermore, 
distributes  the  pressure  upon  the  parts.  The  method  is  :  "  Pierce  a 
strip  of  plaster  with  the  giooved  needle,  and  then  pass  the  needle 
through  the  tissues  where  it  is  intended  the  pin  shall  remain.  Then, 
withdrawing  the  grooved  needle  so  that  its  point  is  nearly  on  a  level 
with  the  surface  of  the  skin,  the  plaster  is  drawn  tightly  over,  and 
slit  by  the  point  of  a  bistoury  opposite  the  point  of  the  grooved 
needle,  which  is  than  to  be  pushed  forward  through  the  slit  in  the 
plaster.  The  slit  should  be  just  long  enough  so  that  the  reinforcing 
thread  to  be  applied  over  it  will  not  cause  the  plaster  to  fold  up.  The 
pin  is  then  introduced  along'the  groove,  and  the  needle  is  withdrawn. 
In  some  cases  the  wound  will  require  no  other  snpport  than  the  plas- 
ter. In  others,  a  thread  can  be  passed  over  the  needle,  in  the  ordi- 
nary mode  of  making  a  twisted  suture/' 

Prentiss1  manner  of  applying  dry  cold  is  well  worthy  of  note,  ••  It 
consists  in  the  employment  of  a  small  rubber  tube,  about  eight  feet 
long,  the  central  part  of  which  is  coiled  up  like  a  serpent,  and  retained 
in  position  by  tape  tied  around  the  coils.  One  end  has  a  weight 
attached  to  it,  and  falls  over  the  edge  of  a  bucket  containing  ice-water, 
while  the  other  end  terminates  in  a  tub  receiving  the  waste  water 
on  a  lower  level.  The  speed  of  the  current,  and  consequently  the 
degree  of  the  cold,  can  be  regulated  by  a  stop-cock  in  the  lower  end 
of  the  tube." 

For  antiseptic  purposes  the  author  has  found  by  experiment  that 
chloride  of  zinc,  in  the  following  form,  is  a  valuable  agent:  One  fluid 
ounce  of  glycerine  and  one  of  water,  with  four  grains  of  chloride  of 
zinc,  mixed  together  and  applied  locally  to  the  wound.  Besides  its 
antiseptic  property,  "  it  coagulates  the  albuminous  exudations  upon 
the  surface,  producing  the  very  conditions  so  desirable  for  union  by 
adhesion,  and  at  the  same  time  causing  isinglass  plaster  to  continue  to 
adhere  with  firmness,  while  it  remains  flexible,  instead  of  drying, 
curling  up,  and  falling  off,  as  it  is  wont  to  do."  It  is  applied  freely 
over  the  situation  of  the  wound,  after  "the  dressings  are  completed. 
His  objection  to  a  solution  of  permanganate  of  potash  is  that  it  leaves 
an  ineradicable  stain  on  the  clothing. 

Under  the  operative   part  of  the  subject  of  Plastics  he  gives  the 
improvements  up  to  the  present  time,  and  on  this  account,  indepen- 


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dent  of  the  useful  hints  he  throws  out,  the  book  is  well  worthy  of  a 
place  in  the  library  of  every  operating  surgeon.  b.  w.  j. 


A  Manual  of  the  Dissection  of  the  Human  Body.  By  Luther 
Hoi  den,  F.  B..  C.  S.,  Assistant  Surgeon  of  and  Lecturer  on  Anatomy 
at  St.  Bartholomew's  Hospital,  London,  with  Notes  and  Additions 
by  Erskine  Mason,  M.  "D  ,  Demonstrator  of  Anatomy  at  the  College 
of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  and  Surgeon  to  the  Charity  Hosdital, 
New  York.  Illustrated  with  numerous  wood  engravings  Robert 
M.  Dewitt,  Publisher,  No.  13  Franfort  st.,  New  York.  Large 
octavo,  pp.  588.  For  sale  at  Michigan  News  Co.,  Detroit,  also  at 
Detroit  Homoeopathic  Pharmacy.     Price  five  dollars. 

Dr.  Holden's  book  is  precisely  what  it  purports  to  be — a  text-book 
for  the  student  in  Practical  Anatomy,  or  for  the  Physician  or  Surgeon 
wishing  to  refresh  his  memory  upon  anatomical  subjects.  The  "  Man- 
ual "  is  exceedingly  clear,  neither  too  concise  nor  diffuse.  Some  of 
the  most  useful  features  of  this  book  are  the  excellence  of  the  wood 
engravings,  the  language  is  plain,  and  the  descriptions  so  near  per- 
fection that  the  difficulties  which  embarrass  the  student  in  commenc- 
ing his  studies  in  practical  anatomy,  are  in  a  great  measure  removed. 
We  are  satisfied  that  the  Editor  has  very  successfully  accomplished 
his  "  aim  to  place  within  the  reach  of  the  American  student  the  best 
guide,  as  he  believes,  that  has  yet  appeared  for  the  use  in  the  dissect- 
ing room."  We  most  heartily  recommend  Dr.  Hold  en's  Manual  to 
the  student,  physician  and  surgeon,  as  it  is  well  calculated  to  furnish 
an  accurate  representation  of  the  anatomy  of  the  human  body,  and 
the  application  of  this  science  to  practical  surgery.  The  publisher 
has  done  his  part  of  the  work  in  a  way  which  leaves  absolutely  noth- 
ing to  be  desired ;  the  paper,  elegant  typography,  headings  and  index , 
being  each  and  all  admirable  and  complete.  b. 


A  Manual  of  Pharmacodynamics.  By  Richard  Hughes,  L.  B.  C. 
P.  Ed.  (Exam.)  M.  R.  C.  S.,  Eng.,  (trade-mark  Henry  Turner  & 
Co.,)  Second  edition,  with  alphabetical  index.  New  York  ;  William 
Radde,  550  Pearl-street.  Philadelphia:  F.  E.  Boericke,  635  Arch 
street.  London:  Henry  Turner  &  Co.,  77  Fleet-st.,  E.  C,  1868. 
We  have  received  from  the  author  and  English  publisher  the  fol- 
lowing notices  : 

Author's  Notice. — T  am  informed  that  a  so-called  second  edition 

of  this  work,  with  a  "  Clinical  Index  "  appended,  has  appeared  in 

America.     It  is  right  that  I  should  disclaim  all  responsibility  for  the 

correctness  of  this  reprint,  which  has  been  undertaken   without  my 

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knowledge  or  sanction.  The  "  Clinical  Index  "  I  have  no  desire  to 
emulate.  It  is  foreign  to  the  scope  of  the  present  volnme,  which  is 
an  aid  to  the  study  of  the  Materia  Medica,  and  not  a  guide  to  the 
treatment  of  disease.  My  second  volume,  which  I  hope  to  complete 
before  the  end  of  the  present  year,  will  essay  to  provide  the  latter 
requisite.  Pharmacodynamics  and  Therapeutics,  separately  and  con- 
secutively studied,  constitute  the  knowledge  peculiar  to  the  Homoe- 
opathic practitioner.  In  such  distinct  yet  ooplementary  relation^  I 
wish  them  to  stand  in  this  "  Manual  of  Homoeopathic  Practice." 

K. 

Publisher's  Notice  — Although  our  name  appears  on  the  title  of 
the  so-called  second  edition  of  Hughes's  "  Manual  of  Pharmacody- 
namics,"  it  must  not  be  supposed  that  we  have  any  connection  with  it. 
The  name  appears  without  our  permission,  and  with  the  author  we 
repudiate  it  altogether.  The  fac-simile  of  our  trade-mark  appearing 
both  on  the  title-page  and  on  the  binding  of  the  American  reprint,  is 
also  calculated  to  mislead.  We  exceedingly  regret  being  compelled 
to  draw  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  trade-mark  registered  by  us  in 
January,  1867,  has  been  copied,  but  owing  to  its  having  been  so  mis- 
applied we  have  no  other  alternative.  H.  T.  &  Co. 

Messrs.  Henry  Turner  &  Co.  also  write : 
"  Dr.  E.  A.  Lodge,  Detroit,  U.  S.:  Dear  Sir: — The  manner  in  which 
•  Hughes'  Pharmacodynamics '  has  been  reprinted  in  the  United 
States,  with  copy  of  our  trade-mark,  compels  us  to  disown  any  con- 
nexion with  it.  For  your  own  sake  as  well  as  ours,  we  beg  you  will 
insert  the  accompanying  notices  from  the  author  as  ourselves  in  all 
the  copies  of  the  original  edition  you  have  left,  and  make  it  known 
by  every  means  in  your  power  that  the  additions  to  the  so-called 
second  edition  are  entirely  at  variance  with  the  author's  ideas." 


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Homoeopathic  Pharmacy. 

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WAYNE     COUNTY     HOMOEOPATHIC     INSTITUTE. 


SECOND  EEGULAR    MEETING. 

The  second  regular  meeting  of  the  Wayne  County  Homoeo- 
pathic Institute  was  held  at  the  office  of  Dr.  E.  H.  Drake,  on 
Tuesday  August  4th  1868,  W.  R.  Gorton,  M.  D.,  Vice  President 
in  the  chair.  The  application  for  membership  of  S.  B.  Wright, 
M.  D.  ot  Wyandotte  in  this  county  was  presented,  and  on  mo- 
tion of  Dr.  E.  R.  Ellis,  seconded  by  Dr.  E.  T.  Adams,  he  was 
unanimously  elected. 

The  Minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  approved. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  E.  T.  Adams,  seconded  by  Dr.  E  A.  Lodge, 
it  was  unanimously  "  Resolved,  that  the  attention  of  the  Uni- 
versity Committee  be  directed  to  the  misstatements  contained 
in  the  announcement  of  the  Medical  Department  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan  recently  issued  and  that  this  Committee  be  re- 
quested to  report  in  full  at  the  next  regular  meeting. 

The  Dispensary  Committee  reported  through  Dr.  Adams, 
which  report  was  accepted  and  ordered  on  file  On  motion  of 
Dr.  Lodge,  it  was  unanimously  "Resolved,  that  the  members  of 
the  Institute  be  requested  to  solicit  subscriptions  towards  the 
support  of  a  Free  Homoeopathic  Dispensary  ;  and  that  the  Dis- 
pensary Committee  be  requested  to  call  a  meeting,  early  in  Sep- 
tember, of  the  citizens  of  Detroit  who  are  favorable  to  the  Hom- 
oeopathic practice,  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a  Homoeopathic 
Dispensary  Association  ;  also  that  they  procure  the  services  of  at 
least  six  resident  homoeopathic  physicians  of  Detroit,  who  will 
take  charge  of  the  treatment  of  medical  and  surgical  cases  grat- 
uitously, for  such  dispensary  association,  such  names  to  be  pro- 
posed for  nomination  at  the  next  meeting." 

The  Committee  on  Delinquent  list  through  Dr.  Drake, 
chairman,  reported  the  following  resolution,  which  after  discus- 
sion was  unanimously  adopted. 

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"Resolved,  That  it  shall  he  the  duty  of  every  member  of  this 
Institute,  to  report  the  names  and  residences  of  all  persons  who 
are  able  to  pay,  but  who  wholly  fail  to  discharge  bills  for  medi- 
cal services,  for  such  length  of  time  as  in  his  opinion  indicates 
a  disposition  to  evade  payment.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  a  list 
of  such  names  which  shall  be  always  open  to  inspection  by  the 
members,  and  subject  to  correction  at  all  times.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  members  reporting  a  name  to  have  such  name  erased 
as  soon  as  payment  shall  have  been  made,  or  a  settlement  effec- 
ted. No  member  of  the  Institute  shall  do  business  for  any  per- 
son whose  name  has  been  so  reported,  until  his  name  shall  have 
been  stricken  off  the  list  by  request  or  permission  of  the  member 
reporting." 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Ellis,  it  was  unanimously  resolved  that  the 
members  of  the  Institute  congratulate  our  worthy  secretary 
Charles.  B.  Barrett.  Jr.  M,  D.,  on  his  happy  marriage  to  the 
amiable  daughter  of  the  President  df  the  Institute. 

The  discussion  on  Medical  Ethics  was  deferred  to  the  next 
meeting. 

Adjourned  until  Tuesday,  September  1st,  at  8  p.  m,  at  the 
office  of  Dr.  F.  X.  Spranger. 


THIRD   REGULAR  MEETING. 

The  third  regular  meeting  of  the  Wayne  County  Homoeopa- 
thic Institute,  was  held  at  the  office  of  F.  X.  Spranger,  M.  D., 
on  Tuesday  evening,  Sept.  1,  1868,  Edwin  A.  Lodge,  M.  D., 
President  in  the  chair. 

Reference  was  made  by  the  President  to  the  publication  of 
Prof.  A.  B.  Palmer,  of  the  Medical  Department  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan,  in  the  Medical  and  Surgical  Reporter  of  Phil- 
adelphia in  which  he  states  "  that  the  public  should  be  in- 
formed of  the  true  state  of  things/'  but,  instead  of  presenting  a 
fair  statement  of  the  relations  of  Homoeopathy  to  the  Univer- 
sity, misrepresents  the  case,  as  well  as  the  Board  of  Regents, 
by  stating  that  the  Board  of  Regents  have  declined  the  aid 
proffered  by  the  State,  and  conveying  the  idea  that  the  Board 
of  Regents  have  abandoned  their  recognition  of  Homoeopathy. 
Equally  unfair  is  the  printed  announcement  of  the  Medical 


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Faculty,  that,  as  the  Supreme  Court  have  decided  that  the 
establishment  of  a  school  of  Homoeopathy  at  some  other  place 
than  Ann  Arbor,  is  not  a  compliance  with  the  law,- therefore 
the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Michigan  is  en- 
tirely free  from  the  remotest  connection  with  Homoeopathy. 
If  it  was  desired  ''that  the  public  should  be  informed  of  the 
true  state  of  things,"  why  is  there  such  an  artful  concealment 
of  the  fact  that  the  Supreme  Court  decided  that  as  the  law  re- 
quires that  there  shall  always  be  at  least  one  professor  of 
Homoeopathy  in  the  department  of  medicine,  and  such  depart- 
ment being  at  Ann  Arbor,  it  was  evidently  intended  "that  the 
professorship  of  Homoepathy  shall  be  established,  practically 
and  in  fact,  in  the  Medical  Department,  where  that  Depart- 
ment is  already  established  and  in  operation  at  Ann  Arbor.,, 
It  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  is  now  free  from 
Homoeopathy,  is  it  so  lawfully  or  not  ?  And  if  the  Regents 
have  determined  to  solicit  power  from  the  Legislature  to  or- 
ganize a  school  of  Homoeopathy  as  a  part  of  the  Medical  De- 
partment of  the  University  of  Michigan,  and  to  issue  its  de- 
gree, is  the  Medical  Department  now  entirely  free  from  the  re- 
motest connection  with  Homoeopathy?  By  the  only  power 
which  can  create  new  professorships,  there  has  been  a  chair  of 
Homoeopathy  in  the  Medical  Department  of  the .  University. 
If  it  has  bfeen  vacant,  it  has  been  so  in  defiance  of  the  law,  not 
in  accordance  with  it.  It  was  eminently  proper  that  the  Legis- 
lature shoul  annex  to  the  help  proffered  to  the  University,  the 
condition  that  its  laws  should  be  respected  by  the  Board  of 
Regents.  Neither  Homoeopathic  legislators  or  tax-payers  will 
be  willing  to  allow  their  rights  to  be  persistently  ignored  and 
the  interests  of  the  exclusive  sect  Allopathy  fostered. 

Letters  from  Prof.  Hempel  relating  to  this  subject  were  read 
and  commented  upon. 

The  Secretary  read  the  call  for  the  special  meeting  of  the 
Michigan  Homoeopathic  Institute,  which  stated  the  objects  of 
the  meeting,  and  met  the  hearty  approval  of  all  the  members. 

Dr.  Ellis  then  proposed  the  following,  which  was  seconded 
by  Dr.  Gorton,  and  unanimously  passed  : 

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Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  arrangements  be  appointed 
to  attend  to  the  reception  of  the  Michigan  Institute,  at  its 
special  meeting,  to  be  held  on  the  17th  inst.,  in  the  basement 
of  the  Christian  Church,  corner  of  Beaubien  street  and  Jeffer- 
son avenue,  at  10  a.  m.,  and  that  they  provide  a  suitable  din- 
ner at  one  of  the  hotels  at  our  expense.  Drs.  Ellis,  Gorton, 
Sprauger  and  Drake,  were  selected  to  serve  on  that  committee. 

A  subscription  book  for  the  Homoeopathic  Dispensary  was 
presented.  It  is  proposed  to  iaise  the  amount  necessary 
($600)  by  annual  subscriptions,  the  subscribers  to  organize  the 
Dispensary  Association  as  soon  as  the  requisite  sum  is  raised. 

The  topic  of  Medical  Ethics  was  continued,  and  the  Presi- 
dent requested  to  open  the  discussion  at  the  next  regular 
meeting. 

The  Institute  then  adjourned  to  meet  at  Dr. -E.  B.  Ellis' 
office,  October  6th,  at  8  p.  m. 


Homceopathio  Hospital,  Pittsburg,  Pa. — The  second  an 
nual  meeting  of  the  contributors  to  the  hospital  was  held  April 
14  From  the  report  of  the  executive  committee  we  extract 
the  following  :  The  receipts  from  all  sources  during  the  year 
were  $30,140.64  ;  the  expenditures  were  $29,634.19,  leaving  a 
balance  in  the  treasury  of  $501.45.  During  a  period  of  twen- 
ty months  256  patients  were  admitted  and  2,504  prescriptions 
issued  from  the  dispensary  department  gratuitously.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  hospital  there  is  a  Ladies'  Homoeopathic  Charit- 
able Association. 


New  York  Homceopathio  Society. — The  State  of  New 
York  authorized  the  printing  ot  3500  copies  of  the  State  Allo- 
pathic Society  Proceedings,  and  2800  of  the  Homoeopathic 
State  Society,  and  1000  of  the  Eclectic.  About  a  right  pro- 
portion. 

Homoeopathic  Asylum  fob  the  Insane. — An  Act  for  such 
an  institution  was  presented  to  the  New  York  Legislature. 
Did  it  pass  ?    Will  Dr.  Paine  or  some  one  else  report  progress  ? 


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AMERICAN    INSTITUTE    OF    HOMCEOPATHY. 


THE  TWENTY-FIRST   ANNUAL   SES8ION. 


The  preliminary  meeting  was  held  at  the  residence  of  Dr.  T.  G 
Comstock,  St.  Louis,  Jane  2,  at  8  p.  m.,  at  which  about  50  members 
were  present.  A  very  profitable  evening  was  spent  in  renewing  old 
acquaintanceships  and  fornflpig  new  ones 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  Dr.  Comstock. 

Prof.  C.  J.  Hempel,  of  the  Michigan  University,  was  chosen  Chair- 
man. 

A  Nominating  Committee,  consisting  of  one  member  from  each 
State  was  appointed. 

The  Committee  of  Arrangmements  then  invited  the  members  to 
partake  of  a  bountiful  collation. 

The  Institute  convened  in  the  Philharmonic  Hall,  at  10  a.  m., 
June  3.  President,  Dr.  Wm.  Tod  Helmuth  in  the  chair.  Fifty-two 
members  present. 

Dr.  T.  G.  Comstock,  of  St.  Louis,  delivered  an  eloquent  address 
of  welcome. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  to  serve  as  officers  during 
the  ensuing  year ; 

President— Dr.  H.  D.  Paine,  of  New  York. 

Vice-President — Dr.  T.  G.  Comstock,  St.  Louis. 

Provisional  Secretary — Dr.  H.  L.  Chase,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Treasurer — Dr.  E.  M.  Kellogg,  of  New  York. 

Censors— Dra.  J.  P.  Dake,  Salem,  Ohio ;  G.  D.  Beebe,  Chicago  ; 
J.  C.  Morgan,  Philadelphia;  J.  Hartman,  St.  Louis;  G.  W.  Swazey, 
Springfield,  Mass. 

The  following  committees  were  then  announced. 

On  Credential*— Drs.  L.  D.  Wilder,  New  York;  J.  C  Burger 
Pittsburg;  D.Thayer,  Boston;  F.  Woodruff,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.; 
T.  S.  Verdi,  Washington,  D.  C. 

On  Auditing— Drs.  A.  E.  Small,  Chicago ;  E.  C.  Franklin,  St. 
Louis ;  G.  E.  Belcher,  New  York ;  S.  Gregg,  and  R.  McManus, 
Baltimore. 

Dr.  John  Moore,  of  Liverpool,  England,  who  was  present,  was 
invited  to  take  a  scat  in  the  Institute. 

Dr.  Verdi,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  presented  a  very  interesting 
report  from  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Correspondence,  which  was 
accepted  and  referred  to  the  Publishing  Committee. 

A  resolution  of  respect  and  condolence  was  offered  and  adopted 
regarding  the  recent  affliction  of  Dr.  Gray,  of  New  York,'  in  the 
death  of  his  wife. 

The  Treasurer's  report  was  read  and  approved  by  the  Auditing 
Committee.  The  total  expenditures  for  the  year  were  $1,734  52, 
and  the  total  amount  of  cash  received,  $1,644,  leaving  a  deficit  of 
$90.52,  not  including  about  $300  due  the  Secretary  for  print- 
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The  Committee  on  Credentials  reported  that  127  delegates  were 
present,  representing  82  independent  organizations. 

The  Convention  met  pursuant  to  adjournment,  Dr.  Paine  in  the 
chair.  The  Committee  on  Medical  Education  were  discharged  and 
the  following  new  committee  appointed  :  Drs.  C.  J.  Hempel,  Mieh. ; 
D.  S.  Smith,  Chicago  ;  T.  G.  Comstock,  St.  Louis,  H.  B.  Clarke, 
Mass. ;  G.  D.  Beebe,  Chicago. 

The  Secretary  read  the  report  of  Bureau,  of  Materia  Medica, 
which  was  submitted  to  C.  Wesselhceft,  M.  D.,  of  Massachusetts, 
On  connection  with  the  same  bureau,  papers  were  read  from  Drs. 
Barlow,  of  New  York  ;  W.  E,  Payne,  of  Maine ;  E.  M.  Hale,  Chica- 
go, and  W.  Williamson,  Philadelphia ;  the  last  paper,  in  conclusion 
suggested  that  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed,  (to  be  located  near 
each  other,)  for  the  purpose  of  considering  the  subject  of  Attenua- 
tion and  Nomenclature ;  the  suggestion  was  carried  into  effect  and 
the  following  committee  was  appointed :  Drs.  Williamson,  C.  Hering, 
C.  Niedhard,  J.  Jeanes,  F.  E.  Bcericke. 

Dr.  J.  C.  Morgan  explained  a  diagram  illustrative  of  a  new  method 
of  classification  of  Medicines.  The  paper  was  received  and  referred 
to  the  Committee  on  Publication. 

Dr.  H.  M.  Smith,  of  New  York,  Chairman  of  the  Bureau  of 
Organizations,  Registration  and  Statistics,  from  supplemental  report 
added  by  Dr.  Smith,  there  appears  to  be  545  to  550  members  of 
the  Institute. 

The  annual  oration  was  delivered  in  the  hall  at  8  o'clock  p.  m.,  by 
Dr.  Henry  B  Clarke,  of  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  the  President  in  the 
chair.  Thanks  of  the  Institute  were  accorded  to  Dr.  Clarke  for  his 
masterly  production. 

SECOND     DAY'S     PROCEEDINGS. 

The  Institute  met  9  a.  m..  Dr.  Paine  in  the  chair.  Eight  new 
members  were  admitted. 

The  Committre  on  Resolutions,  in  relation  to  the  Chair  of  Homoeo- 
pathy in  Michigan  State  University,  reported  a  series  of  resolutions, 
which  after  some  discussion  were  unanimously  adopted.  Dr.  Morgan 
offered  resolutions  in  relation  to  the  appointment  of  homoeopathic 
physicians,  on  boards  of  health,  which  was  adopted.  The  report  of 
the  Bureau  of  Clinical  Medicine  and  Zymoses,  was  read  by  the 
President.  Valuable  contributions  were  presented  from  Drs. 
Holcombe,  of  New  Orleans,  Cate  of  Massachusetts  ;  Cowley,  of  Pitts- 
burg ;  J.  J.  Mitchell,  New  York  ;  Dr.  Belcher.  N.  Y. 

Dr.  McMurray  offered  resolutions  that  "  Pathological  Anatomy 
is  and  ever  must  be  an  indispensable  assistant  in  the  task  of  detecting 
the  proper  remedy  in  the  treatment  of  disease."  These  resolutions 
gave  rise  to  an  animated  discussion  which  was  participated  in  by  Drs. 
McMurray,  Hempel,  Cooke,  Wells,  Thayer,  Phelan,  Verdi,  after  which 
the  resolutions  were  withdrawn. 

Dr.  Helmuth,  Chief  of  the  Surgery  Bureau,  reported  on  surgery, 
together  with  reports  from  Drs.  Franklin,  Beakley,  Morgan,  Beebe, 
Willard,McClelland  and  others,which  were  possessed  of  much  interest. 


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Dr.  Morgan,  in  the  absence  of  Dr.  Guernsey,  presented  a  report 
of  the  Bureau  of  Obstetrics,  and  illustrated  several  cases. 

Dr.  Allen,  of  New  York,  presented  the  report  of  the  Bureau  of 
Anatomy.     It  took  the  same  course  as  the  other  reports. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Code  of  Medical  Ethics  was 
called.     The  code,  as  a  whole,  was  adopted. 

THIRD    DAY. 

The  Convention  assembled  pursuant  to  adjournment,  Dr.  Paine  in 
the  chair. 

The  report  of  the  Bureau  of  Hygiene  was  read  and  referred  to  the 
Publishing  Committee. 

The  amendments  to  the  by-laws,  recommended  by  the  Bureau  of 
Organization,  Registration  and  Statistics,  were  then  called  up,  article 
by  article,  and  after  some  discussion,  the  amendments   were  passed. 

The  question  of  the  admission  of  women  to  membership  was  intro- 
duced by  Dr.  Swazey,  of  Massachusetts,  which  gave  rise  to  consid- 
erable discussion.  After  which  the  report  was  indefinitely  post- 
poned. 

The  chair  announced  the  appointments  for  the  ensuing  year  : 

Materia  Medica,  Pharmacy  and  Provmgs — Drs.  Wesselhoeft, 
Williamson,  Payne,  Chase,  Barlow,  E.  M.  Hale,  Belcher,  Dake  and 
Keep- 

Clinical  Medicine  and  Zymosis — Drs.  Paine,  Cate,  D.  H.  Beck- 
with,  Gregg,  Wells,  Burgher,  Cooke,  Holcombe  and  Hartman. 

Obstetrics  and  Diseases  of  Women  and  Children. — Drs.  Ludlam, 
Guernsey,  Woodburey,  Comstock,  Kellogg,  Sanders  and  Pomeroy. 

Surgery — Drs.  Beakley,  Helmuth,  Beebe,  McFarland,  a Franklin, 
James,  Allen,  Liebold,  and  J.  C.  Morgan. 

Organization,  Registration  and  Statistics — Drs.  H.  M.  Smith, 
Paine.  Duncan,  Thomas  and  Woodruff. 

Anatomy,  Physiology  and  Hygiene — Drs.  Dunham,  Allen,  Wil- 
son, Wincheil,  Boyce,  A.  R.  Morgan,  and  Kenyon. 

Medical  Education — Drs.  Hempel,  D.  S.  Smith,  Comstock,  Clarke 
and  Beebe. 

Foreign  Correspondence — Drs.  Dunham,  Verdi,  Talbot,  and  De- 
Gersdorf. 

Orator — Dr.  Ludlam,  of  Chicago  ;  Alternate  —Dr.  Kellogg. 

Necrologist — Dr.  S.  B.  Barlow. 

Committee  of  Arrangements — Drs.  Thayer,  Macfarland,  Gregg, 
Fuller  and  I.  T.  Talbot. 

On  Publishing  a  Journal— Bra.  Verdi,  Franklin,  Belcher,  Smith 
and  Hempel. 

On  Homoeopathic  Dispensatory — Profs.  Dunham,  Hering,  Lippe, 
Barnes,  Small  and  Temple.  N 

The  Institute  adjourned  at  12:30  p.  m.,  to  meet  in  Boston,  Mass., 
on  the  second  Tuesday  in  June,  1869. 


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8PECIAL    MEETING   AT  DETROIT,    SEPT.    17. 


/.  JD.  Craig,  M.  D.  Secretary  Michigan  Homoeopathic  Institute: 

Dear  Sir  : — In  accordance  with  Art.  13  of  By  Laws,  which  pro- 
vices  that  "special  meetings  (of  the  Institute)  shall  be  called  at  the 
request  of  eight  members,,  which  request  shall  be  made  in  writing 
and  the  object  of  the  call  stated,"  we  hereby  request  you  to  issue 
notices  for  a  special  meeting  of  the  Michigan  Homoeopathic  Institute, 
to  be  held,  in  the  basement  of  the  Christian  Church,  corner  of  Beau- 
bien  street  and  Jefferson  avenue,  Detroit,  on  Thursday,  the  17th  of 
September,  at  10  a.  m.     Objects : 

1.  Consideration  of  the  University  question. 

2.  Appointment  of  a  Committee  of  Arrangements  for  reception  of. 
the  Western  Institute  of  Homoeopathy,  next  May,  at  Ann  Arbor. 

3.  To  consider  the  propriety  of  changing  the  time  of  meeting  of 
the  Michigan  Institute  to  the  day  preceding  the  meeting  of  the 
Western  Institute ,  and  to  have  the  meeting  at  the  same  place  (Ann 
Arbor)  instead  of  Lansing. 

4.  To  appoint  a  member  to  deliver  an  address  of  welcome  to  the 
Western  Institute. 

As  the  State  Fair  will  be  in  progress  at  Detroit  at  the  date  above 
named,  (Sept.  17,)  half-fare  tickets  can  be  procured  on  all  the  Rail* 
roads. 

Edwin  A.  Lodge,  B.  H.  Drake, 

J.  M.  Long,  A.    Walker, 

E.  R.  Ellis,  L.   Younghusband, 

Chas.  B.  Barrett,  Jr.,  Francis    X.    Spranger, 

A.  H.  Botsford,    •  Charles  J.  Hempel, 

Jacob  Reed,   Jr. 

A  special  meeting  of  the  Michigan  Homoeopathic  Institute,  will  be 
held  at  the  time  and  place  stated  in  the  request. 

J.  D.  CRAIG,  Secretary. 

Note. — It  must  not  be  supposedly  the  small  number  of  signatures 
to  above  call,  that  the  special  meeting  was  desired  only  by  those  whose 
names  appear.  The  call  was  merely  sent  to  those  who  signed  it,  to 
the  officers  of  the  Institute,  and  the  University  Comniittee,and  it  was 
not  thought  neccessary  to  take  any  trouble  to  get  names  beyond  the 
requisite  eight. 

By  reference  to  page  446  it  will  be  seen  that  the  Wayne  County 
Homoeopathic  Institute,  intend  giving  the  State  Society  at  its  special 
meeting  a  proper  reception. 


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Our  Colleges. — Particular  attention  is  invited  to  the  ad- 
vertisements of  the  Hahnemann  Medical  College  of  Chicago, 
the  Hahnemann  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia,  the  Homoeo- 
pathic Medical  College  of  Missouri,  and  the  New  York  Hom- 
ceopathic  Medical  College,  in  the  present  number. 

Wisconsin  State  Homoeopathic  Association  meets  at 
Fond  du  Lac,  Oct.  13,  1868. 

Minnesota  Homoeopathic  Institute  proceedings  will  appear 
in  Oct.  number. 

An  Appreciable  Difference. — A  committee  of  the  Detroit 
Allopathic  College  called  upon  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of 
Detroit  for  a  subscription  towards  erection  of  buildings,  etc. 
They  referred  to  the  superior  advantages  offered  by  Detroit  for 
the  location  of  a  Medical  College,  dwelt  upon  the  propriety  of 
capitalists  contributing  liberally  towards  the  support  of  a  good 
institution,  and  so  on,  to  all  of  which  our  friend  listened  with 
patience  and  gave  his  assent  very  readily.  When  he  thought 
they  had  pretty  well  represented  the  matter,  be  said  : 

"  It  is  to  be  a  homoeopathic  college,  of  course."  To  which 
the  M.  D.'s  responded  with  the  utmost  amazement :  *'  Homoeo- 
pathic College !  Homoeopathic  College  ?  No,  sir ;  no,  sir  ; 
not  at  all." 

iC  Oh,  well,  if  it  is  to  be  allopathic,  I  can  do  nothing  for  yon. 
You  have  more  now  than  you  are  entitled  to  in  our  University. 
If  it  was  to  be  a  Homoeopathic  College  I  would  subscribe  ten 
thousand  dollars  with  pleasure." 

The  Homceopathic  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co.  issue  a  very 
neat  pamphlet  and  circular,  but  we  do  not  see  the  propriety  of 
mailing  in  sealed  envelopes,  so  that  each  one  receiving  them  is 
taxed  nine  cents  for  extra  postage.  If  in  unsealed  envelope,  the 
postage  would  be  two  cents  only. 

Eegister  of  Locations  for  Homoeopathic  Physicians. — We 
find  the  labor  of  answering  letters  relating  to  locations  so 
much,  that  we  have  determined,  to  print  a  register  of  places 
unoccupied,  with  reference  to  persons,  with  whom  correspon- 
dence in  relation  to  them  can  be  opened ;  which  we  will  for- 
ward to  any  applicant  on  receipt  of  25  cents.,  to  cover  expenses 
of  printing  and  postage. 

Treatment  of  Spermatorrhoea. — Dr.  Nichol  is  progressing 
with  his  work.  He  requests  physicians  to  send  him  reports  of 
cases  treated.  Direct  Thomas  Nichol,  M.  D.,  Belleville,  Ontario, 
Canada. 


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TRIBUTE    TO    THE    LATE    DR.    HULL. 


Meeting  of  the  Kings  County  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society. 

A  speoial  meeting  of  this  society  was  held  July  14th  for  the  pur- 
pose of  paying  respect  to  the  memory  of  A.  Cooke  Hull,  M.  D.  The 
President,  Dr.  Minton,  presided,  and  alluded  in  fitting  terms  to  the 
character  of  deceased.  He  also  stated  that  he  was  the  second  Pres- 
ident, of  our  society,  and  the  fourth  member  removed  by  death  from 
among  our  number  during  the  present  year.  He  was  followed  by 
Dr.  Sumner,  who  said: 

Gentlemen  :  Recently,  while  refering  to  a  volume  in  the  library  of 
the  late  Dr.  Hull,  I  found  inscribed  upon  its  title-page  the  following 
legend,  from  Sallust: "  But,  he  only,  indeed,  seems  to  live  who — intent 
upon  some  employment-  seeks  reputation  from  some  ennobling  enter- 
prise or  honorable  pursuit."  No  sentiment — as  it  appears  to  us — could 
have  more  happily  expressed  the  controlling  influence  of  that  active 
and  intelligent  life  whose  termination  we  this  day  mourn.  How  well 
he  lived  up  to  this  standard  of  usefulness,  you  and  I  well  know  ;  and 
not  we  alone,  but  many  others  in  this  great  city,  with  whom  he  was 
associated  in  works  of  philanthropy  and  progress,  and  in  enterprises 
social,  literary,  and  aesthetic. 

Born  in  Utica.  N.  Y.,  August  2nd,  1818,  the  son  of  a  distinguished 
surgeon  in  that  part  of  the  State — Dr.  Amos  G.  Hull — he  early  ac- 
quired a  fondness  for  the  profession  of  which  he  was  to  become  so  use- 
ful a  member.  He  reoeived  a  thorough  classical  education  at  Union 
College,  and  graduated  in  1840  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons of  New  York  city.  Removing  to  Brooklyn  the  following  year, 
he  commenced  practice  as  a  homoeopathist,  and  was  at  various  periods 
partner  with  Drs.  John  F.  Gray(his  brother-in-  law),  the  late  Robt. 
Rosman,  the  late  John  Barker,  Talmadge,  and,  at  the  time  of  the  de- 
cease, with  myself.  His  advantages,  as  a  young  man,  where  very 
great,  and  to  them,  no  doubt,  his  success  in  professional  life  was,  in  a 
measure,  due.  But  no  one  can  help  a  physician  who  will  not  help 
himself;  and  to  his  great  industry,  his  love  for  his  profession,  his 
kindness  of  heart,  and  his  thorough  mastery  of  such  cases  as  presen- 
ted themselves  to  him,  he  owed  the  popularity  and  affectionate  respect 
which  attended  his  labors, 

Of  his  varied  labors  in  extra  professional  spheres,  of  the  suggestive 
brain,  the  helping  hand,  the  guiding  taste,  which  assisted  at  the  in- 
ception, progress,  and  ultimate  success  of  nearly  every  institution 
and  public  enterprise  which,  within  the  past  quarter  of  a  century,  has 
crowned  the  city  of  Brooklyn  with  beneficient  and  far-reaching  influ- 
ences, we,  as  medical  men,  on  this  occasion,  have  little  occasion  to 


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speak.  In  regard  to  these  matters  it  may  be  written  upon  the  monu- 
ment of  our  deceased  friend  as  upon  that  of  the  architect  of  great  St- 
Paui's  of  London,  buried  under  the  matchless  dome  of  his  own  crea. 
tion,  "  Circumspicere  te  "  — "  Look  around  thee."  Dr.  A.  Cooke  Hull's 
public  memorial  will  be  found  amply  recorded  in  the  history  of  the 
city  during  the  period  of  his  residence  therein. 

And  thus  honored  as  a  man,  beloved  and  useful  as  a  physician, 
respected  as  a  public-spirited,  far-seeing  citizen,  he  has  passed  away 
to  his  eternal  rest. 

On  Sunday,  the  5th  of  July,  I  attended  his  funeral  at  Catskill  on 
the  Hudson.  There  we  laid  him  in  the  village  church-yard,  surroun- 
ded by  the  graves  of  his  mother  and  his  three  darling  boys.  Two 
little  rustic  crosses  and  a  lily,  carved  from  the  Italian  marble,  mark 
these  little  graves,  the  inscription  on  them  being  simple  the  names  of 
each— Giddie,  Frankie,  and  Hillie. 

Loved  by  the  poor,  honored  by  the  wealthy,  revered  by  his  patients , 
respected  by  the  profession  of  which  he  was  a  member,  he  sacrificed 
is  life  for  the  benefit  of  others.  Sitting  on  his  cottage  porch  surroun- 
ded by  the  members  his  family,  looking  out  on  his  pretty  lawn  the 
beautiful  valley  and  the  glorious  Catskill  that  he  so  much  loved,  he 
passed  away  from  earth,  peacefully  and  hopefully — A  Christian  Phy- 
sician. 

Mr.  President,  I  move  that  a  committee  to  consist  of  three  members 
be  appointed  by  the  Chair  to  prepare  suitable  resolutions  on  the  death 
of  Dr.  A.  Cooke  Hull. 

The  speaker  was  followed  by  Dr.  J.  F.  Talmadge,  who  spoke  as  fol- 
lows: 

Mr  President:  In  seconding  the  motion  of  Dr.  Sumner  that  a  com- 
mittee be  appointed  to  draft  resolutions  expressive  of  the  great  loss 
we  have  sustained  in  the  death  our  distinguished  associate  and  brother- 
practitioner  Dr.  A.  Cooke  Hull,  I  take  the  opportunity  to  say  a  few 
words  of  him,  in  his  relation  to  us  as  a  physician,  and  to  Brooklyn  as 
a  citizen,  which  I  trust  will  be  in  harmony  with  the  tribute  to  his 
memory  that  we  are  convened  here  this  evening  to  offer. 

A  lo'ng  association  with  Dr.  Hull  as  a  partner  in  the  practice  of 
medicine  gave  me  opportunities  of  becoming,  familiar  with  his  pri- 
vate and  professional  characteristics,  possessed  in  an  equal  degree  by 
no  other  member  of  this  Society. 

In  his  death  we  mourn  a  brother  in  medicine  whom  we  often  found 
of  great  benefit  to  ourselves  and  our  patients  in  the  hour  of  danger 
and  death,  by  his  wise  councils  and  experience. 

Few  among  us,  whether  they  have  gone  to  their  long  home  or  are 
remaining  behind,  possessed  his  skill  and  acumen  in  diagnosis,  prog- 
nosis, and  therapeutics. 

His  signal  success  in  securing  the  confidence  and  patronage  of  many 
of  our  most  cultured  and  accomplished  citizens  of  all  professions,  in 
all  the  walks  of  life,  aud  permanently  retaining  them,  was  testimonial 
during  his  life-time  of  their  estimate  of  his  professional  abilities  and 
skill. 


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The  merchant  prince,  the  astute  lawyer,  the  scholarly 'clergyman, 
brokers  wise  in  finance,  members  of  congress,  and  the  intelligent  of 
all  classes  where  his  patients  and  friends,  now  they  all  bear  cheerful 
testimony  of  their  profound  appreciation  of  him  in  all  the  relations  of 
life.  We  who  remain  may  be  a  forest  of  sturdy  oaks;  but  if  so,  one 
of  the  oldest,  who  had  successfully  weathered  the  storms  of  many 
years,  lies  prostrate  at  our  feet,  emblematic  of  a  fate  that  will  soon 
come  to  us. 

Let  us  not  forget  the  lesson. 

Dr.  Hull's  patients  mourn  a  physician  long  trusted  and  loved.  In 
many  a  household,  no  successor,  however  cultured  or  skilful  or  kind, 
can  fully  fill  his  place. 

Memory  must  forget  her  office  before  Hull,  the  loved  physician,  is 
forgotten. 

A  vacant  chair  is  at  the  family  hearth-stone.  A  mourning  wife 
and  three  fatherless  children  are  in  tears,  end  cannot  be  comforted. 

Tears  will  not  erase  from  their  hearts  the  kind  husband  and  indul- 
g'  nt  parent. 

To  them  that  chair  will  ever  be  vacant  until  they  go  up  to  meet 
him  on  that  other  shore  where  he  is  waiting  to  greet  them. 

Brooklyn  has  lost  a  citizen  who  has  done  much  for  the  culture  and 
refinement  of  ourselves  and  onr  families  in  elevating  the  standard  of 
of  publie  taste.  The  Athenaeum,  the  Philharmonic  Society,  the  Art 
Association,  the  Historical  Society,  the  Academy  of  Music,  The  Brook- 
lyn Club  etc,,  etc,,  all  are  monuments  to  his  memory,  results  of  efforts 
which  wh,ere  inaugurated  by  him  and  his  intimate  friends. 

Our  wealthy  citizens  indorsed  these  enterprises  by  substantial  sub- 
scriptions after  their  inception,  and  thereby  made  them  all  success- 
ful, but  this  fact  only  enhances  the  wisdom  and  value  to  the  city  of 
this  corps  of  earnest  working  organizers,     v 

Hull  has  fulfilled  well  his  mission,  and  is  now  resting  from  his  work 
in  the  beautiful  cemetery  on  the  hillside  at  Gatskill. 

As  a  former  partner  and  intimate  friend  it  is  my  great  privilege, 
as  a  last  tribute  to  his  memory,  to  bear  witness  to  the  ever  pleasant 
relations  of  our  past  association. 

He  was  always  courteous  and  kind,  and  ever  pleased  to  exercise 
self-denial  to  promote  my  professional  success. 

He  ever  spoke  of  his  brother  physicians  with  kindness  and  appre- 
ciation, and  desired  all  to  attain  success  and  eminence.  He  entertained 
jealousy  towards  no  one. 

He  performed  his  professional  duties  to  the  best  of  his  skill  and 
science,  and  then,  often,  when  he  should  have  sought  rest  for  the  mor- 
row, he  gave  his  time  and  energies  to  the  public  enterprise  of  the 
city.  This  was  his  recreation,  in  preference  to  parties  and  the  usual 
social  amusements. 

If  his  work  was  too  arduous  and  shortened  his  life,  we  who  remain 
and  receive  the  benefits  of  these  labors  should  not  forget  by  what  sac- 
rifice they  have  come  to  us ;  and  each  of  us,  in  token  of  a  grateful  ap- 
preciation, should  be  eager  to  add  a  laurel  to  his  crown,  and  even  try, 


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in  emulation  of  his  example,  to  work  all  the  good  in  our  power  during 
our  short  sojourn  here. 

The  motion  was  adopted,  and  Drs.  Sumner,  Talmadge,  and  Wright 
were  appointed  to  prepare  the  resolutions.  After  a 'short  recess  the 
committee  returned,  and  Dr.  Sumner  read  the  following  resolutions, 
which  were  unanimously  adopted. 

Your  committee  would  respectfully  report  as  the  expression  of  this 
meeting : 

That  in  the  death  of  our  distinguished  fellow-member  and  former 
President,  A.  Cooke  Hull,  M.  D.,  this  Society  sustains  the  loss  of  a  sin- 
cere friend,  a  public  spirited  citizen,  and  a  christian  physician ;  and 
that  we  extend  to  his  bereaved  family,  the  earnest  assurance  ot  our 
heartfelt  sympathy  in  this  their  hour  of  trial. 

That  in  all  our  intercourse  with  Dr.  Hull,  we  ever  found  him  cour- 
teous  and  helpful  to  his  associates,  mindful  of  the  dignity  and  claims 
of  his  chosen  profession,  wise  in  council,  able,  liberal-minded,  and 
successful  in  practice. 

That  his  whole  connection  with  the  "  Kings  County  Homoeopathic 
Society"  was  marked  by  a  readiness  to  defend  its  rights,  to  promote 
its  interests,  and  by  every  means  within  his  power  to  mantain  that 
esprit  du  corps  so  essential  to  its  prosperity. 

That  a  suitable  report  of  the  proceedings  of  this  meeting  be  presen- 
ted to  the  family  of  the  deceased,  and  published  in  the  daily  papers, 
and  homoeopathic  medical  journals. 

The  meeting  then  adjourned. 

TrinkS. — Dr.  Hirschel's  journal,  Neue  Zeitschriftfur  Homoeopath- 
iscJie  Klinik,  of  July  15th,  informs  us,  in  a  postscript,  of  the  death  of 
Dr.  Trinks,  of  Dresden.  Among  the  last  of  Hahnemann's  early  dis- 
ciples, he  was  of  those  whose  names  have  ever  been  identified  with 
the  real  and  substantial  progress  of  homoeopathy.  He  was  emphat- 
ically a  worker.  Severely  critical,  he  never  for  one  moment  allowed 
himself  in  verbis  magistri  jurare.  What  he  believed  he  had  proved 
himself,  and  what  he  believed  he  taught  and  practiced.  The  loss  of 
his  influence  and  assistance  will  long  be  felt  among  the  homceopathists 
of  Germany. 

firayt — At  the  last  meeting  of  the  American  Institute  the  follow- 
ing resolutions,  proposed  by  Prof.  J.  Cooke  of  Chicago,  passed  unan- 
imously : 

Whereas,  The  American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy  have  learned  of 
the  affliction  which  has  befalleu  our  respected  and  venerable  brother, 
Dr.  John  E.Gray,  of  New  York,  in  the  death  of  his  estimable  wife ;  and 

Whereas,  The  late  Mrs.  Gray  was  intimately  related  by  consan- 
guinity and  marriage  with  some  of  the  oldest  and  ablest  members  of 
our  profession ;  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  the  American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy  regret  his 
loss,  and  deeply  sympathize  with  him  in  his  bereavement. 


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Biggar.— Two  remarkable  things  are  related  of  Prof.  Biggar,  of  Cleveland.  The  first  ig 
that  he  recently  attended  a  family  reunion  in  Canada,  embracing  four  generations— three  great 
gsandmothers,  11  grandmothers,  and  80  granchildren.  The  second,  that  he  was  called  upon  to 
set  the  dislocated  shoulder  of  a  man  who  had  been  sparring.  As  his  friends  were  carrying  the 
patient  up  stairs  for  treatment,  some  of  the  drunkest  of  them  let  him  fall.  The  patient  as  he 
fell  struck  on  the  dislocated  shoulder,  aud  knocked  it  back  to  its  place,  so  that  the  doctor's  ser- 
vicea  were  not  required. 

Verdi.— S.  T.  Verdi,  M.  D.,  still  remains  at  Washington,  D.  C.  His  brother,  Giro  S.  Verdi, 
has  removed  to  Cleveland,  O. 


MABRLED. 

Fairbanks— Opdjrfce.— At  Hudson,  Mich.,  on  the  26th  Inst.,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Stalker, 
Dr.  CHAS.  D.  FAIRBANKS,  of  Ottawa,  Ills,  and  Miss  JENNIE  M.  OPDYKE,  of  Hudson. 

Barrett -Lodge. —On  the  3d  August,  1868,  by  Rev.  W.  Hogarth,  D.  D.,  at  the  residence  of 
the  bride's  father,  49  Wayne-street,  Detroit,  CHARLES  B.  BARRETT.  Jr.,  M.  D.,  recently 
of  Philadelphia,  to  ELLA,  second  daughter  of  Edwin  A.  Lodge,  M.  D, 

We  have  not  asked  Dr.  B.  whether  he  studied  the  article  on  '*  Bachelors  and  Benedicts,"  by 
Prof,  Gatchell,  before  taking  the  step  we  cheerfully  record  as  above,  but  we  are  very  sure  that 
he  was  actuated  by  considerations  which  were  to  him  equally  as  potent  as  any  philosophy  of  our 
Physiologist. 


REMOVALS. 


Bacmeister.— T.  Baemeister,  M,  D.,  from   Toulon,  I1L,  to   Chicago,  111. 
Baiter. — Chas.  H.  Baker,  M.  D.,  from  Monmouth  111.,  to  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Baxter.— Dr.  H.  H.  Baxter  will  practice  with  J.  B.  Hunt,  M  D.,  at  Columbus,  Ohio. 
Holcombe.-  Dr.  N  Webster  Holcombe,  from  Farmer's  Village  to  Sunsbury,  Conn. 
Koenelce.— H.  F.  Koeneke,  M.  D.,  from  Preston,  Mo.,  to  Canton,  Mo. 
Kiger.— Dr-  T.  C.  Kiger,  from  Wheeling,  Va.,  to  Clarington,  Monroe  Co.,  O. 
L I scorn b. — S.J.  Liscomb,  M.  D.,  from  Salem,  O.,  to  Winchester,  Scott  Co.,  UL 
Nell  is.— Dr.  C.  S.  Nellis  has  located  at  155  Woodward  Avenue,  Detroit. 
Righter.— Dr.  Righter,  from  Hastings,  Minn.,  to  Faribault,  Minn. 
Sanders. — W.  H.  Sanders,  M.  D.,from  Newton  Corners,  Mass..  to  Oshkosh,  Wis. 
Verdi*— Giro  S.  Verdi,  M.  D.,  from  Georgetown,  D.  C,  to  Cleveland,  O. 
Waters.— M.  H.  Waters,  M.  D.,  from  Peru,  Ind.,  to  Terra  Haute,  Ind. 
Webster.— H.  D.  L.  Webster,  M.  D.,  from  Winona,  Minn,,  to  Hastings,  Minn. 
Wood.— O.  a  Wood,  M.  D.,  from  Philadelphia  to  Omaha,  Nebraska. 


8.  B.  Thatxr,  by  the  circulation  of  a  printed  papor  headed  a  "  Further  Reply,  «frc.,"  which 
contains  the  most  malicious  slanders,  renders  himself  liable  to  prosecution.  Should  he  escape 
punishment  in  this  way,  he  cannot  fail  to  reap  according  to  the  seed  which  he  sows.  He  may 
for  a  time  succeed  in  deluding  a  few  of  our  physicians,  but  a  large  majority  of  them  are  intelli- 
gent enough  to  perceive  that  when  a  man,  instead  of  fairly  meeting  the  points  made,  resorts  to 
misrepresentation,  it  is  equivalent  to  an  admission  that  our  statements  could  not  be  controverted. 
He  appears  to  be  acquainted  with  the  use  of  billingsgate  language,  but  by  emitting  filth  he  only 
brings  himself  under  the  condemnation  of  all  good  men.  By  throwing  dirt  in  the  faces  of  our 
physicians,  he  will  not  avoid  their  severe  rebukes.  His  letter  is  made  up  either  of  direct  false 
hoods  or  statements  containing  just  enough  of  garbled  truth  to  serve  all  the  base  purposes  o 
untruth.  He  is  evidently  posted  up  in  the  arts  of  the  political  trickster,  and  more  at  home  in 
such  practice  than  in  Medicine.  The  Profession  lose  nothing  ,by  his  abandonment  of  their 
ranks.    What  have  the  Life  Insurance  Companies  gained  ? 


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chronic    rheumatism:. 

Chronic  Rheumatism  of  Joints  with  considerable  spurious  Anchylosis. 

BY  DR.    BKIS8,  of  8ARLONIS,     TRANSLATED    BY  S.     LILIBNTHAL,  M.  D. 


Last  July  I  was  called  to  Mrs.  W.,  57  years  old.  Fifteen 
years  ago  she  had  an  attack  of  rheumatism  of  the  joints,  last- 
ing in  its  full  severity  about  10  weeks,  and  laying  the  founda- 
tion to  her  subsequent  ailments,  for  an  inflammatory  swelling  cf 
the  joints  still  remained.  During  the  following  years  nearly 
all  the  larger  joints  were  attacked,  and  the  exacerbations, 
appearing  from  time  to  time,  left  always  after  them  an  increas- 
ing stiffness,  of' the  joints  attacked.  Ten  years  ago  the  attend- 
ing physician  acknowledged  that  he  could  do  nothing  for  her. 
Since  then  she  has  tried  nearly  everything,  was  twice  at  the 
Springs,  and  even  for  one  year  under  the  treatment  of  Arthur 
Lutze.  Since  two  years  she  can  literally  move  neither  hand 
nor  foot.  In  the  morning  her  husband  carries  her  carefully 
from  the  bed  to  a  chair  near  the  table,  and  brings  her  back 
to  bed  at  night.  The  least  variation  or  irregular  motion,  pro- 
duces excruciating  pains,  which  are  only  endurable  during 
perfect  rest.  She  looks  well  enough  yet  after  so  many  years  of 
suffering.  The  wrists  are  swollen,  the  hands  turned  inwards, 
as  in  arthritis  nodosa.  A  light  pressure  on  the  swollen  joints 
of  the  hands,  elbows  or  knees  is  extremely  painful,  the  size  of 
the  knees  greatly  enlarged,  perfect  anchylosis  in  the  knee-joints 
and  ankles.  The  movability  in  the  other  joints  is  reduced  to 
a  minimum.  At  any  trial  to  raise  herself  she  feels  the  greatest 
torture  in  the  lumbar  vertebra.  The  poor  woman,  with  her 
lively  disposition,  wishes  only  that  she  might  be  able  to  walk 
a  little  again.  Shortly  after  I  had  re;  d  in  the  Clinic  the 
34  oct. 

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458  CHRONIC    RHEUMATISM. 

favorable  results  from  Iodide  of  potash,  in  similar  diseases, 
and  I  ordered  therefore  5  grains  in  2  ounces  of  water,  twice 
daily,  a  teaspoonful,  requesting  her  to  have  the  medicine  re- 
peated, if  no  aggravation  should  foil  jW. 

At  my  next  visit,  about  two  weeks  afterwards,  I  found  the 
patient  full  of  hope.  The  pains  at  touch,  as  well  as  when 
resting,  are  totally  gone.  To  make  the  story  short  I  continued 
the  Iodide  of  potassium,  but  increased  during  the  course  of  two 
months,  the  dose  from  5  grains  to  15  grains  to  2  ounces  of 
water,  of  which  she  took  two,  and  after  a  while  three  teaspoon- 
f uls  a  day,  and  about  the  middle  of  September  the  following 
amelioration  had  taken  place.  She  is  free  fromjpain,  and  can 
arise  alone  or  lie  down  again,  and  is  able  to  move  about  the 
room,  although  yet  with  a  tottering  gait ;  she  tries  also  to 
knit  and  do  other  light  work.  The  swelling  of  the  knees  and 
hands  also  considerably  decreased.  I  now  returned  again  to 
the  smaller  dose  of  5  grains  to  2  ounces  of  water,  but  the 
amelioration  kept  steadily  on,  and  towards  the  end  of  October 
she  could  not  only  do  all  her  housework,  but  she  showed  me 
with  joy  that  her  knee-joints  began  to  lose  their  stiffness,  and 
that  she  is  able  to  flex  them  again.  The  gait  remains  yet 
a  little  dragging,  but  she  expects  to  go  in  the  fresh  air  again  in 
another  year.  No  other  symptom  showed  itself  as  an  effect 
of  the  action  of  the  Iodide  of  potassium.  Some  recent  allo- 
pathic authorities  recommend  the  Kali  iodat,  also,  for  chronic 
rheumatism  of  the  joints,  but  they  order  large  doses,  so 
Niemeyer,  gr.  ij  to  3i  pro  die,  remarking  expressly,  that  the 
amendment  coincides  with  the  appearance  of  a  slight  iodine 
intoxication,  and  advises  also  to  increase  the  dose  steadily,  till 
an  iodide-coryza  or  an  iodide-exanthem  shows  itself.  Lebert 
mixes  3ii  Kali  iod.  to  5vi  water,  and  3J  tincture  Oolchicum, 
three  tablespoonfuls  a  day,  but  it  is  doubtful  if  our  case  would 
have  been  cured  so  citd  and  jucunde,  with  so  large  doses. 


Hydrastis  Canadensis. — We  should  feel  indebted  to  otlr 
subscribers  if  they  would  report  cases  of  diseases  of  the  stom- 
ach cured  by  that  remedy. 


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ALOPECIA. 

*Ri.NSLi.T*I>   BT  8.  LILIENTHAL  M.  D.# 


Alopecia  senilis  is  very  frequent,  yet  baldness  is  also  seen  in 
younger  individuals  in  consequence  of  hereditary  disposition. 
If  the  hair-follicles  are  only  atropic,  but  not  entirely  dead,  the 
growth  of  the  hair  is  not  entirely  stopped,  only  it  remains 
thin,  short  and  curly. 

A  general  opinion  prevails,  that  great  intellectual  labor, 
oppressive  cares,  grief  or  venereal  excesses  produce  the  preco- 
cious loss  of  the  hair,  but  unbiassed  observation  shows  us  that 
this  is  not  always  the  case,  and  vice  versa  cases  appear,  where 
no  such  cause  can  be  proved. 

Total  atrophy  of  the  hair  follicles  is  incurable,  but  for  the 
partial  loss  we  would  advise  to  have  the  short,  curly  hairs 
shaved  off,  and  to  wash  the  scalp  morning  and  evening  with 
cologne  water,  or  with  a  solution  of  spirits  of  ammonia  (liquor 
ammon.  caust.  3i  to  aq  dist  5iv.)  After  several  shavings  and 
frequent  use  of  the  external  applications,  which  strengthen  the 
follicles,  the  hair  gets  its  full  growth  again. 

The  falling  out  of  the  hair  is  often  caused  by  severe' sickness, 
as  typhus,  pneumonia,  puerperal  fever,  during  which  time 
the  follicles  suffer  in  their  nutrition,  but  after  re- 
convalesence  is  fully  established,  they  regain  their 
former  vigor,  and  new,  sound  hair  appears  again.  Constitu- 
tional syphilis  produces  also  frequently  a  falling  out  of  the 
hair,  caused  by  a  partial  atrophy  of  the  follicles. 

The  alopecia  circumscripta  is  caused  by  an  ephemeral 
disturbance  in  the  functions  of  nutrition  of  the  hair- 
follicles,  and  does  not  depend,  according  to  the  latest 
observations  on  the  existence  of  parasites.  It  consists  of  circu- 
lar patches  of  different  dimensions,  on  which  the  hairs  get  brittle 
near  their  roots,  split  and  fall  out,  leaving  on  the  head  a  bald, 
round  spot,  surrounded  by  sound  hair.  The  causes  of  this 
peculiar  process  are  unknown,  but  mostly  a  new  crop  of  hair 

♦From  Kafka's  Horn.  Thera,  I,  p  484. 

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goon  makes  its  appearance.  Alopecia  in  consequence  of  ery- 
sipelas, seborrhoea  or  eczema  capitis  are  also  only  evanes- 
cent. Should  parasites  be  the  cause,  as  in  herpes  tonfeurans^ 
favus,  all  we  have  to  do  is  to  eradicate  the  parasites  and  the 
hair  will  grow  again. 

For  the  falling  off  of  the  hair  after  severe  sickness  we  have 
in  Kali  carb.  6,  Nat.  mur.  6,  good  remedies  to  strengthen 
the  failing  poweis  and  to  promote  the  restitution  of  the 
hair-follicles.  Especially  is  this  the  case  with  Natr.  mur., 
which  also,  externally  applied,  as  in  the  seborrhoea  of  the 
head,  improves  the  growth  ;  fresh  air  and  nourishing  food  will 
do  the  rest.  Where  for  the  great  loss  of  st  ength  China  or 
Ferrum  should  l?e  indicated  ;  the  same  remedies  may  also  be 
used  externally  with  benefit,  as  $  Tinct.  China  3i  ad,  aq  dist 
fiii  or  Ferr.  acet.  gr.  iii.  aq.  dist.  ?iii. 

The  turning  grey  of  hair  is  produced  by  the  loss  of  pig- 
ment, a  procedure  not  sufficiently  explained  yet  by  physiol- 
ogy. It  may  be  caused  by  hereditary  disposition,  severe  and 
sudden  fright,  fatiguing  cares  or  continual  grief,  and  Lycop. 
Graph,  and  Hyosciam.  have  been  recommended.  Let  me  give 
you  the  following  case  : 

A  girl  14  years  old,  with  beautiful  brown  hair,  got  her 
hair  sprinkled  with  grey,  after  a  severe  fright.  Homoeopathy 
and  empiricism  were  exhausted  in  vain.  Five  years  had  already 
passsed,  when  it  came  in  our  mind  to  try  the  power  of  salt 
also  in  this  case,  and  the  result  justified  our  expectation  in  the 
muriat j  of  soda,  for  after  a  while  the  grey  hairs  turned  by 
degrees  to  their  natural  brown  color  again,  and  the  girl 
recovered  the  beauty  of  her  hair. 


Tanacetum  in  Epistaxis. — Dr.  O.  P.  Uhle  has  thoroughly 
tested  this  medicine  in  epistaxis,  and  it  has  never  failed  in  his 
hands  to  control  the  haemorrhage.  Sometimes  the  simple 
aroma  of  the  plant  proved  sufficient.  (Med.  Record.)  It  is  sin- 
gular that  the  allopath  will  admit  that  the  aroma  of  tanzy, 
trillium,  or  crocus  will  arrest  dangerous  haemorrhage,  and  still 
deny  the  efficacy  of  our  imponderable  doses.  H. 


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TUMOR    CUBED. 

BT  WM.   OALLUPK,  M.  D.,   BANGOR,  MB. 


I  notice  in  the  November  number  of  your  fourth  volume, 
under  the  head  of  Clinical  Reports  by  J.  D.  Craig,  (pp.  443,) 
treatment  of  a  supposed  cancer  of  the  breast  of  Mrs.  B.  aged 
60  years ;  that  a  tumor  of  that  breast  disappeared  very  nearly 
under  treatment,  by  an  allopathic  physician,  with  the  exception 
of  a  small  spot  size  of  a  pea,  and  then  remained  in  a  dormant 
state  for  nearly  fifteen  years  ;  then  reappeared  and  was 
treated  by  the  above.  Although  medicines  were  prescribed 
with  an  allopathic  profusion,  both  in  quantity  and  repetition  of 
doses — even  with  frequent  alternation  of  medicines  and  with 
externa]  application,  beside,  and  yet  without  any  improvement 
for  the  poor  patient,  but  an  increase  of  pain,  anxiety  and  suf- 
fering— whether  from  the  •  disease  or  the  medicine  he  does  not 
give  expression — but  does  state  an  increase  in  size  of  the 
tumor.  Yet,  after  his  relinquishing  the  case  as  beyond  the 
reach  of  means  of  application,  the  patient  resorted  to  some 
mild  remedies  suggested  by  her  friends,  and  soon  found  mitiga- 
tion of  pains  and  diminution  in  size  of  the  tumor,  until  it  became 
quite  small,  and  fiee  from  pain  and  sensitiveness — thereby 
giving  her  but  little  uneasiness  or  anxiety. 

If  physicians  could  cure \  patients  laboring  under  chronic 
diseases,  with  a  momentum  proportionate  to  the  quantity  and 
frequency  of  repetition  of  their  doses  as  directed,  cures  would 
undoubtedly  be  made  at  railroad  speed  generally.  But  as 
chronic  diseases  are  usually  slow  in  their  development  and 
somewhat  proportionate  to  their  virulence  of  character,  so 
must  they  be  met  by  a  steady  and  firm  hand,  with  their  appro- 
priate remedies,  in  order  to  disarm  them  of  their  virulence  and 
reduce  the  organs  to  a  normal  state. 

An  inference  would  naturally  be  drawn  from  reading  of  the 
above  case  and  its  treatment,  that  homoeopathic  treatment 
was  not  competent  to  cure  scirrhus  or  cancerous  tumors,  at 
least  under  his  mode  of  administration. 

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scribe  for  a  Mrs.  B.,  aged  about  46,  having  been  a  widow 
about  15  years,  of  a  nervous  and  bilious  temperament,  of  dark 
hair  eyes,  and  complexion. 

August  27, 1866. — Stated  that  some  five  months  sin  e  she 
observed  a  hard  tumor  in  her  right  breast,  mostly  below  the 
nipple,  of  about  the  size  of  a  common  walnut,  but  flattened 
down ;  felt  no  tenderness  of  it  at  the  time.  Her  attention 
was  called  to  it  by  a  sharp  shooting  pain  through  it,  after  hav- 
ing exercised  that  arm  inxe  than  usual  in  sewing  some  harder 
cloth  than  usual,  for  her.  From  this  time  it  continued  to 
increase  in  size  and  sensitiveness,  especially  if  much  fatigued 
from  using  that  arm  in  sewing — until  it  affected  her  to  adjust 
her  clothes  as  usual.  Though  she  had  tried  to  think  as  little 
of  it  as  possible,  hoping  it  would  subside.  At  this  time  she 
began  to  feel  some  anxiety  about  it;  recollecting  that  her 
mother  died  from  a  cancer  of  the  breast  in  eleven  months  after 
one  had  been  cut  out  of  the  same  breast,  she  resolved  that  she 
would  think  as  little  about  it  as  possible,  and  avoid  using 
that  arm  and  all  irritating  causes  that  she  could,  hoping  it 
might  subside  ;  after  a  tew  weeks  found  it  increasing  in  size 
and  becoming  more  tender  and  sensitive  in  adjusting  her 
dresses  ;  required  them  more  loose,  and  felt  occasional  grasp- 
ing, twinging  pains  through  the  tumor,  and  during  the  night 
would  be  awakened  by  them,  and  at  times  without  any  obvious 
causes. 

By  the  advice  of  a  friend  she  now  began  to  take  an  infusion 
of  wintergreen  or  pipsissawa  as  it  is  frequentlj  called ;  took 
of  it  daily  for  two  or  three  weeks,  but  found  a  gradual  increase 
in  size  and  sensibility  of  the  tumor  and  of  pains;  which  required 
her  to  protect  it  more  from  rubbing  or  irritation. 

On  examining  it  I  found  a  hard  uneven  nodulated  tumor, 
mostly  below  the  nipple,  of  the  size,  as  nearly  as  I  can  de- 
scribe, of  a  full  grown  butternut,  but  flattened  out  at  the 
edges,  and  confined  to  the  mammary  glands,  with  shooting, 
twinging  and  at  times  grasping  sensation  of  pain,  extending 
outward  to  the  folding  of  the  pectoral  muscle,  and  even  into 
the  axilla,  at  times  becoming  somewhat  adherent  to  the  pecto- 
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I  felt  no  hesitation  in  pronouncing  it  a  scirrhus  tumor  of 
the  mammary  glands,  that  would  at  no  distant  day  develop 
itself  into  an  open  cancer.  She  felt  a  weakness  of  that  arm, 
and  as  she  thought  proceeding  from  the  tumor.  She  had 
felt  more  or  less  pain  about  the  tumor  daily,  for  two  weeks  or 
morej  when  she  came  to  me  for  advice. 

In  viewing  this  case  from  the  general  symptoms  and  aspect 
of  tumor,  I  was  led  to  Carbo  animalis  and  Oonium  macu- 
latum  as  being  prominent  remedies  for  it. 

August  27,  1866. — I  prescribed  Carbo  animalis,  eight  pow- 
ders, each  of  three  or  four  pellets  of  80,  to  be  taken  by  dis- 
solving a  powder  in  four  spoonsful  of  water  and  taken  at  two 
doses,  at  evening  and  morning,  to  repeat  a  powder  twice  per 
week ;  to  avoid  all  irritation  of  the  tumor,  and  of  handling  it 
as  much  as  possible. 

October  6. — Reports  pains  buf  little  felt  about  the  tumor, 
and  could  adjust  clothes  about  the  chest  much  better,  without 
causing  irritation  of  the  tumor  as  before  ;  could  use  the  arms 
much  more  freely  without  affecting  it,  and  the  tumor  appeared 
rather  more  soft  and  pliable  at  the  edges  ;  could  move  it  about 
over  the  pectoral  muscle  more  freely,  without  peeling  any 
uneasiness  from  it  as  before  ;  had  not  felt  any  of  the  twinging 
pains  for  a  week  or  more. 

ft  Carbo  animalis,  three  powders  of  three  pellets,  80,  Nos. 
1-3-5,  2-4-6  to  be  taken  as  before,  and  by  the  numbers,  a 
powder  twice  a  week. 

November  10. — Reports  she  felt  but  slight  pains  about  the 
tumor  since  last  call,  and  but  few  times  noticed  ;  can  use  the 
arms  quite  freely  without  affecting  the  tumor  ;  nor  felt  any 
irritation  from  tumor  since  last  call ;  edges  of  tumor  more 
pliable  and  yielding,  and  less  prominence,  and  of  hardness  about 
the  central  portion  of  it ;  appears  more  pliable  over  the  whole 
of  it ;  states  that  from  fatiguing  the  arms  in  sewing  hard  and 
stitching  cloth  one  day  felt  some  pain  about  the  tumor  the  next 
day,  but  soon  passed  off. 

ft  Six  powders  of  Conium  mac.  three  of  three  pellets  80, 
Nos.  1-2-4,   and  three  powders  of  three  pellets   200,  Nos. 


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3-5-6,  to  be  taken  same  as  the  former  prescription,  twice  per 
week. 

January  12. — Reports  she  felt  but  very  slightly  of  pains  and 
a  few  times  only  since  last  call ;  softening  of  tumor  generally ; 
the  edges  less  defined  and  more  pliable, 

ft  Conium  mac.  six  powders,  same  as  before,  take  twice  per 
week  for  three  powders,  and  once  per  week  after. 

February  12. — Reports  gradual  improvement ;  felt  no  incon- 
venience from  dress  and  no  tenderness  from  handling  the 
breast  ;  diminution  of  tumor  quite  slow,  scarcely  perceptible  ; 
state  of  the  bowels  some  restricted,  and  some  pain  in  the  head 
at  times. 

ft  Sulphur  four  powders  of  three  pellets  30,  Nos.  1-2-4-6, 
3-5  to  be  taken  as  previously,  twice  per  week. 

March  10 — Reports  she  felt  some  slight  pain  about  the 
tumor  while  taking  the  two  first  powders,  thought  it  might 
have  been  from  using  the  arm  more  than  usual ;  none  since  ; 
tumor  in  more  soft  and  pliable  state,  with  some  diminution  in 
size ;  state  of  bowels  not  relieved  with  last  medicine  ;  been 
some  troubled  for  several  weeks,  restricted,  and  slimy  state 
of  passages  with  tenesmus ;  stomach  has  felt  disturbed  at 
times. 

ft  Magnesia  mUriat.  three  powders  of  three  pellets  30,  Nos. 
1-2-3  and  two  powders  of  three  pellets,  200,  Nos.  4-5,  to  take 
as  former. 

May  12. — Reports  general  improvement ;  stomach  and 
bowels  regulated  and  feel  better  generally  ;  hardness  of  tumor 
much  diminished  and  confiped  to  a  small  space  ;  no  sensation 
from  it  of  late  and  breast  looks  as  of  normal  state  ;  can  feel  a 
small  hardened  spot  about  where  the  center  of  the  tumor  was. 

ft  Carbo  anim.  two  powders  of  three  pellets,  80,  and  three 
powders  of  200,  to  take  in  order,  and  repeat  a  powder  one  per 
week. 

August — Reports  no  hardness  about  the  breast  and  appears 
to  be  in  a  perfectly  healthful  state,  as  of  the  other  side,  and 
no  effect  about  the  breast  or  chest  from  using  arms  freely. 
Dismissed  cured,  and  up  to  this  date  remains  healthful. 


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Amaurosis,    Dental. 

▲  CASX.  BT  HKNRY   8.  CHASE.  D.  D.   S„   M.  D. 


Mr.  P.  age.  28,  is  sent  to  me  by  an  eminent  physician  for 
an  examination  of  his  teeth.  The  patient  has  Amaurosis  of  the 
left  eye,  for .  which  he  has  been  treated  for  several  days.  No 
improvement  following  it,  was  surmised  by  the  physician  that 
it  might  proceed  from  dental  irritation,  and  I  was  requested 
to  give  my  opinion. 

An  examination  revealed  several  cavities,  but  one  which  par- 
ticularly attracted  my  attention,  was  located  in  the  posterior 
surface  of  the  left  upper  canine.  This  tooth  had  never  ached, 
but  the  dental  pulp  (nerve)  was  easily  exposed  by  cleansing  the 
cavity  of  decay,  I  applied  arsenic  and  kreosote  for  twenty  four 
hours,  and  thus  destroyed  the  vitality  of  the  pulp,  and  removed 
it  both  from  the  crown  and  root.  The  eye  was  considerbly  im- 
proved immediately  after  this  operation,  but  was  finally  re- 
stored to  perfect  health  only  after  several  weeks  had  elapsed. 

This  delay  undoubtedly  occurred  by  a  persistent,  though  a 
slight  inflammation  of  the  pericementum,  as  the  latter  improved 
under  treatment,  so  did  the  Amaurosis,  and  the  sight  was  per- 
fectly restored  after  a  few  weeks. 

Amaurosis  is  very  often  a  consequence  of  decayed  teeth :  not 
only  where  the  pulp  (nerve)  is  exposed  and  iuflamed,  but  when 
the  pulp  is  dead.  Pericementitis,  or  inflammation  of  the  per- 
iosteum of  the  root,  is  a  fruitful  cause  of  this  affection  of  the 
eye. 

Physicians  more  frequently  look  to  the  teeth  for  some  of  these 
obscure  affections  than  they  formerly  did,  and  they  need  a  word 
of  warning  against  sacrificing  the  offending  tooth.  For  the  re- 
lief of  the  eye  a  valuable  tooth  has  often  been  extracted,  there 
are  very  few  teeth,  however  much  diseased,  but  can  be  saved  by 
appropiate  treatment. 

Suppurative  pericementitis  (alveolar  abscess)  is  not  sufficient 
cause  for  extraction  of  the  tooth.  In  nineteen  out  of  twenty 
cases,  the  disease  may  be  cured  in  a  week  or  two. 


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466  GRANULAR    OPHTHALMIA. 


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Veratrum    Viride    In    Puerperal    Convulsions. 

BY    L.   TOUROHtJSBAND,   M  .  1>.,   L  L     D. 


Mrs.  0.  was  taken  in  labor  at  full  term,  when  called  to  attend 
her,  I  found  the  os  uteri  nicely  dilating,  and  every  symptom 
present  to  indicate  a  speady  termination  of  the  labor.  The 
case  progressed  naturally,  until  the  head  of  the  child  was  pas- 
sing through  the  vagina,  when  she  went  into  violent  convul- 
sions. I  had  some  hopes  that  the  convulsions  would  cease  after 
the  expulsion  of  the  child  and  placenta,  but  in  this,  I  was  sadly 
disappointed.  The  muscles  were  thrown  into  a  state  of  violent 
spasms  of  the  clonic  kind. 

The  face  was  very  turgid  and  livid,  the  countenance  in  ex- 
pression was  hideous,  and  there  was  great  activity  of  the  arte- 
rial system.  The  friends  and  attendants  were  very  much 
alarmed. 

I  gave  her  Veratrum  viride,  and  to  the  whole  length  of  the 
spine  applied  cloths,  wrung  out  of  cold  water.  I  continued 
this  treatment  three  hours,  and  had  the  satisfaction  of  finding 
the  convulsions  entirely  subdued,  a  thing  scarcely  to  be  expec- 
ted from  the  violent  manner  in  which  they  began. 


[Forthe  American  Homoeopathic'Observer.1 

Granular    Ophthalmia. 

BT  G.  H.   FARKHURST,   M.   D.  KLMIRA,  N.  T. 


In  the  June  number  of  thv  Observer ',  is  an  inquiry  relative  to 
the  treatment  of  "  Granular  ophthalmia."  I  expected  to  find 
in  the  July  number,  something  in  the  shape  of  instruction,  hint, 
or  reply.  Finding  none  I  contribute  my  ''mite."  This  case  of 
granulated  lids  had  existed  but  a  short  time,  both  eyes  infla- 
med, red  with  a  sensation  of  " sand"  in  them,  and  but  little 
discharge.  The  case  evidently  belonged  to  the  1st  class,  des- 
cribed in  page  286  of  Lawrence  on  the  eye."  ?..  was  Arsenicum 
I  took,  5  grains  saccharum  previously  medicated  with  Arseni- 
cum 5th,  and  dissolved  it  in  an  ounce  of  water,  and  directed 


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BAFTISIA  AND    SANGUINARIA.  Ifi7 

patient  to  apply  by  dropping  three  or  four  drops  into  each  eye, 
four  times  per  day.     In  a  week  the  eyes  were  cured. 

I  do  not  claim  that  this  was  a  severe  case,  but  I  should  try 
the  remedy  in  a  case  of  greater  obstinacy  and  severity.  I  was 
led  to  this  treatment  because  my  preceptor  always  effectively 
used  globules  of  Arsenicum,  of  about  the  same  potency,  to  keep 
down  "proud  flesh."  I  know  further  that  farriers  have  used 
the  crude  Ars.  for  the  same  purpose  on  horses.  My  idea  is 
that  the  Arsenicum  acts  dynamically  and  not  as  a  caustic. 

I  am  aware  that  some  allopathic  authorities,  Neil&  Smith  for 
instance,  state  that  there  are  not  granulations  in  granulated 
lids,  but  I  can  not  see  how  that  alters  the  case,  because  their 
treatment  is  cutting  and  cauterization,  and  it  would  be  the 
same  if  there  were  granulations. 


BAPTISIA    AND    SANGUINARIA. 

BY  R.  8H1DE,   M.   D.,  CLINTON,  MO. 


This  season,  especially  July,  has  been  exceedingly  hot  in 
Missouri,  for  weeks  above  100  in  the  shade  and  no  rain  for 
months.  Up  to  the  end  of  August  there  has  been  no  prevalent 
sickness,  but  the  general  remark  is,  those  that  get  sick  generally 
die,  no  matter  what  the  original  complaint  is. 

Of  the  fevers  coining  under  my  observation,  the  nervous 
tpye  predominated, — a  low,  mean,  obstinate  fever,  leaving  the 
person  greatly  weakened. 

Baptisia  was  most  indicated  and  proved  very  curative, 
symptoms  cured :  A  degree  of  paralysis,  both  of  sensation  and 
motion  ;  tongue  dry,  smarting  and  feeling  sore  ;  no  thirst;  great 
tightness  of  the  skin  of  the  forehead,  with  pain  in  the  eyes, 
excitement  of  the  brain. 

Sanguinaria  was  the  other  remedy  often  indicated  and 
proving  curative.  Symptoms,  see  "New  Eemedies,"  (first 
edition,)  page  376,  gastric  symptoms.  Especially  has  Sangui- 
naria proved  useful  before  and  after  the  fever.  When  the 
patient  complained  about  being  down  in  general,  low  spirited, 
thought  he  had  got  the  lever — Sanguinaria  for  a  few  days,  and 
when  the  fever  came,  Baptisia,  and  the  sickness  soon  broke. 

The  above  paroxysms  lasted  from  18  to  48  hours,  without 
interruption,  sometimes  longer. 


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Statnia  fttbin. 


PBOF.  EDWIN  M.  HAIiE,  Eozrom. 


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POISONING  BY  KALI  BICHROMICUM. 

BT  C   ALEX.   OARVSBY,    If.  D.    BATAVIA,  ILL. 


Having  perpetrated  a  somewhat  serious  joke  upon  myself,  I 
give  the  result  to  yonr  readers. 

On  the  13th  of  the  present  month  (Dec.)  having  ridden, 
during  the  afternoon,  facing  a  stiff  breeze,  I  returned  home  as 
well  as  usual,  with  the  exception  of  a  slight  sore  throat,  for 
which  I  generally  take  the  Bichromate  of  potash,  2  or  8,  dry, 
upon  the  tongue.  A  few  days  previous,  being  out  of  the  2,  I 
had  taken  from  my  large  case  the  1  and  the  empty  phial  2. 
On  going  to  bed  on  the  evening  in  question,  I  inadvertantly 
took  from  the  vial  x  probably  one  or  one  and  one-half  grains, 
placed  it  under  my  pillow  with  the  intention  of  taking  it  in 
the  night,  if  the  throat  was  no  better. 

About  12  o'clock  I  placed  it  upon  my  tongue,  and  experi- 
enced nothing  peculiar  while  it  was  dissolving,  thinking  only 
that  I  had  taken  a  pretty  good  dose.  I  was  in  an  easy  slum- 
ber an  hour,  and  for  the  next  hour  was  conscious  of  feeling 
very  uneasy,  rolling  over,  tumbling  about,  and  extremely 
nervous.  In  about  two  hours  from  taking  the  dose,  I  began 
to  feel  dizzy  and  sick  to  my  stomach.  I  could  not  lie  in  bed, 
and  told  my  wife  I  felt  sick  and  very  much  like  vomiting, 
(a  thing  I  have  not  done  these  30  years.)  I  dreaded  to  vomit 
it  being  so  unusual.  I  knew  it  would  give  me  an  awful 
wrenching.  I  hastened  into  my  office  and  mixed  10  drops 
Ipecac  2  in  one-third  glass  of  water,  and  took  a  swallow.  I 
had  hardly  time  to  reach  my  bed  when  the  vomiting  began. 
My  sensations,  if  I  remember  rightly,  were  precisely  like  those 
of  sea  sickness.    It  seemed  as  though  my  stomach  turned  a 


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complete  somerset,  and  as  if  every  muscle  in  my  body  was  at 
work  to  eject  the  offending  substance.  The  bloody  vessels  of 
my  head  seemed  full  to  bursting,  the  deathly  sickness  and  the 
straining  was  an  agony.  My  sense  of  smell  and  taste  seemed 
ten-fold  keen.  The  Ipecac,  as  often  as  I  took  a  teaspoonful, 
seemed  all  alcohol,  and  so  increased  my  nausea  that  I  could 
take  no  more.  The  color  of  the  liquid  vomited  was  a  pea 
green,  and  so  intensely  bitter  that  it  reminded  me  of  the  tansy 
I  used  to  chew  when  a  boy  for  worms.  The  bitter  taste  did 
not  remain  however  in  my  mouth,  afterwards.  I  felt  chilly 
and  shivered  all  over.  At  this  stage  it  had  not  yet  occurred 
to  me  that  I  had  poisoned  myself.  Feeling  that  I  was  no 
better,  I  got  down  stairs  again,  my  family  got  the  fires  "agoing, 
and  now  it  came  to  my  mind  that  I  had  taken  the  potash  too 
low.  I  now  directed  my  wile  to  mix  me  some  Camphor,  and 
tried  to  take  it  by  teaspoonful  doses.  The  smell  and  taste 
made  me  so  deathly  sick  that  I  took  no  more.  Again  the 
vomiting  commenced ;  same  in  appearance  as  before  and  same 
distress,  No  food  was  ejected  and  1  trembled  as  befoie.  I 
began  to  think  the  thing  was  somewhat  mixed,  and  tho'  I  did 
not  think  it  possible  I  had  taken  a  fatal  dose,  yet  I  concluded 
something  must  be  done.  I  knew  of  no  antidote  to  this  sub- 
stance, neither  is  there  any  laid  down  in  any  of  our  works.  I 
had  cramps  in  my  stomach  ;  there  was  an  indication  that  the 
bowels  would  move  ;  a  desire  for  stool,  but  the  passage  only  of 
very  offensive  flatus.  In  my  last  vomiting,  the  sensation  in 
my  throat  and  mouth  was  so  much  like  the  peculiar  one  of  the 
Podophyllum,  that  I  directed  the  2  to  be  prepared  immedi- 
ately, and  after  a  third  act  of  vomiting,  I  began  taking  it 
rapidly  in  teaspoon  doses.  I  also  ordered  a  mustard  plaster  to 
the  pit  of  my  stomach.  The  taste  of  the  Podophyllum  was 
grateful  rather  than  otherwise.  In  the  mean  time  I  ordered 
drinks  as  hot  as  I  possibly  could  take  them,  of  which  I  drank 
freely,  hot  black  tea,  not  strong,  without  milk,  a  little  sugar. 
After  this  I  vomited  no  more,  and  rested,  warmly  covered  up, 
for  two  hours. 
The  next  day  I  felt  sore,  with  a  dull  ache  at  the  pit  of  the 


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470  MERCUBIUS  CORROSIVUS. 

stomach,  and  slight  occasional  nausea.  These  symptoms  only 
gradually  wore  away. 

In  looking  over  Cleveland's  published  list  i  of  "Poisons  and 
Antidotes,"  I  see  mentioned  Carbonate  soda  as  the  antidote  to 
bichromate  potass. 

Perhaps  the  practitioner  who  is  in  the  habit  of  prescribing 
the -^  of  Bichromate  of  potash,  even  in  water,  much  less  dry 
upon  the  tongue,  may  hesitate  a 'little  after  reading  this  my 
experience. 


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MERCUBIUS    CORROSIVUS. 

BT  C.   ALEX.  QAENSKT,  X.   D.,    BA.TAVIA,  ILL. 


In  the  January  number  of  the  U.  S.  Medical  and  Surgical 
journal  for  1868,  under  "  Beview  of  Books,"  by  "  T.  G.  C," 
there  occurs  a  statement  which  it  appears  to  me  ought  not 
to  pass  unnoticed. 

Page  194,  under  the  head  of  "  Syphilis,"  T.G.  C,  says,  Dr. 
F.  (he  is  reviewing  Franklin's  Surgery,)  recommends  Mercury 
given  in  doses  from  3  to  5  grains  of  the  2d  or  3d  decimal 
preparation,  three  or  four  times  daily,  for  one  week.  Ii  the 
chancre  is  exceedingly  obstinate,  he  uses  at  once  the  first 
trituration."  T.  G.  C.  goes  on  to  say  in  his  own  language  : 
"  Many  preparations  of  Mercury  are  spoken  of,  and  among 
these,  the  corrosive  sublimate  is,  in  our  experience,  the  best." 
Now  the  inference  is  perfectly  plain  from  what  goes  before,  that 
if  the  chancre  is  exceedingly  'obstinate,  and  if  the  practitioner 
has  made  choice  of  the  corrosive  sublimate  form  of  Mercury, 
he  may  with  impunity  give  the  patient  the  1st  decimal  tritura- 
tion, in  doses  of  from  3  to  5  grains,  three  or  four  times  per 
day. 

Now  is  that  true  ?  Can  even  one  grain  of  the  1st  decimal 
trituration  be  taken  at  a  dose  with  impunity  ?  Did  ever  Dr. 
T.  or  T.  G.  C.  try  it  ?  Did  you  Mr,  Editor  ?  If  you  never  did^ 
and  you  are  as  susceptible  to  its  poison  as  I  am,  you  had  better 
not.  I  once  took  by  mistake  for  sore  throat,  a  very  small  por- 
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BROMIDE   OF  POTASSIUM.  Jfll 

my  "  Hull's  Symptomatology "  is  recorded  my  symptoms. 
Suffice  it  to  say,  that  my  throat  was  but  slightly  inflamed 
before  I  took  the  dose,  but  the  living  fire  that  was  kindled  therein 
after  it,  the  suffocation  I  experienced,  the  pain,  and  tlong  after 
the  fiery  red  appearance  of  the  whole  buccal  cavity,  and  that  I 
had  to  resort  to  an  antidote  before  I  got  any  comfort,  will  not 
tempt  me  to  repeat  the  dose  again,  and  may  be  a  warning  to 
other  practitioners. 


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Fragmentary   [Proving   of    Bromide    of   Potassium. 

BT  JKO.   C.   MERRILL,   M.  D. 


Homoeopath i 8 ts  have  for  twelve  or  fifteen  years  been  more  or  less 
familiar  with  this  salt,  as  a  remedy  in  croup  and  diphtheria ;  while 
they  have  almost  utterly  failed  to  appreciate  its  effects  upon  the 
skin,  the  absorbents,  the  secretory,  the  nervous  and  the  sexual 
systems. 

It  is  hard  to  understand  its  present  position  in  our  Materia  Medica, 
as  the  symptoms  it  developes  in  the  fauces  and  larynx  are  by  no 
means  its  most  important  ones ;  and,  although  having  seen  it  used 
freely  and  often,  I  have  never  noticed  any  more  serious  affection  of 
the  throat  than  that  accompanying  a  mild  salivation. 

The  allopaths,  by  a  singular  contrariety  of  coincidence,  have  been 
using  it  four  or  five  years,  purely  as  a  sedative,  in  almost  all  forms  of 
nervous  excitement,  a  quasi  specific  in  epilepsy,  delirium  tremens, 
erotic  mania,  hysteria,  etc., 

It  is  very  clear  that  both  parties  have  used  it  altogether^empiri- 
cally,  and  that  this  state  of  things  could  not  have  obtained  with  us, 
at  least,  if  we  had  had  an  extended  proving  of  the  drug. 

In  the  absence  of  more  thorough  knowledge  on  the  subject,  I 
trust  that  the  facts  recorded  below  will  have  at  least  a  suggestive 
value : 

Case  1. — In  the  spring  of  1867  I  had  an  opportunity  of  watching, 
not  professionally,  a  case  in  the  hands  of  one  of  the  most  distin- 
guished "regulars"  in  Maine.  The  patient,  a  bright,  intelligent 
child,  5  years  of  age,  of  very  nervous  temperament,  and  just  recover- 
ing from  pertussis,  was  attacked  with  what  seemed  to  me,  irritative 
(infantile  remittent)  fever.  The  physician  in  charge,  however,  sus- 
pected incipient  inflammation  of  the  right  lung,  and  applied  a  blister 
o  the  chest.     The  next  day,  fancying  that  he  detected  trouble  of  a 


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478  BROMIDE  OF   POTASSIUM. 

more  serions  nature,  he  pronounced  the  disease  cerebrospinal  men- 
ingitis, (the  bete  noire  of  the  allopaths  in  this  part  of  the  world,) 
applied  croton  oil  to  to  the  spine,  and  ordered  the  appropriate 
internal  remedies,  consisting,  for  the  most  part,  of  a  combination  of 
Brom.  potas.,  and  Cicuta,  with  brandy  toddy  and  essence  of  beef, 
ad  lib. 

Under  this  regimen,  it  was  of  course  difficult  to  discriminate  be- 
tween drug  symptoms  and  those  peculiar  to  the  disease ;  but  at  no 
time  was  I  able  to  detect  anything  indicative  of  more  than  functional 
derangement  of  the  great  nervous  centres.  There  was  in  fact  an 
absence  of  all  those  symptoms^  which,  when  properly  grouped,  are 
almost  pathognomonic  of  the  so-calltd  "  spotted  fever." 

On  the  tenth  day  of  treatment  an  elevated,  dark-red  eruption 
made  its  appearance  on  the  right  elbow,  from  which  it  diffused  itself 
over  the  whole  body,  rapidly  becoming  pustular.  The  pustules  were 
very  numerous,  isolated,  distended  with  pus,  and  frequently  cupped, 
so  as  to  present  a  very  fair  counterfeit  of  the  eruption  in  discrete 
variola.  They  were  generally  somewhat  oval  in  outline,  and  varied 
from  two  to  four  lines  in  their  longest  diameter.  When  maturation 
had  taken  place  there  was  no  apparent  base  nor  areola,  and  the  inter- 
vening skin  was  healthy.  If  not  interfered  with,  dessication  followed 
and  scabs  were  formed  and  thrown  off,  leaving  the  integument  beneath 
reddened  but  sound.  The  pustules  continued  to  appear  for  four  or 
five  weeks ;  the  discoloration  of  the  skin  however,  remained  for  as 
many  months. 

(  Upon  the  appearance  of  the  eruption,  the  attending  physician  con- 
gratulated himself  upon  the  correctness  of  his  diagnosis,  as  if  this 
were  the  crucial  test,  which  settled  the  question  beyond  all  cavil. 
For  my  own  part,  recognizing  the  fact  that  the  eruption  in  cerebro- 
spinal meningitis  is  so  protean  in  its  character,  as  to  be  of  little  or  no 
diagnostic  value  when  taken  by  itself;  having  too,  the  negative  testi- 
mony of  the  absence  of  all  other  usual  signs  of  that  disease,  and 
knowing  the  tendency  of  the  salts  of  potash  to  determine  to  the 
skin,  I  was  induced  to  regard  the  eruption  as  purely  a  drug- 
symptom. 

There  were,  moreover,  two  other  facts  in  the  case  which  militated 
strongly  against  the  idea  of  meningitis.  As  the  eruption  developed 
itself,  all  the  other  symptoms  gave  way,  and  convalescence  was  rapid 
and  sure.  Now  in  cerebro-spinal  meningitis  the  eruption  is  by  no  means 
critical,  but  merely  indicative  of  a  depraved  condition  of  the  blood ; 
and  convalescence  is  tedious  and  unsatisfactory. 


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Case  2. — In  the  spring  of  '68,  another  child  in  the  same  family,  two 
years  of  age,  was  attacked  with  pneumonia,  and  subjected  to  "  regu- 
lar "  treatment— onion  poultice,  croton  oil,  Ung.  hydrarg.,  and  mustard 
draughts  externally,  with  "fever  drops,"  "cough  drops,"  etc.,  for 
inter  Dal  medication.  To  combat  a  supposed  tendency  to  cerebral 
complication,  the  bromide  of  potassium  was  also  administered  as  an 
intercurrent  remedy. 

On  the  10th  day  a  pustular  eruption  of  somewhat  similar  character 
to  the  preceding,  but  with  more  tendency  to  aggregation,  made  its 
appearance  and  ran  a  similar  course. 

Case  3. — At  the  same  time  with  this  last,  a  like  phenomena  was 
exhibited  in  the  case  of  the  mother  of  the  two  children,  who  had  been 
taking  the  bromide  just  before  for  a  nervous  affection. 

In  these   last  two   cases  there  was  no  suspicion  of  meningitis,  nor  , 
had  they   anything  in  common,  save  the  administration  of  the  drug, 
and  the  development  of  the  eruption. 

I  should  mention  that  all  the  preceding  cases  were  attended  with 
very  annoying  pruritus. 

Case  4. — A  gentleman  anticipating  a  wakeful  night,  took  20  grs. 
of  the  bromide  before  going  to  bed  at  11  p.  m.  Slept  well  till  3 
o'clock,  when  he  awoke,  and  not  feeling  any  inclination  to  sleep  for 
half  an  hour,  took  20  grs.  more.  Slept  no  more  that  night.  At 
4  1-2  a.  m.,  he  was  attacked  with  flatulent  colic  in  the  region  of 
the  duodenum,  which  passed  off  in  a  watery  diarrhoea  during  the 
day.  The  next  day  had  pain,  swelling  and  tenderness  of  the  left 
testicle  and  cord.  Was  restless  for  four  or  five  nights  following, 
being  frequently  awakened  by  voluptuous  dreams,  'with  severe 
erections. 

Case  5. — A  lady  took  an  ounce  of  the  bromide  in  the  course  of  a 
month,  during  or  immediately  subsequent  to  which,  a  very  percepti- 
ble enlargement  of  the  thyroid  gland  disappeared. 

In  this  case  the  drug  produced  salivation,  and  vomiting  of  frothy 
mucus,  which  reminds  me  that  I  had  frequently  seen  it  highly  recom- 
mended for  vomiting  during  pregnancy. 

The  cases  recorded  above  contain  all  the  usual  symptoms  of  the 
bromide  which  have  fallen  under  my  own  observation.  The  paraly- 
sis of  the  sensory  nerve  of  the  fauces,  spoken  of  by  French  writers, 
has  not,  I  think,  been  noticed  in  this  country.  % 

That  the  drug  has  a  very  wide   range  of  action,  and  is  worthy  of  a 
scientific  proving,  seems  clear.     I  doubt,  however,  that  we  should  get 
very  valuable  results  from  the  use  of  attenuations. 
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BT  FBBACHBB  KUHZK— TRAN8.  BT  8.  LILIKMTHAL,  M.  D.* 


December  1  1866. — At  9  p.m.,  20  drops  5.  Next  morning  drawing, 
pressing  pains  in  the  right  knee-joint,  running  down  to  the  foot,  then 
in  the  right  hand,  running  up  through  the  bones  to  the  elbow ;  the 
same  pains  in  the  left  elbow,  in  the  joint  of  the  left  foot,  and  in  parox- 
ysms in  the  pes  anserinus. 

December  2. — At  7  a.  m.,  30  drops  of  the  5.  Drawing  in  the  left 
knee-joint ;  drawing  in  the  teeth  of  the  superior  maxillary  on  the  right 
side  ;  bruised  and  lame  feeling  in  the  thighs  ;  in  the  right  foot  below 
the  ankle  a  sensation  like  stretching,  with  a  creaking  noise ;  buzzing 
in  the  right  ear  ;  headache,  with  tension  in  the  left  temple  ;  vertigo, 
as  if  everything  would  turn  around  ;  stitches  in  the  heart. 

December  3. — At  8  a.  m.,  40  drops  of  the  5.  Drawing,tensive  pain  in 
the  left  thigh ;  in  right  foot ;  in  the  right  upper  and  lower  maxilla ; 
drawing  in  the  left  temple.  The  pains  come  and  go  quickly,  wander 
hither  and  thither  and  are  not  very  severe  ;  eructations. 

December  4. — At  7  a.  m.,  10  drops.  After  half  an  hour  frequent 
eructations  with  colic-like  pains  and  gurgling  in  the  bowels ;  pricking 
and  itching  in  the  eyes,  as  if  lachrymation  and  inflammation  would 
set  in  ;  paroxysmal  tearing  in  the  bones  behind  the  right  ear;  draw- 
ing and  lame  feeling  in  the  lower  part  of  the  left  thigh,  with  pains 
in  the  bones. 

December  5. — At  8  p.  m.,  15  drops.  Paroxysmal  drawing  in  the  right 
foot,  mostly  in  the  bones,  shooting  upwards ;  paroxysmal  headache  in 
the  occiput ;  drawing  in  the  lower  part  ot  the  left  thigh. 

December  6. — Pains  are  felt  but  are  insignificant;  aggravation 
during  rest;  they  wander  from  place  to  place,  and  radiate  upwards 
and  downwards  through  the  periosteum. 

December  7. — At  8  a.m.,  20  drops  of  the  4.  Drawing  in  the  legs  in 
fits  and  starts,  also  in  the  right  leg  with  the  sensation  as  if  it  would 
fall  asleep ;  sometimes  the  creaking  sensation ;  whereas  other  pains 
pass  off  quickly,  this  remains  nearly  all  the  time ;  boring  in  the 
right  upper  maxilla ;  drawing  in  the  joint  of  the  right  hand;  drawing 
in  the  left  lower  thigh,  shooting  from  the  ankle  upwards  to  the  knee, 
which  is  also  affected.  Eight  p.  M.—25  drops.  The  numb  feeling 
remains  and  is  also  felt  on  the  left  arm,  especially  when  resting  on 
it ;   drawing  in  the  left  upper  and  lower  arm,  and  in  the  three  last 

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fingers ;   the  whole  arm  feels  lame ;  palpitation  and  stitches  in  the 
heart ;  heaviness  of  the  head  and  vertigo. 

Decmber  8.— At  7  a.  m.,  30  drops.  The  numb  and  creaking 
sensation  remains  ;  pressing,  drawing  in  the  joint  of  the  right  foot, 
then  in  the  joint  of  the  left  foot ;  in  the  joint  of  the  right  hand  ; 
pressing  drawing  in  the  cheek-bones  of  the  right  side ;  stitches  in 
the  lower  maxilla,  and  tearing  in  the  temple  on  the  right  side, 
shooting  upwards  on  the  left  side  of  the  head,  radiating  from  the 
forehead  upwards  along  the  bones  to  the  occiput  and  nape  of  the 
neck;  drawing  in  the  left  thigh;  spasmodic  tension  in  the  right 
calf;  stitches  deep  in  the  right  eye,  then  itching  in  the  eyes  as  if 
they  would  lachrymate  and  inflame ;  bruised  feeling  all  over  the 
body,  especially  of  the  lower  extremities,  like  after  great  exertion  ; 
pale  face  and  weariness ;  malaise  ;  drawing  in  the  small  fingfer  and 
thumb  of  the  right  hand. 

December  9. — At  7  a.  m.,  70  drops.  Drawing  in  the  right  foot  and 
in  the  left  knee-joint,  shooting  upwards  through  the  muscles  of  the 
pelvis  to  the  hip  ;  also  in  the  muscles  of  the  calves ;  tearing  in  the 
left  arm,  radiating  upwards  from  the  elbow  ;  sensation  as  if  the  arm 
would  break;  drawing  in  the  joint  of  the  right  arm;  stitches  in  the 
right  maxilla  ;  small  of  the  back   feels  bruised  and  lame. 

December  10. — At  7  a.  m.,  20  dops  of  the  8.  Drawing  in  the  left 
calf  and  in  the  left  loin ;  stitching  tearing  in  the  right  maxilla ; 
drawing  in  the  left  temple  and  in  the  occiput ;  cramp  on  the  back  of 
the  foot ;  all  pains  aggravated,  when  resting;  many  dreams. 

December  11. — At  7  a.  m.,  30  drops.  Pressing  tearing  in  the 
joint  of  the  right  foot  and  right  hand.  Drawing  in  the  right  calf, 
with  numbness  of  the  knee,  like  after  hard  labor  ;  drawing  by  starts 
in  the  nerves  of  the  head  in  different  places  ;  swelling  of  the  veins 
of  the  lower  extremities. 

December  11. — At  8  p.  m.,  40  drops.  Dreams  fantastic  and 
lively  ;  drawing  and  tearing  in  both  lower  extremities,  with  bruised 
sensation ;  pressing,  cutting  pains  in  the  joints  of  the  knee  and  the 
foot,  radiating  through  the  sinews  of  the  foot  to  the  toes ;  also,  from 
the  joint  of  the  hand  to  the  tips  of  the  fingers,  especially  to  the  second 
finger  of  the  left  hand ;  paroxysmal  cutting  stitches  in  the  ear ;  ring- 
ing and  rattling  before  the  right  ear  ;  severe  stitching  behind  and 
below  the  right  ear  ;  paroxysmal  drawing  in  the  right  superior  maxil- 
la; crawling  and  creaking  sensation  in  the  right  foot;  pressing  in 
the  head,  and  congestive  heaviness ;  paroxysmal  drawing  on  the  to  p 


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of  the  left  side  of  the  head ;  stitches  on  the  upper  part  of  the  lungs 
on  both  sides. 

December  12. — At  8  p.  m.,  20  drops  of  the  a.  Drawing  in  the 
joints  of  the  right  foot  and  hand,  radiating  to  the  knee  and  elbow  ; 
ringing  before  the  right  ear ;  flying  stitches  in  the  internal  ear  of  the 
right  side ;  tension  like  ulcerative  pain  in  the  left  ankle,  aggravated 
when  steppiug  on  the  foot ;  twitching  in  the  muscles  of  both  arms  ; 
cramps  and  sensation  of  falling  asleep  in  the  calves ;  drawings  in 
the  fingers  of  the  right  hand  ;  bruised  feeling  in  the  lower  extremi- 
ties ;  flying  stitches  in  both  maxillae  of  the  right  side. 

December  13. — Pause,  but  all  the  pains  continue  in  a  moderate 
degree. 

December  14. — At  7  a.  m.,  30  drops  of  the  *.  Stitches  under 
the  left  sole  of  the  foot ;  wandering,  drawing  pains  in  the  lower 
extremities,  in  the  left  arm ;  palpitation ;  heaviness  in  the  head ; 
pulsation  of  the  veins  of  the  right  foot. 

December  15. — At  7  a.  m.,  10  drops  of  the  l.  Paralytic  drawing 
in  the  right  arm,  especially  from  the  joint  of  the  hand  to  the  tip  of 
the  fingers  ;  drawing  in  both  limbs ;  stitches  under  the  sole  of  the 
right  foot;  drawing  in  the  right  upper  maxilla;  continual  noise 
before  the  right  ear  ;  drawing  in  the  nerves*  of  the  head ;  stitches  on 
the  top  of  the  lungs  ;  itching  behind  the  right  ear. 

December  16. — At  7  a.  m.,  20  drops  of  the  1.  The  same  drawing 
pains ;  stitches  through  the  lungs  ;  palpitation  and  stitches  in  the 
heart ;  itching  over  the  whole  body. 

December  17. — 25  drops.  Aggravation  of  all  the  symptoms  ;  red 
spots  appear  on  the  arms  and  hands  after  cleaning  them ;  pimples 
like  incipient  furuncles  on  the  shoulder-blades  and  on  the  neck ; 
moisture  behind  the  right  ear. 

December  18. — At  7  a.  m.,  3  drops  The  same  symptoms ;  the 
furuncles  are  growing.  i 

December  19-20 — Four  and  five  drops  of  the  tincture.  Same 
symptoms. 

December  21. — Six  drops.  The  same  symptoms;  also,  severe, 
drawing  pains  in  the  arms,  legs  and  head ,  severe  stitches  in  the 
lungs  ;  congestive  oppression  in  the  chest ;  pulsating  of  the  veins  of 
the  feet  and  head ;  palpitations  and  stitches  in  the  heart ;  itching 
with  red  spots;  furuncles  and  moisture  behind  the  right  ear  ;  bleeding 
piles  ;  the  prover  never  haa  anything  like  it  before. 

*  Notx.— No  prover  hat  a  right  to  use  such  an  expression.    It  is  not  oorreot ;  nerves  do  bo 
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This  finished  the  proving.  The  stitches  in  the  lungs  ceased  after 
two  days,  and  the  symptoms  in  the  veins  soon  after  ;  the  rheumatic 
pains,  on  the  contrary,  continued,  sometimes  worse,  sometimes  better, 
till  the  middle  of  February,  although  the  prover  never  suffered  before 
from  rheumatic  pains.  Catching  cold  also  about  that  time,  the  pains 
increased  to  such  a  degree  that  he  tried  the  antidotes  to  Rhus  toxi- 
codendron namely  :  Bryonia  and  Sulphur,  but  without  result.  The 
best  simile  he  could  find  was  Ranunculus  buibosus,  and  after  using 
the  *  for  three  days  the  pains  ceased  entirely.  The  use  of  coffee  did 
not  interfere  at  all  with  the  effect  of  the  remedy  during  the  time  of 
proving. 

At  the  same  time  Rhus  vemix  was  also  proved  by  a  teacher,  and 
he  got  the  same  symptoms,  only  the  rheumatic  pains  with  him  were 
more  on  the  left  side.  An  eczema  behind  the  ear  did  not  appear,  but 
he  had  water-blisters  on  the  hands,  healing  by  desquamation.  The 
tincture  was  also  tried  externally,  and  after  repeated  rubbings,  small 
itching  vesicles  showed  themselves,  bursting  and  then  desquamating, 
(eczema  simplex).  Rubbing  it  again  on  the  affected  places  produced 
an  intense  redness  of  the  skin,  with  the  formation  of  large  blisters, 
filled  in  the  beginning  with  lymph,  but  soon  changing  to  ichorous 
pus,  and  drying  up  after  three  weeks  under  the  formation  of  scurf, 
(Eczema  impetiginaides  and  rubrum. 

Dr.  Bute  and  wife  (Archiv.  xv.  1.)  observed  during  the  expression 
of  the  juice,  red  raised  spots  on  the  body  and  face,  furunculous  pim- 
ples ;  swelling  of  the  face  with  inflamed  eyes  ;  photophobia  and  dim- 
ness before  the  eyes;  headache ;  continual  itching  over  the  whole 
body,  with  or  without  eruption,  especially  behind  the  ears,  and  on  the 
hands  many  moist  water-blisters;  severe,  repeated  stitches  in  the  lungs; 
menses  appear  clotted ;  cramps  in  the  back  of  the  foot.  Dr.  Oehme 
observed  in  a  poisoning  case,  swelling  of  the  hands,  furuncles,  pains 
in  the  bowels  ;  diarrhoea  ;  pain  in  the  testicle  and  urethra. 

Thomas  observed,  after  inunction  with  fresh  juice :  severe  itch- 
ing, water-blisters  and  oedema  pedum.  During  desquamation  there 
appeared  an  inflammation  of  the  skin  of  a  dark  red  color  ;  suppuration 
of  the  skin ;  deeply  eating  ulcers  with  thin  ichor ;  emaciation  and 
general  debility,  the  symptoms  kept  on  for  three  months. 

CLINICAL   APPLICATIONS. 

(1)  Eczema,  simplex,  rubrum,   impetiginosum. 

(2)  Rheumatism  of  the  joints  and  muscles,  especially  wandering 
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(3)  Scrofulous  and  syphilitic  ulcers ;  ulceration  of  the  glands,  lym- 
phatic abscesses.     (Thomas.) 

(4)  Synovial  swellings.     (Thomas.) 

(5)  Tinea  capitis  and  herpetic  eruption  of  the  face. 

(6)  Scarlatina.  (Bute.) 

(7)  Erythema  nodosum.    (Oehme.) 

The  prover,  who  made  a  trial  once  with  Rhus  toxicodendron,  found 
Rhus  vernix  much  more  powerful  than  Rhus  tox. 

[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 

The    Effect  of   Bryonia    on    the    Pulse    in    Pneumonia. 

BT   KLIA8  C.  PRICE,  M.  D.,  BALTIMORE,   Ml). 


While  practicing  at  Priceville,  Baltimore  Co.  Md.  during  the  years 
1853-54, 1  had  an  unusual  number  of  cases  of  pneumonia.  Bryonia  was 
frequently  the  remedy  indicated.  During  the  administration  of  it  a 
phenomena  occurred  which  at  first,  created  considerable  apprehension 
of  danger  to  my  patients.  But  I  soon  learned  to  look  upon  it  as  the 
very  best  omen  that  I  could  desire.  I  allude  to  the  slow,  and  inter- 
mittent pulse,  produced  by  the.  repeated  administration  of  Bryonia  in 
pneumonia.  I  have  frequently  reduced  the  pulse  from  130,  and  in 
one  instance  138)  in  three  days,   down  to  56,   and  sometimes  lower. 

About  every  fourth  beat,  the  pulse  would  intermit  like  the  running 
of  cog  wheels,  with  one  cog  broken  out.  I  became  so  accustomed  to 
that  condition  of  pulse  at  last,  that  I  knew,  as  soon  as  that  occurred, 
that  the  patient  was  perfectly  safe. 

Not  seeing  any  notice  of  that  effect  of  Bryonia,  in  any  medical 
books,  I  made  it  a  rule  to  ask  every  homoeopathic  physician  that  I 
met  with  if  he  had  ever  witnessed  it.  The  answer  was  invariably,  no. 
Though  I  have  continued  to  treat  numerous  cases  of  pneumonia  every 
year,  I  have  seldom  observed  it  myself  for  several  years  past,  why 
such  has  been  the  fact  I  cannot  explain,  unless  the  dilution  may  have 
had  something  to  do  with  it.  So  long  a  time  has  now  elapsed  that  I 
cannot  remember  whether  the  intermission  in  the  pulse  was  produced 
by  the  use  of  the  12th  or  6th  dil.  The  first  dilutions  that  I  obtained 
after  becoming  a  convert  to  homoeopathy,  was  the  12th  dil,  of  the 
polychrests ;  when  they  were  nearly  gone  I  obtained  two  boxes,  one 
ranging  about  the  6th,  and  the  other  the  30th.  In  acute  diseases,  I 
used  the  lower  dil.  When  my  vial  of  the  6th  of  Bryonia  was  exhaus- 
ted, I  had  some  difficulty  in  obtaining  the  same  dilution,  so  I  resorted 
at  first,  to  the  1st,  and  afterwards,  to  the  3rd,  which  from  the  force  o 
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a  large  supply  of  the  various  dilutions,  up  to  200.  Since  I  have  reflec- 
ted upon  it,  I  remember,  that  since  I  have  gone  down  as  low  as  the 
3rd,  I  have  ceased  to  see  any  intermission  in  the  pulse,  produced  by 
the  use  of  Bryonia.  Others  have  frequently  used  the  same  dilution 
I  did,  (whether  it  was  the  6th  or  the  12th)  why  have  they  not  obser- 
ved the  same  result  ? 

I  remember  one  case  of  pneumonia,  in  which  I  reduced  the  pulse 
from  138,  in  three  days,  down  to  56,  the  pulse  being  slow  and  inter- 
mittent, just  as  if  the  patient  was  under  the  influence  of  large  doses  of 
digitalis.  Obstinate  constipation  now  occurring,  I  stopped  the  Bry- 
onia, and  gave  Nux ;  when  inflammation  supervened  in  the  other 
lung,  and  the  pulse  rose  again ;  according  to  my  recolleetion  to  about 
120.  I  resumed  the  use  of  Bryonia,  and  brought  down  the  pulse 
again  to  56,  and  kept  it  there  for  several  days.  As  recovery  took 
place,  and  the  interval  betwen  the  doses  was  lengthened,  the  pulse 
gradually  rose,  and  after  he  was  entirely  well,  his  normal  pulse  was 
76.  I  have  occasionally  known  both  tartar  emetic  and  sulphur  reduce 
the  pulse  in  pneumonia   to  very  nearly   the   same  extent  as  Bryonia. 

I  believe  that  Antimony  reduees  the  pulse  most  during  either  the 
congestive  or  active  inflammatory  stage,  while  sulphur  acts  best  after 
the  active  inflammation  is  reduced  and  hepatization  remains,  with  a 
quick  irritable  pulse. 

If  the  patient  had  much  fever,  I  commenced  the  treatment  by  put- 
ting a  few  pellets  of  Aconite,  in  half  a  glass  of  water,  and  gave  a  tea- 
spoonful  every  hour  until  four  doses  had  been  taken,  which  generally 
produced  a  free  perspiration.  I  then  prepared  Bryonia  in  the  same 
way  and  gave  a  dose  every  2  hours   or   in  extreme  cases  every  hour. 

In  a  few  cases  as  soon  as  the  pulse  became  slow  and  intermittent, 
but  before  the  disease  was  thoroughly  subdued,  I  tried  the  effect  of  in- 
creasing the  interval  between  the  doses,  but  invariably  the  pulse  rose 
again  and  the  disease  became  aggravated.  After  that  I  continued 
the  frequent  repetition  of  Bryonia,  until  the  inflammatory  symptoms 
were  subdued,  then,  to  promote  the  absorption  of  the  effused  lymph, 
into  the  parenchyma  of  the  lung,  I  gave  sulphur  according  to  Jahr's 
directions.  I  have  always  regretted  exceedingly,  that  of  some  of  my 
most  interesting  cases  I  took  no  notes.  In  looking  over  my  notes, 
I  find  some  interesting  cases  in  which  Bryonia  reduced  the  pulse 
without  producing  intermission,  but  of  a  number  of  individual  cases  in 
which  I  distinctly  remember,  that  it  did  produce  intermission,  I  can 
find  no  notes. 


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William  Henderson,  set.  about  eighteen.  March  24th. — Pulse  130. 
Pain  in  the  right  side  of  the  chest,  dullness  on  percussion,  bronchial 
respiration  and  bronchophony  on  that  side,  rusty  sputa,  gave  Aconite, 
Bryonia.  25th.  Pulse  116,  respiration  35,  pain  in  the  chest  is  re- 
lieved, sputa  less  tinged  with  blood,  gave  Bryonia.  26th.  Pulse  109, 
respiration  34,  skin  hot  and  dry,  sputa  slightly  rusty.  Has  had 
slight  diarrhea  for  3  days,  two  yellow  diarrhoeic  stools  to  day.  Slept 
well  last  night,  gave  Bryonia  and  Mercury.  27th.  Pulse  71,  res- 
piration 25,  skin  pleasant,  sputa  white  and  free  from  blood,  tongue 
cleaning  off,  slight  dulness  on  the  right  side,  respiration  nearly  na- 
tural, one  dose   of  mercury   arrested   the   diarrhea.     Gave  Bryonia. 

28th.  Pulse  59,  respiration  24,  skin  natural,  scarcely  any  cough, 
sleeps  well,  appetite  good,  bowels  regular,  slight  dulness  on  percus- 
sion on  the  right  side,  no  other  physical  symptoms  of  disease.  Gave 
Bryonia  at  longer  intervals.  29th.  Pulse  54,  general  appearance 
natural,  no  cough  of  any  consequence, — convalescent.  Gave  one  dose 
of  sulphur. 

In  the  case  of  Sterrett,  who  had  double  pneumonia,  and  whose  pulse 
after  recovery  was  76,  the  Bryonia  acted  much  more  rapidly  in  redu- 
cing the  pulse.  There  are  a  number  of  other  cases  that  I  might  call 
to  mind  with  the  assistance  of  our  day  book  and  journal,  but  at  that 
time  I  was  practicing  in  partnership  with  an  old  physician,  and  the 
books  are  in  his  widows  posession. 

About  a  year  ago,  I  paid  dearly  for  some  experiments  with  Bryo- 
nia, on  August  1st,  I  took  30  drops  of  the  tincture,  on  the  3rd,  I  took 
40,  and  on  the  5th,  50  drops.  It  had  no  very  decided  effect  on  the 
pulse  but  5  days  afterwards,  I  was  attacked  with  what  I  at  first  sup- 
posed to  be  rheumatism  in  the  instep,  and  large  joint  of  the  great  toe 
of  the  left  foot,  (having  forgotten  that  I  had  taken  the  Bryonia).  It 
was  attended  with  swelling  inflammation  and  tenderness;  sometimes  it 
would  feel  like  a  sprain,  then  like  a  bruise,  was  always  increased  by 
walking  and  when  stepping  on  that  foot,  would  sometimes  feel  like  the 
joints  were  being  pressed  apart.  I  suffered  from  it  for  seven  weeks, 
I  could  give  you  the  details,  but  it  would  extend  this  paper  to  an  in- 
convenient length. 

If  any  of  your  readers  have  known  Bryonia  to  produce  a  slow  and 
intermittent  pulse  similar  to  digitalis,  it  would  be  interesting  if  they 
would  report  the  facts  to  this  journal. 


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PROVING  BY  E.  COOLEY,  M.  D,* 

May  7th,  1866,  Took  10  grs.  of  the  crude  Polyporus  at  6  p.m.  Four 
hours  after  began  to  feel  nausea  at  the  stomach,  with  pain  in  the  stom- 
ach and  also  in  the  umbilical  regions ;  a  disposition  to  go  to  stool, 
with  some  pain  in  the  anus,  also  pain  in  the  epigastrium ;  chills 
creeping  along  the  spine,  intermingled  with  hot  flashes,  fever  and 
chills  all  night;  pulse  from  90  to  105;  hands  and  feet  hot  and  dry;  rest- 
less and  uneasy  during  the  night. 

May  8th.  Took  20  grs.  of  the  crude  material ;  chilliness  with  a  dis- 
position to  yawn  and  stretch;  very  languid  and  weak;  aching  in  all  the 
joints  in  the  body  and  limbs,  frontal  headache,  hot  and  flushed  face, 
dull  and  aching  pain  in  the  back  and  limbs,  mind  gloomy  and  des- 
ponding, frontal  headache  aggravated  by  motion,  deep  drawing  pain 
in  the  eyeballs,  neuralgic  pain  in  the  temples. 

May  9th.  Took  30  grs.  Flat  bitter  taste  in  the  mouth,  pain  in  the 
stomach  and  liver,  pain  in  the  region  of  the  transverse  colon, in  the  de- 
scending colon,  anus,  and  also  in  the  umbilicus  ;  disposition  to  go  to 
stool;  rumbling  in  the  bowels,  cutting  pain  in  the  umbilicus,  frequent 
passages  of  high  colored  urine  with  pain  in  the  region  of  the  kidneys , 
sharp  lancinating  in  the  hip  joint. 

May  10th.  Took  25  grs.  crude  material,  in  four  hours  most  of  the 
head  symptoms  were  greatly  aggravated,  also  a  slight  coppery  taste  in 
the  mouth  and  throat,  nausea  and  slight  vomiting  of  a  sour  watery 
fluid  intensely  bitter,  pain  in  the  stomach  and  bowels  almost  unbear- 
able ;  rheumatic  pSns  in  the  limbs  and  spine,  neuralgic  pains  in  the 
temples,  face  and  teeth,  chilliness  and  coldness  over  the  whole  body, 
sharp  darting  pains  in  the  left  lung  with  slight  suffocating  feeling 
causing  me  to  rise  up  in  bed;  which  symptoms  lasted  for  four  hours  ; 
feet  and  hands  cold  ;  face  of  bluish  color,  gums  sore,  teeth  feel  as  if 
they  were  being  forced  out  of  their  sockets  ;  bowels  very  painful  to 
the  touch,  copious  and  watery  stools,  accompanied  with  severe   pain. 

May  11th.  Severe  pain  in  the  regions  of  the  umbilicus,  transverse 
and  descending  colon  all  day  long  being  almost  unbearable  ;  sharp 
cutting  pain  in  the  bowels  before  stools;  stools  dark,  dry  and  lumpy, 
followed  with  stools  mixed  with  bile  and  mucus ;  stools  mixed  with 
blood;  stools  thin  and  yellow;  stools  preceded  by  sharp  pain  in  the 
region  of  the  umbilicus ;  disposition  to  strain  when  at  stool ;  stools 
accompanied  with  fever. 

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May  12th.  Urine  diminished  and  high  colored,  pain  and  weakness  in 
the  small  of  the  back ;  severe  pain  in  the  arms  and  legs,  weakness  in 
the  arins  and  legs,  can  scarcely  walk  or  stand  ;  severe  pain  in  the 
liver,  severe  chills,  lasted  two  hours,  followed  by  fever  and  profuse 
perspiration. 

May  13th.  Rheumatic  and  neuralgic  pains,  some  of  the  time  very 
severe. 

May  14th.  Some  of  the  symptoms,  such  as  pain  in  the  stomach, 
pain  in  the  bowels  and  liver  still  continued,  but  all  the  other  symp- 
toms are  slowly  diminishing. 

May  15th.  Feel  very  weak  and  languid,  with  some  pain  in  the 
temples,  chills  between  the  shoulders,  dull  aching  pain  in  tho  stom- 
ach and  bowels  with  one  copious  stool  at  3  p.  m.  At  1  a.  h,  awoke 
with  fever;  pulse  90,  full  and  wiry;  severe  semi-lateral  headache;  dull 
aching  in  the  left  lung,  extending  through  the  left  shoulder  blade. 

May  16th.  All  the  symptoms  were  gradually  subsiding,  and  I  dis- 
continued the  use  of  the  medicine,  my  friends  fearing  it  would  pro- 
duce permanent  injury. 

PROVING  BY  DR.  E.  MILLER. 

Sept  7th.  10  a.  m,  in  good  health.  Took  50  grs  of  the  l.  Six 
hours  after  taking  the  Polyporus  off.,  had  burning  pain  in  the  region 
of  the  transverse  colon,  distress  in  the  region  of  the  umbilicus,  with 
sharp  piercing  pain  in  the  region  of  the  heart,  pain  in  the  ribs,  knees, 
and  ankles,  aggravated  by  motion  ;  at  8  p.  m.  had  frequent  cutting 
pain  in  the  temples  ;  burning  pain  in  the  stomach  with  dragging 
pain  in  the  hypocondrium ;  sharp  cutting  pain  in  the  umbilicus. 

Sept  8th.  Took  50  grs.  at  8  a.  m. — 9  p.  m,  have  had  frequent  neu- 
ralgic pains  in  the  temples;  face  hot  and  flushed  ;  palms  of  the  hands 
hot  and  dry  ;  pain  in  the  bowels,  liver  and  in  the  region  of  the  umbili- 
cus, the  same  as  yesterday ;  mind  gloomy  and  desponding,  stool  nat- 
ural. 

Sept  9th.  Sleep  is  disturbed  by  dreams,  very  restless  and  uneasy 
all  night,  dull  heavy  pain  in  the  forehead, worse  on  motion ;  light  dizzy 
feeling  in  the  head,  dull  aching  pain  in  the  hips  and  back ;  rheumatic 
pains  in  all  the  joints,coldness  amounting  almost  to  chills}tongue  coated 
white,  disposition  to  yawn  and  stretch  ;  at  9  a.m,  took  25grs ;  at  4.  p  M. 
had  severe  headache  aggravated  by  motion ;  sharp  pain  in  the  spleen, 
liver  and  bowels;  severe  pain  in  the  left  temple,  of  a  neuralgic  char- 
acter ;  pain  in  the  left  lung ;  severe  pain  in  all  the  joints  of  the  ex- 
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Sept  lOtb.  Tongue  coated  light  brown,  pain  in  the  stomach,  pain 
in  the  bowels ;  had  two  stools  in  the  morning;  at  1  p.  m,  took  60  drops 
1st  dilution  ;  at  4  p.  m.,  had  hard  pain  in  the  region  of  the  spleen  and 
left  epigastric  region. 

Sept  11th.  Feel  very  languid  and  uneasy  ;  pain  in  the  head,  jaws 
and  teeth,  sweet  and  bitter  taste  in  the  mouth ;  tongue  coated  yellow  ; 
pain  in  the  stomach,  liver,  spleen  and  bowels,  about  the  same  as  on 
the  9th ;  stools  the  first  part  of  the  day  dry  and  lumpy,  but  in  the 
evening  were  quite  frequent,  thin,  watery  and  very  yellow. 

Sept  12th.  Took  100  drops  of  the  tincture  at  10  a.  m.  At  2  p.  m. 
began  to  have  sharp  pains  in  the  temples  with  dull  pain  in  the  back, 
burning  in  the  epigastrium,  with  dragging  in  right  hypocondrium, 
sharp  pain  in  the  region  of  the  spleen,  very  sudden  and  severe  dis- 
tress in  the  hypogastric  region  followed  by  papescent  stools,  stools 
very  light  colored ;  dragging  pain  in  the  liver,  pains  in  the  arms  and 
hands,  dull  pain  in  small  of  the  back.  8  p.  m,  sharp  pain  in  the  um- 
bilical and  hypogastric  region,  frequent  sharp  pains  in  the  spleen,  dull 
aching  pain  in  the  head,  liver  and  back. 

Sept  13th.  Feet  and  ankles  very  painful  for  the  last  forty -eight 
hours,  with  deep  frontal  headache,  dull  pain  in  the  region  of  the  um- 
bilicus, soft  papescent  stools.  5  p.  m,  back  very  painful  and  stiff ;  have 
had  since  noon  severe  pains  in  all  the  joints  of  the  upper  and  lower 
extremities ;  pulse  100  full  and  soft ;  skin  extremely  hot  and  dry. 

Sept  14th.  All  the  symptoms  begin  to  subside  except  the  rheumatic 
pains  in  the  limbs  and  joints,  they  being  almost  unbearable,  bowels 
are  constipated,  bitter  taste  in  the  mouth ;  tongue  coated  yellow,  rheu- 
matic pains  in  the  shin  bones  which  causes  the  most  excruciating  pain 
in  walking, 

Sept  15th.  Rheumatic  pains  still  continue  ;  there  is  also  great  de- 
bility at  times;  am  gloomy  and  desponding  and  even  morose. 

Sept  26th.  Rheumatic  pains  still  continue  but  are  light  in  com- 
parison to  what  they  were  on  the  15th  ;  all  other  symptoms  nearly 
subsided. 

CLINICAL,  BY   DR.  E.   COOLEY. 

May  10,  1865. — My  first  experience  with  Boletus  or  Polyporus 
offi.  A  returned  soldier,  set.  42,  called  at  my  office  for  treatment. 
Had  been  suffering  from  chills  and  fever  for  the  past  three  months. 
Chills  every  morning,  from  9  to  11,  followed  by  high  fever  during 
the  day  and  profuse  perspiration  at  night ;  suffering  with  constant 
and  severe  pain  in  the  head,  back  and  limbs  ;  yawning  and  stretching 
about  constantly ;  tongue   coated  yellow,  with  bitter  taste   in   the 


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mouth  and  throat ;  constant  desire  for  food,  yet  nothing  tasted  good ; 
very  thirsty ;  watery  stool  every  half  hour  or  hour ;  face  and  eyes 
very  much  jaundiced,  with  dry  cough  during  the  chills.  Gave  Poly- 
porus  •,  1  gr.  every  three  hours.  Next  day  chill  and  fever  very  much 
lighter.  Same  remedy  second  day  ;  no  chill,  but  slight  fever.  Same 
treatment.  Third  day  no  chill  or  fever.  Same  treatment  every  six 
hours  for  two  days.  Bowels  became  regular,  evacuation  once  daily, 
perfectly  natural.  Jaundice  gradually  disappearing,  appetite  natural, 
and  to  all  appearance  restored  to  perfect  health.  In  this  case  the 
remedial  powers  are  so  clearly  marked  that  the  greatest  sceptic  could 
v  not  doubt  them, 

May  3,  1867.  Case  2d. — Was  called  to  see  a  man  whom  I  found 
in  the  following  condition :  Extremities  cold,  bluish ;  feeble  pulse, 
face  bluish,  like  unto  a  person  strangulated.  I  learned  from  his 
friends  that  he  had  chilis  every  other  day  for  some  three  weeks ;  com- 
mencing rather  light,  but  every  succeeding  chill  becoming  more  and 
more  severe,  and  just  before  I  arrived  at  his  boarding  house  he  had 
what  they  called  "  a  tremendous  chill."  Gave  Polyporus  offic.  *,  two 
grs.  every  two  hours.  Next  day  fever  light  in  comparison  to  what  it 
had  been  the  preceding  three  weeks ;  but  perspired  profusely  ;  was 
gloomy  and  despondent,  irritated  at  the  least  trifle ;  thick,  yellow 
coating  on  the  tongue;  no  appetite;  constant  nausea,  with  slight 
headache.     Treatment  same  :  two  grs.  every  four  hours. 

May  7.  Found  my  patient  had  on  the  5th  a  very  light  chill,  but 
without  fever  or  any  other  unpleasant  symptoms,  with  the  exception 
of  a  slight  pain  in  the'luinbar  vertebras.  Continued  the  same  every 
six  hours  for  three  days,  then  dismissed  the  case  cured. 

Aug.  7, 1867.  Case  3d.— Mr.  B.,  sat.  35.  Found  him  suffering 
with  an  intermittent  fever,  which  had  troubled  him  for  nearly  two 
years,  contracted  while  in  the  army.  Had  been  drugged  with  qui- 
nine, opium  and  mercurials,  the  most  of  the  time,  with  no  good  results. 
Chills,  fever  and  perspiration  every  other  day.  Severe  thirst  between 
the  paroxysms;  very  sick  at  the  stomach  ;  vomiting,  with  no  appetite. 
Pain  in  the  back,  pain  in  the  bones  ;  pulse  115;  restless  and  nervous. 
Gave  Polyporus  T-for,  every  four  hours. 

Aug.  8.  Sensation  of  cold  creeping  along  the  spine,  but  no  ohill ; 
but  little  thirst ;  appetite  quite  good.     Continued  the  same  remedy. 

Aug  9.  Patient  up  and  dressed,  able  to  walk  about  the  house  and 
yard ;  feels  better  than  he  has  for  months,  but  wishes  me  to  call  on 
the  11th.     Thinks  he  will  have  another  chill. 

Aug.  11.  Called,  and  met  my  patient  at  the  door,  exclaiming, 
"  Well,  Dr.,  I  am  well  as  ever,  only  a  little  weak."  In  all  cases  I  have 
treated  with  the  Polyporus,  it  has  more  than  met  my  expectations. 
Other  remedies  might  have  done  as  well,  but  none  could  have  done 
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'*  If  ignorance  is  .bliss,  'tis  folly  to  be  wise." 

Is  the  above  a  paradoxical  phrase  or  not  ?  I  mean  an  igno- 
rance or  a  wisdom  in  reference  to  the  laws  of  health  and  life. 

In  the  first  place  when  we  look  around  us  and  see  the  con- 
summate ignorance  which  exists  among  the  great  masses  of  the 
people,  not  excepting  nine-tenths  of  the  medical  profession,  as 
to  the  very  first  and  primary  laws  which  should  govern  our 
physical  habits,  in  order  to  secure  our  well  being ;  and  then  so 
much  degradation  in  consequence  thereof,  we  are  struck  with 
chagrin  and  mortification,  and  hence  the  knowledge  of  these 
facts,  to  every  truly  philanthropic  heart,  must  be  a  source  of 
aggravation  and  sadness. 

Does  the  utter  ignorance  of  these  things  produce  or  even 
allow  happiness  ?  On  the  contrary,  does  not  the  ignorance 
and  the  consequent  daily  disobedience  of  these  laws  ptoduce, 
either  directly  or  indirectly,  two-thirds  of  all  the  unhappinesses, 
miseries  and  human  failures  in  this  world  of  ours.  Let  us  get 
at  the  root  of  this  matter  and  see  if  the  Bible  also  does  not 
proclaim  the  same.  It  says,  in  substance,  that  sin  is  the  crea- 
tor of  its  own  penalty,  and  therefore  either  directly  or  indi- 
rectly the  ultimate  cause  of  all  unhappiness.  This  does  not 
mean  moral  sin,  as  so  understood,  alone.  It  strikes  still  deeper 
and  gives  us  to  understand  that  in  our  reckless  inattention  to 
physiological  and  hygienic  laws,  we  sin  there  too  against  God. 
He  is  the  perfect  author  of  these  laws,  as  much  so  as  He  is  of 
the  great  moral  code  of  the  Bible,  which  should  be  the  guiding 
finger  of  our  moral  lives  ;  as  much  so  as  He  is  the  architect  of 
the  Heavens  and  the  framer  of  the  laws  which  guide  with  such 
wonderful  skill  its  myriad  bodies.     Order  and  obedience  are 


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God's  great  laws.  Dare  we  disobey,"  then  disorder,  degeneration 
and  death  shall  follow  in  our  physical  frames,  as  sure  as  chaos 
and  annihilation  would  result  from  a  physical  disobedience  of 
the  laws  which  govern  the  universe.  We  sin  against  God  then 
when  we  sin  against  our  stomach,  in  loading  it  with  unhealthy, 
indigestible  food,  producing  thereby  functional  disturbance, 
and  exhausting  an  unnecessary  amount  of  animal  vitality  in 
the  efforts  which  nature  is  called  upon  to  put  forth  to  master 
her  cruel  and  unnatural  task.  We  sin  against  God  when  we 
sin  against  our  foot  or  brain,  or  any  part  of  our  physical  sys- 
tem. Let  us  go  up  a  step  higher  now  and  seek  to  move 
through  the  intimate  and  complete  relations  which  exists 
between  soul  and  body.  How  easily  and  rapidly  the  mind  is 
rendered  ripe  for  insanity  and  crime,  through  the  disobedience 
of  physical  laws.  The  first  part  of  this  proposition  is  an 
axiom  patent  to  every  observing  mind  and  proved  to  the 
anatomist's  eye  by  the  scalpel,  which  shows  nerves  running 
from  the  brain,  the  seat  of  the  mind,  either  directly  or  indi- 
rectly to  every  part  of  the  body.  As  to  the  second  part  of 
this  proposition,  let  it  be  established  by  well-known  historical 
examples : 

1st.  Caligula,  Emperor  of  Kome,  commenced  his  notorious 
reign  in  mildness  and  magnanimity,  and  it  was  not  until  a 
violent  attack  of  bodily  illness,  produced  through  a  disobedi- 
ence of  the  laws  of  physical  life,  that  he^began  his  mad  career 
of  cruelty,  vice  and  crime. 

2d.  Judge  Jeffreys  was  tortured  by  a  cruel  internal^  malady, 
aggravated  by  intemperance. 

3d.  Frederick  William,  father  of  Frederick  the  Great,  the 
debauchee  and  drunkard  who  treated  his  children  vith  marked 
cruelty,  compelling  them  to  eat  unwholesome  and  t  disgusting 
food,  and  crowned  his  brutality  by  spitting  into  it,  suffered 
from  hypochondriasis  and  great  mental  depression,  apd  once 
attempted  suicide. 

4th.  Damien  persisted  in  declaring  that  if  he  had  been  bled 
in  the  morning  as  he  wished,  he  would  never  have  attempted 
the  assassination  of  Louis  XV. 


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Although  I  seek  to  confine  the  discussion  of  this  theme 
entirely  to  the  effect  of  false  dietetics  on  our  moral  nature, 
still  the  use  and  abu-p  of  alcoholic  stimulants  enters  eo  largely, 
and  is  so  intimately  connected  with  this  subject,  that  it  is 
difficult  to  speak  of  the  one  without  referring  to  the  other ; 
inasmuch  as  stimulating,  unhealthy  tood  frequently  excites  an 
appetite  for  strong  drink,  and  hence  is  the  precursor  of  the 
drunkard's  direful  fate.  To  come  down  to  modern  times  then 
and  continue  our  illustrations,  we  have  but  to  look  around  us 
and  ask  the  frequent  cause  of  the  suicide's  fate ;  the  cause  that 
supplies  the  gallows  with  its  victim,  our  poor-houses  with 
paupers  and  our  lunatic  asylums  with  the  insane. 

Although  printed  statistics  may  not  hold  me  out  in  this 
statement,  still  I  think  I  am  safe  to  say  that  if  the  primary 
cause  of  all  this  trouble,  crime,  domestic  infelicity,  insanity, 
etc.,  was  traced  back  to  its  original  starting  point,  it  would  be 
found  to  reside  more  in  the  pit  of  the  human  stomach  than 
in  any  other  pit. 

Our  whole  country,  North  and  South,  is  rent  with  political 
agitation  ;  but  suppose  we  could  possibly  persuade  our  poli- 
ticians to  live  on  a  plain,  coarse,  unstimulating  diet,  such  as 
a  true  hygienist  would  prescribe,  and  a  total  abstinence  of 
drinks,  except  pure  cold  water,  do  you  not  think  that  our 
national  horizon  would  soon  brighten,  and  peace  prevail 
throughout  the  land. 

Now  take  the  tables,  alone,  in  our  own  country  and  hardly 
one  in  fifty  can  you  approach  and  analyze  the  food  contained 
thereon,  but  what  you  will  find  the  same,  in  very  many  instan- 
ces, containing  poisonous  ingredients,  falsely  cooked,  inimical 
to  the  well-being  of  the  system,  innutritious  and  a  dispenser  of 
disease  and  death,  rather  than  of  health,  strength  and  long 
life.  For  instance,  take  the  common  wheat  bread  which  we 
will  find  on  nearly  every  table,  instead  of  being  brought  to  us 
as  it  should  be  from  the  pure,  unchanged  grain,  as  it  is  found 
perfect  in  the  granary  of  nature,  man  seeks  to  improve  by 
bolting,  but  succeeds  in  achieving  a  miserable  failure ;  hence 
when  it  is  brought  to  our  markets  for  use,  we  find  it  despoiled 


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of  its  most  important  and  nutritious  ingredients,  those  proxi- 
mate principles,  lime,  iron,  silica,  phosphorus,  etc.,  which  we 
find  so  wisely  blended  in  the  hull  of  the  grain,  and  which  are 
so  essential  to  build  up  the  waste  of  tissues  and,  promote  the 
growth,  durability  and  tenacity  of  the  bones  and  teeth,  are 
thrown  away,  thus  reducing  the  real  value  and  substance  of 
this  important  food,  from  95  per  cent,  nutriment  to  only  46. 
Besides  through  this  manipulation  of  bolting  our  main  article 
of  diet,  the  very  staff  of  life  is  converted  into  an  agent  pro- 
vocative of  dyspepsia,  constipation  and  necrosis  of  the  teeth. 
When  will  we  learn  wisdom?  We  are  prone  to  ask,  can 
we  improve  upon  nature  ?  If  so,  then  can  we  improve  upon 
God,  for  He  is  the  author  of  Nature  and  of  all  her  laws. 
I  have  neither  the  time  nor  space  to  stop  and  take  up  and 
prove  by  chemical  and  physiological  analysis  why  the 
dozen  and  more  different  dishes  which  daily  and  yearly 
burden  our  tables  are  all  wrong  and  obnoxious  to  the  human 
system  ;  but  suffice  it  now  to  say  that  they  are,  and  if  par- 
taken of  either  sparingly  or  largely,  will  in  like  ratio  bear  their 
terrible  penalty  to  our  physical,  and  secondarily  to  our  moral 
natures.  We  may  not  feel  the  full  force  of  this  truth  while 
we  are  treading  the  up-hill  of  life,  and  youthful  vigor  is  strong, 
but  when  we  commence  the  down-hill  of  life  and  excessive 
debility  and  decrepity  proclaim  an  early  exhaustion  of  animal 
vitality,  then  shall  we  say  in  bitterness  that  every  sensual 
indulgence  has  been  at  the  terrible  expense  of  robbing  future 
declining  years  of  that  peace  and  satisfaction  of  mind  which 
are  their  first  due.  We  may  tell  our  friends  these  things  and 
counsel  them  to  pursue  a  different  course,  but  they  will  open 
their  eyes  in  credulous  amazement  and  exclaim,  why,  my  ances- 
tors ate  and  drank  all  these  things,  and  yet  they  lived  to  a  good 
old  age,  75  or  80  years  ;  but  they  seem  to  forget  to  consider 
that  if  these  same  people  had  maintained  a  strictly  hygienic 
course  of  dietetics,  they  would  have  lived  not  only  as  long  as 
hat,  but  even  longer  ;  for  there  are  cases  coming  to  light  eveiy 
day,  isolated  though  they  be,  where  in  every  case  men  or 
women  have  followed  the  better  course,  they  have  lengthened  out 
their  lease  of  life  ten  or  twenty  years,  and  though  merging  it 


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far  into  the  nineties,  have  not  merged  it  into  inanition  and 
imbecility,  but,  on  the  contrary,  at  this  ripe  old  age  have 
remained  as  vigorous,  and  the  possessors  of  as  great  a  store  of 
animal  vitality  as  many  men  and  worm  n  at  50  or  60. 

Intemperance  and  physical  disturb;  ncj  r.re  two  great  stum- 
bling blocks  in  the  way  of  religion.  How  can  we  expect  men 
to  be  converted  when  they  are  laboring  under  nervous  dysp  p- 
sia  or  the  abstracted  melancholy  produced  by  bilious  conges- 
tions? How  can  we  expect  our  ministers  to  wiite  with  clear- 
ness and  preach  with  fervor,  ease  and  success,  if  at  the  same 
time  they  are  laboring  under  the  mental  disturbance  produced 
by  sinning  against  every  organ  in  their  physical  nature?  St. 
Paul  knew  this  well  by  inspiration,  when  he  wrote :  "  Know 
ye  not  that  your  body  is  the  temple  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  There- 
fore, glorify  God  in  your  body  and  in  your  spirit,  which  are 
God's."  And  again :  Ci  That  ye  may  be  holy  both  in  body 
and  in  8pirit.,, 

"  But  ala8,one  of  the  most  important  points  to  be  considered 
yet,  is  that  the  fruits  of  physical  disobedience  are  not 
expended  upon  the  present  generation  alone,  but  in  every 
instance  shall  be  transmitted  to  a  future  race.  Diseased  par- 
entage cannot  beget  pure  and  healthy  children.  It  is  con- 
trary to  the  law  of  nature  and  as  much  so  as  that  two  of  simi- 
lar physiological  temperaments  should  never  unite  in  marriage. 
And  all  this  and  nothing  more  or  less  is  what  the  Bible  means 
when  it  says  that  the* sins  of  the  parents  shal  be  visited  upon 
their  children  to  the  third  and  fourth  generation.  In  disobey- 
ing these  laws  then,  we  sin  in  a  three-fold  nature,  first  against 
God,  second  against  ourselves,  and  third  against  future  genera- 
tions. We  believe  also  in  original  moral  sin  ;  and  look  upon 
it  as  an  element  implanted  in  our  nature,  consequent  upon  the 
fall  of  our  first  parents,  but  that  this  moral  and  original  sin  is 
often  increased  and  aggravated  by  sinning  against  physical 
laws. 

For  six  thousand  years  we  have  groped  in  darkness  dnd  igno- 
rance*, and  also  smarted  often  under  the  lash  which  wilful 
disobedience  has  provoked.  We  have  been  drugged,  poisoned, 
sickened,  made  miserable.  Will  there  be  no  release  ?  Are  we 
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forever  doomrd  to  groan  under  this   thraldom,  worse  than  any 
slavery?     No,  thank  God,  the  day  is  dawning,  and  the  time  is 
hastening  on  when  suffering  humanity  will  be  led  up   out  of 
the  slough  of  ignorance  and   unhappiness,  to   the  hill-top  of 
knowledge  and  bliss.     Here  let  us  again  blend  our  arguments 
with  those  of  the  Bible.     Adam  and  Eve  were  created  perfect 
in  soul  and  body,  and  of  knowledge  sufficient  for  consummate 
happiness.     They  sinned  in  disobeying  the   command  of  God, 
and  then  came  the  penalty.  .  The   curse  of  original  sin ;    the 
blotting  out  of  their  former  intuitive  knowledge  of  the  laws  of 
life  and  health,  (which  latter  faculty  the  brute  creation  have 
possessed  to  our  chagrin,  throughout  all  ages,  as  they  never 
get  sick,  only  when  they  come  in  contact  with  man)  and  hence 
came  upon  the   human   race,    sickness,  unhappiness,  physical 
decay  and  death.     Since  that  time  humanity  has    gradually 
been  going  down   into  the  valley,    physically,   morally,   and 
spiritually.     But  God  has  not  doomed  our  race  to   continual 
ignorance  and  unhappiness,  even  in  this   terrestrial  world,  but 
has  placed  the  antidote  within  our  grasp,  if  we  will   but  apply 
it,  by  enduing  us  with  intellect  and  reasoning  faculties  capable 
of  limitless   expansion,  by   which  we  may  compare,  observe, 
improve  ;  by   which    we  may  carefully  study   God's  laws   of 
Nature  and  physical  life,  and  applying   the  same  to   ourselves, 
thereby  lift  us  out  of  the  thick   darkness  of  ages.     Then  also 
does   he  step  in  with  the  atonement  of  our  Saviour,  which  may 
cleanse  us  of  original  sin,  when  both  soul  and  body,  which  in 
this  life  are  so   mysteriously   blended  into  one   identity,  shall 
become  thoroughly  and  completely  regenerated,  made  pure  and 
holy.     Thus  will  the  millenial  morn  be  ushered  in,  for  as  says 
an  author  on  Nervous   Physiology  :  Ct  It  is  a  remarkable  fact 
that  the  doctrine  of  gradual  concentration  prophetically  points 
to  the  consummation  of  the  Christian   millenium,    when   all 
mankind  shall  be  of  one  family,  one   religious   faith   and   one 
language,  when  war,  pauperism  and   slavery  shall  be  no  more, 
and  the  welfare  of  each  human  being  shall  be  considered  as 
bound  up  with  that  of  every  other.         *         *        *        *      It 
seems  that  the  designs  of  the  Creator  as  indicated  in  the  sys- 
tem of  Nature  was  from  the  very  beginning  ultimately  to  pro- 


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duce  the  unity  and  happiness  of  the  whole  human  race  on 
earth  and  raise  them  to  the  highest  point  of  perfection  that 
organized  beings  are  capable  of  attaining  in  this  sublunary 
world."  Not  suddenly,  by  any  manner  of  means,  but  gradu- 
ally will  this  be  brought  about.  Not  until  the  sun  of  know- 
ledge, shining  upon  the  great  ocean  of  time  and  into  all  minds, 
teaching  them  wthe  laws  of  health  and  life,  shall  drift 
humanity  back  to  the  days  of  Adam  and  Eve,  the  starting  point 
of  human  perfection.  Gradually,  I  say  will  this  obtain,  because 
gradually  will  light  and  knowledge  be  received  and  acted  upon. 
Then  will  sensuality  die  out,  and  scrofula  and  syphilis,  idiocy, 
insanity  and  consumption  disappear  from  the  human  family ; 
for  the  reactive  powers  of  nature  acting  through  long  time 
and  successive  generations,  and  assisted  by  mankind's  uniform 
conformity  to  the  laws  of  our  being,  will  ultimately  expel  from 
our  race  every  physical  taint  and  imperfection  ;  and  then  shall 
mankind  stand  forth  disenthralled — physically  regenerated. 
Millions  of  men  and  women  shall  yet  be  born  into  this  world 
physically  and  mentally  better  than  any  yet  since  the  days  of 
our  first  parents.  Then  will  mankind  once  more  have  ap- 
proached his  maximum.  Then  will  health  of  soul  and  body 
be  equalized,  and  then  shall  this  earth  be  ready  for  the  thou- 
sand years  of  millenial  bliss  prophesied  and  foretold,  because 
humanity  will  be  released  from  sin  and  the  bitter  fruits 
of  human  ignorance. 


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LIBERALLY-EDUCATED     PRACTITIONERS. 

BT  T.   8.   OOODWIN,   A.  MM  M.  ©.,   8TATEH  ISLAND,  N.   Y. 


It  is  praiseworthy  in  a  young  man,  not  preceded  in  the  same 
or  a  similar  course  by  his  father  or  elder  brother,  when  he 
aspires  to  and  achieves  the  position  of  a  competent  practitioner 
of  the  healing  art. 

And  devils  mourn,  when,  in  addition  to  this,  he  delivers  him- 
self from  the  heathen  ignorance  and  superstition  that  have  been 
handed  down  from  distant  ages  in  the  teachings  of  the  "  regu- 
lar "  allopathic  school. 


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498  LIBERALLY-EDUCATED   PRACTITIONERS. 

It  is  praiseworthy  in  our  brethren  who  read  this  journal, 
when  they  encourage  and  assist  a  youth  to  do  this  much. 

But  is  it  not  a  vicious  haste,  or  a  vicious  indolence  and  lack 
of  courage  in  that  young  man,  consented  to  by  his  pa'ron, 
that  leads  him,  as  in  such  frequent  instances,  to  forego  the  attain- 
able advantages  of  a  thorough  college  training,  preparatory  to 
his  professional  studies  ?  Are  not  the  trustees  and  faculties  of 
our  medical  colleges  by  far  too  ready  to  consent  to  this  defective 
course  ?  Are  not  the  numbers  of  our  unemployed,  or  half 
employed  medical  graduates  being  lamentably  increased,  and 
are  not  the  difficulties  they  experience  in  attaining  to  a  self- 
supporting  practice  greatly  augmented  by  this  defect  ? 

Liberally-educated  men  are  to  be  met  with  somewhat  fre- 
quently in  almost  every  community,  and  the  medical  practi- 
tioner has  enough  else  to  do  without  being  compelled  to  make 
toilsome  headway  against  these — they  being  his  superiors  in 
mental  culture  and  self-discipline. 

I  know  well  that  few  or  none  of  those  who  are  not  pecunia- 
rily embarrassed,  will  take  the  trouble  to  study  and  practice 
any  profession.  Hence  most  of  our  medical  students  are  pecu- 
niarily poor.  But  it  is  not  so  much  a  lack  of  funds  as  it  is 
deficiency  in  self-reliant  energy,  patience  and  persevering  indus- 
try, that  prevents  them  from  supplying  themselves  with  all  the 
furniture  which  thorough  academic  training  cafi  create. 

I  know  well,  and  those  who  contemplate  eniering  the  medi- 
cal profession  ought  to  know,  that  the  richest  specimens  of 
scholarship  which  adorn  our  higher  literary  institutions  are 
found  in  the  persons  of  those  who  have  learned  to  live  on 
little,  and  to  sustain  themselves  wholly,  or  in  part,  by  teaching 
or  by  manual  industry,  while  pursuing  a  collegiate  course ; 
and  no  small  part  of  the  benefit  accruing  to  them  from  that 
course  of  study  was  the  part  that  accrued  from  their  prolonged 
conflict  with  pecuniary  poverty  and  its  attendant  depression 
and-embarrassments. 

We  need,  in  the  medical  profession,  particularly  in  the 
homoeopathic  school,  men  who  are  not  too  6elf-indulgent  to 
dare  the  difficulties  and  do  the  duties  of  a  protracted  course  of 
study — men  who  have  learned  from  trials  past,  not  to  blench 
before  the  lip  of  scorn,  nor  shrink  back  in  the  presence  of 
those  who  are  great  in  groundless  presumptions. 


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MINNESOTA    HOMOEOPATHIC     INSTITUTE. 


The  second  Annual  meetiug  of  the  Minnesota  State  Homoeopathic 
Institute  was  held,  according  to  adjournment,  at  Minneapolis,  June 
2d,  1868  C.  D  Williams,  M.  D.,  President,  in  the  chair.  Prayer 
by  T.  N.  Berlin,  M.  D. 

The  following  persons  were  elected  honorary  members: 

Horatio  Robinson,  M.  D.,  Auburn,  N.  Y.;  Horatio  Robinson,  Jr., 
M  D.,  Auburn,  N.  Y.;  J.  H.  Pulte,  M.  D.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  Gihard 
Saal,  M.  D.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  William  Sturm,  M.  D.,  Cincinnati, 
Ohio ;  John  F.  Gray,  M.  D.,  New  York  ;  E  E.  Marcy,  M.  D.,  New 
York ;  Edwin  A.  Lodge,  M.  D.,  Detroit,  Mich.;  William  Eggert, 
M.  D.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Diplomas  were  granted  to  C.  C.  Righter,  Russell  Whiteman,  and 
Carl  Weigmann. 

The  following  were  elected  officers  for  the  ensuing  year : 

President — Edson  Cooley,  M.  D.,  Faribault. 

Vice  P  residents-^W .  H.  Leonard,  M.  D.,  Minneapolis,  J.  T. 
Alley,  M  D.,  St.  Paul. 

Corresponding  Secretary — T.  R.  Huntington.  M.  D.,   Minneapolis. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer — E.  A.  Boyd,  M.  D.,  New  Canada. 

Censors— V.  L.  Hatch,  T.  R,  Huntington,  and  C.  D.  Williams. ' 

COMMITTEES. 

Materia  Medica — Drs.  Edson  Cooley  and  W.  H.  Leonard. 

Epidemics — Drs.  P  L.  Hatch  and  T.  N.  Berlin. 

Executive — Drs.  E.  A.  Boyd  and  H.  Weidelstsedt. 

Publishing— -Drs.  C.  D.  Williams  and  E.  A.  Boyd. 

The  annual  address  was  delivered  by  Dr.  C.  D.  Williams,  of  St. 
Paul. 

The  report  of  the  chairman  on  provings,  clinical  cases  and  on  Poly- 
porus  by  Dr.  Edson  Cooley,  was  received  and  ordered  published  with 
the  proceedings  of  the  Institute. 

The  following  resolutions  on  the  death  of  Bro.  Wm.  Caine,  M.  D., 
member  of  the  Institute,  were  reported  and  adopted. 

Whereas,  Since  our  last  annual  meeting  death  has  visited  us  and 
removed  from  our  ranks  an  osteemed  brother  and  co-laborer,  Wm. 
Caine,  M.  D.,  of  the  city  of  St.  Paul,  therefore. 

Resolved,  That  by  the  death  of  our  friend  we  have  lost  a  valuable 
member  of  our  association,  and  an  earnest  and  successful  advocate  of 
Homoeopathy. 

Resolved,  That  we  deeply  sympathize  with  the  family  of  the  de- 
ceased in  this,  to  them,  irreparable  loss. 

It  was  voted  that  the  next  annual  meeting  be  held  in  the  city   of 


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494-  MICHIGAN   HOMOEOPATHIC    INSTITUTE. 

St.  Paul,  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  June,  1869,  at  2  P.  M., 

It  was  voted  that  the   proceedings  of  this  meeting   be  sent  to    the 
Medical  Investigator,  Chicago ;   Oh,io  Medical   and   Surgical  Repor- 
ter, Cleveland,  and  Homoeopathic  Observer,  Detroit,  for    publication. 
Adjourned. 

Edward  A.  Boyd,  M.  D.,  Secretary. 


MICHIGAN    HOMOEOPATHIC     INSTITUTE. 


SPECIAL    MEETING. 

A  special  meeting  of  the  Michigan  Homoeopathic  Institute  was 
held  Thursday,  Sept.  17,  in  the  basement  of  the  Christian  Church,  on 
the  corner  of  Jefferson  avenue  and  Beaubien  street,  Detroit.  Dr.  C. 
A.  Jefferies,  of  Ann  Arbor,  President,  in  the  chair,  and  J.  D.  Craig, 
of  Niles,  Secretary. 

Prayer  was  offered  by  Dr.  A.  Walker,  of  Pontiac. 

A  special  order  of  business  was  proposed  by  Dr.  C.  B.  Barrett,  Jr., 
of  Detroit,  which  was  modified.  The  discussion  en  the  third  article 
in  the  call  for  the  meeting  was  commenced.  The  article  is  as  follows : 
"  To  consider  the  propriety  of  changing  the  time  of  the  meeting  of 
the  Michigan  Institute  to  the  day  preceding  the  meeting  of  the  West- 
ern Institute,  and  to  have  the  meeting  at  the  same  place,  (Ann  Arbor) 
instead  of  Lansing." 

A  resolution  was  adopted  to  make  the  change,  and  the  time  for  the 
next  meeting  of  the  Institute  set  at  May  18th  and  19th,  1869,  (two 
days  previous  to  the  meeting  of  the  Western  Institute.) 

The  roll  was  then  called,  and  23  members  responded  to  their 
names,  as  follows: 

Drs.  C.  A.  Jefferies;  J.  D.  Craig;  Chas.  J.  Hempel;  Edwin  A.  Lodge  ; 
A.  Bagley;  A.  I.  Sawyer;  I.  N.  Eldridge,  E.  R,  Ellis;  E.  H,  Drake; 
A.  Walker;  John  E.  Smith;  Orrin  Fowle;  Thomas  B.  Lamb;  F.  X. 
Spranger;  W.  J.  Calvert;  F.  Woodruff;  L.  Younghusband;  J.  D. 
Kergan;  C  B.  Barrett,  Jr. ;  S.  R.  Smart;  C.  T.  Harris;  S.  N.  Coons; 
ano!  T.  F.  Pomeroy. 

Dr,  C.  J.  Hempel,  of  Grand  Rapids,  was  appointed  to  deliver  an 
address  of  welcome  to  the  Western  Institute  of  Homoeopathy  at  its 
session  at  Ann  Arbor  next  May,  and  Dr.  C.  A.  Jefferies  appoint- 
ed alternate. 

A  committee  of  arrangements  for  the  reception  of  the  members  of 
the  Western  Institute  was  then  appointed  by  the  chair,  as  follows  : 
Dr.  Pomeroy,  of  Detroit ;  Dr.  Sawyer,  of  Monroe ;  Dr.  Woodruff,  of 


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Ann  Arbor  ;  Dr.  Bagley,  of  Marshall ;  Dr.  Eldridge,  of  Flint. 

Dr.  C.  B.  Barrett,  Jr.,  of  Detroit,  made  a  report  of  the  Wayne 
County  Homoeopathic  Institute,  which  was  accepted  and  adopted. 

On  motion  Dr.  J.  P.  Dake,  President  of  the  Western  Homoeopathic 
Institute,  was  invited  to  a  seat  in  the  convention,  and  to  take  part  in 
its  deliberations,  and  on  motion  of  Dr.  Lodge  he  was  unanimously 
elected  .to  honorary  membership.  Dr.  Dake  thanked  the  convention 
for  the  distinction  conferred. 

After  a  discussion  the  question  of  the  legality  or  illegality  of  the 
call  for  the  present  meeting,  was  laid  on  the  table  until  the  next  reg- 
ular meeting. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Sawyer,  the  consideration  of  the  University 
question  was  taken  up.  The  President  said  that  he  had  provided  for 
a  meeting  of  the  committee  on  the  subject  to  confer  with  the  Regents 
of  the  University,  but  the  members  of  the  committee  did  "not  appear 
on  account  of  professional  detention. 

Dr.  Edwin  A.  Lodge,  then  read  a  report  signed  by  himself  and 
another  member  of  the  University  Committee  on  the  subject,  re- 
viewing the  past  action  of  the  fraternity  in  their  efforts  at  recognition 
in  the  State   University. 

It  gave  a  resume  of  the  views  of  prominent*  {physicians  as  to 
whether  a  branch  college  should  be  established  at  some  other  point 
than  Ann  Arbor,  or  at  that  place.  The  reports  state  that  last  year 
an  appropriation  of  $5,000  a  year,  together  with  the  students  and 
matriculation  fees,  might  have  been  accepted. 

Quotations  from  the  New  York  Independent  and  other  papers  on 
the  conduct  of  the  allopaths  were  read,  containing  a  scathing  and 
sarcastic  criticism  made  respecting  their  objection  to  the  establish- 
ment of  a  Homoeopathic  Chair  of  Medicine  in  the  University.  The 
opinions  of  several  of  the  regents  were  cited.  They  deem  it  imprac- 
ticable to  have  the  two  systems  together  in  the  same  medical  depart- 
ment, and  express  their  determination,  while  continuing  the  allopathic 
school  at  Ann  Arbor,  to  apply  to  the  Legislature  for  permission  to 
locate  the  homoeopathic  branch  of  the  medical  department  elsewhere. 

Dr.  A.  I.  Sawyer,  of  Monroe,  then  read  a  series  of  resolutions  and 
made  quite  an  earnest  speech  in  advocacy  of  their  adoption, 
after  which  a  motion  was  made  to  adjourn  for  half  an  hour 
to  enable  the  members  of  the  University  Committee  to  consult 
together  and  unite  in  a  report  which  might  be  adopted  by  the  Insti- 
tute.    The  motion  was  adopted,  and  the  members  of  the  committee 


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retired  to  an  ante-room,  and  resolved  upon  reporting  the  following : 

Whereas,  The  Legislature  of  1855,  by  amendment  to  the  act 
of  1851,  provided  for  the  government  of  the  University,  by  add- 
ing a  proviso  "  that  there  shall  always  be  at  least  one  professor  of 
Homoeopathy  in  the  department  of  medicine  ; " 

And  whereas,  In  consideration  of  the  fact  that  the  Board  of  Regents 
bad  not  complied  with  the  aforesaid  law  of  1855,  the  Legislature  of 
1867   passed   the  following  act,   to   wit: 

11  The  people  of  the  State  of  Michigan  enact :  That  there*  shall  be 
assessed  upon  the  taxable  property  of  this  State,  in  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-seven,  and  each  year  thereafter,  for  the 
use  and  maintenance  of  the  University  of  Michigan,  the  sum  of  one- 
twentieth  of  a  mill  on  each  dollar  of  said  ^  taxable  property  assessed 
and  paid  into  the  Treasury  of  the  State,  in  like  manner  as  other  State 
taxes  are  by  law  levied,  assessed  and  paid ;  which  tax,  when  col- 
lected, shall  be  paid  by  the  State  Treasurer  to  the  Treasurer  of 
the  Board  of  Regents  of  the  University,  in  like  manner  as  the 
interest  on  the  University  fund  is  paid  to  said  Treasurer  of  said 
Board  ;  provided  that  the  Regents  of  the  University  shall  carry 
into  effect  the  law,  which  provides  that  there  shall  always  be  at 
least  one  professor  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  department  of  medicine, 
and  appoint  said  professor  at  the  same  salary  as  the  other  professors 
in  this  department,  and  the  State  Treasurer  shall  not  pay  to  the 
Treasurer  of  the  Board  of  Regents  any  part  or  all  of  the  above 
tax    until  the  Regents  shall  have  carried  into  effect  this  proviso.1' 

And  Whereas,  The  Board  of  Regents,  on  the  25th  of  March  last,  for- 
mally accepted  the  aid  proffered  in  aforesaid  act,  with  the  terms  and 
conditions  annexed  thereto  ;  and  to  comply  with  said  aet,  undertook 
to  organize  what  they  were  pleased  to  term  ••  The  Michigan  School  of 
Homoeopathy,"  to  be  located  at  some  other  place  than  Ann  Arbor,  in 
this  State,  and  that  two  professors  be  appointed  in  jsaid  school,  one  at 
once,  and  one  prior  to  the  opening  of  the  school ;  and  that  $3,000  be 
appropriated,  besides  the  salaries  of  the  professors,  out  of  the  said 
State  tax,  as  donated  to  be  expended  in  establishing  said  school,  and 
that  Dr.  Charles  J.  Hempel  be  appointed  professor  of  the  theory  and 

Practice  of  Homoeopathic  medicine  iu  said  school  at  the  salary  of 
1,000  per  annum,  to  be  paid  out  of  said  fund  so  donated, 

And  Whereas,  The  above  appointment  was  acoepted  by  Br. 
Hempel  and  demand  made  upon  the  Auditor  General  for  the  money, 
which,  after  conferring  with  the  State  Treasurer  and  Attorney  Gene- 
ral he  refused,  on  the  ground  that  the  establishment  of  the  professor- 
ship at  a  place  distant  from  Ann  Arbor  was  not  complying  with  the 
acts  of  '55  and  '67 ;  whereupon  application  was  made  by  the  Regents 
to  the  Supreme  Court  for  a  peremptory  mandamus,  requiring  the  Au- 
ditor General  to  issue  his  warrant ; 

And  Whereas,  The  same,  after  being  argued  by  learned  counsel  on 
both  sides,  and  fairly  and  impartially  considered  by  said  court,  was 
by  them  refused,  thereby  leaving  our  right  to  have  Homoeopathy 
taught  in  the  University  at  Ann  Arbor,  beyond  a  reasonable  doubt,  as 


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the  law  now  stands  ;  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  we  will  not  aeeept  any  compromise  measures  in 
lieu  of  what  justice,  equity  and  law  guarantee  to  us  ;  and  further  * 

Resolved,  That  when  Homoeopathy  shall  have  been  fully  and 
fairly  established  in  the  medical  department  of  the  University  at 
Ann  Arbor,  in  compliance  with  the  several  acts  of  the  Legislature  of 
this  State,  and  the  decision  of  our  Supreme  Court,  either  by  the 
introduction  of  the  professor  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  the  University  or.  by  the  organization  of  a  Homoeopathic 
department  of  medicine  in  the  University  at  Ann  Arbor,  on  the  Uni- 
versity grounds,  with  a  full  corps  of  professors,  with  equal  accommo- 
dations, compensations  and  privileges,  as  are  or  shall  be  awarded  the 
Allopathic  department  of  medicine  in  the  University,  we  will  then 
be  satisfied. 

Resolved,  That  it  is  the  unanimous  opinion  of  this  Institute  that  a 
homoeopathic  medical  department,  so  organized,  would  in  a  short 
time,  if  not  from  the  first,  be  self-sustaining. 

Signed  by  the  oommittee,  A.  I.  Sawyer,  E.  H.  Drake,  C.  A. 
Jefferies,  A.  Bagley,  and  Edwin  A.  Lodge. 

The  resolutions  were  discussed  by  Drs.  Hempel,  Younghus- 
band,  Drake,  Pomeroy,  Eldridge  and  others,  and  all  adopted 
except  the  last,  which  was  voted  down. 

The  Institute  adjourned  at  3  o'clock,  after  passing  a  vote  of  thanks 
to  the  members  of  the  Christian  Church  for  the  use  of  their  building. 

J.  D.  CRAIG,  Secretary. 


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The  Institute  was  organized  July  3rd,  1868  in  pursuance  of  a  call, 
signed  by  Drs.  E.  A.  Lodge,  Wm.  R.  Gorton,  E.  R.  Ellis,  E.  H.  Drake 
E.  T.  Adams,  F  X.  Spranger,  C.  Hastings,  and  Chas.  B.  Barrett.  Jr. 

This  organization,  though  but  recently  formed,  is  in  a  prosperous 
condition,  and  its  members  anticipate  much  advantage  to  the  spread  of 
Homoeopathy  in  its  permanency  and  success. 

It  holds  regular  meetings  alternately  at  the  different  offices  of  the 
members,  on  the  First  Tuesday  of  each  month. 

Its  sessions  are  well  attended,  and  often  exceedingly  interesting 
and  instructive. 

The  objects  of  the  Institute,  are  for  mutual  improvement  and  the 
advancement  of  the  cause  of  homooopathy  in  the  county  of  Wayne, 
as  auxiliary  to  this  Institute. 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Institute,  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
arrange  a  plan  for  the  establishment  in  this  city,  of  a  Free  Homoeo- 
pathic Dispensary  :  the  oommitteo  are  now  actively  engaged  in  solic- 
iting subscriptions,  and  as  soon  as  the  requisite  amount  is  subscribed, 


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a  treasurer  and  other  officers  will  be  regularly  appointed  by  the  sub- 
scribers at  a  meetimg  to  be  called  for  the  purpose  of  effecting  a  per- 
manent organization. 

A  number  of  reports  have  been  made  from  time  to  time,  by  our 
University  Committee  upon  which  animated  and  able  discussions 
were  had.  The  reports  received,  and  the  debates  following  them, 
have  been  faithfully  chronicled  from  month  to  month  in  the  columns 
of  the  Amer.  Hom.  Observer  and  all  the  daily  papers  in  the 
city,  and  this  has  doubtless  added  much  to  the  efficiency  of  the  Insti- 
tute. 

Physicians  passing  through  the  city  are  always  welcome  to  its 
meetings. 

At  the  annual  meeting  held  in  July,  the  following  physicians  were 
elected  officers  to  serve  during  the  ensuing  year  : 

President — Edwin  A.  Lodge,  M.  D. 

Vice-President — Wm.  R.  Gorton,  M   D. 

Secretary — Chas.  B.  Barrett,  Jr.,  M.  1). 

Treasurer— E.  T.  Adams,  M.  D 

Censors— Drs.  E.  H.  Drake,  F.  X.  Spranger,  and  E.  R.  Ellis. 

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The  following  report  was  read  at  the  special  meeting  of  the  Michi- 
gan Homawpalhic  Institute^  held  at  Detroit^  Sept.  17,  1868  ; 

The  homoeopaths  of  Michigan  for  the  last  ten  years  have 
been  united  in  active  efforts  to  obtain  in  the  University  of  the 
State,  at  AnnArbor,  the  provision  for  teaching  Homoeopathy, 
which  the  Legislature  contemplated  by  the  law  of  1855,  or 
advantages  equivalent  elsewhere. 

Our  physicians  have  not,  through  any  convention,  through 
this  Institute,ror  by  any  other  organization,  up  to  this  time, 
made  any  expession  in  opposition  to  this  : — "the  law  literally 
carried  out,  or  benefits  equal  in  value." 

It  has  been  said  that  the  Michigan  Institute  of  Homoeopathy 
never  proposedto  accept  anything  else  than  the  professor  in 
the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  at  Ann  Arbor. 
For  the  information  of  new  members,  and  the  public  who 
have  been  deceived  by  false  statements,  we  will  show  that  the 
Institute,  as  well  as  the  most  talented  physicians  of  the  State, 
have,  with  the  majority  of  the  homoeopathic  profession  here, 
maintained  consistently  the  claim  for  the  professorship  in  the 
University  at  Ann  Arbor,  or  full  compensatory  benefits  in  some 
other  place. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Michigan  Homoeopathic  Institute  held 


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Sept.  25th.  1862,  Dr.  E.  M.  Hale  called  the  attention  of  the 
Institute  to  the  propriety  of  some  concerted  action  in  reterence 
to  the  establishment  of  a  branch  of  the  State  University.  He 
said  that  it  was  the  opinion  of  many  learned  lawyers  that  there 
would  be  considerable  difficulty  in  compelling  the  regents  to 
fill  the  Chair.  That  it  would  be  advisable  not  to  attempt  to 
fill  the  Chair  at  Ann  Arbor  now,  but  rather  to  urge  the 
establishment  of  a  branch  of  University  at  some  other  place. 

Dr.  Jefferies  advocated  a  branch  of  the  University,  that  we 
might  be  in  a  measure  independent.  He  thought  that  an 
appropriation  of  swamp  lands  could  be  obtained  from  the 
Legislature  as  an  endowment.  On  motion  of  Dr.  Jefferies, 
the  Secretary  was  instructed  to  circulate  a  petition  praying  the 
Legislature  to  establish  a  homoeopathic  branch  of  the  State 
University,  to  be  endowed  by  a  grant  of  swamp  lands,  etc. 

In  accordance  with  these  instructions  a  petition  in  form  as 
follows  was  circulated,  signed  and  presented  to  the  Legislature : 

"  To  tlte  Honorable  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
State  of  Michigan  : 

Your  petitioners  most  respectfully  represent  that  several 
years  since  by  Legislative  action,  a  Chair  of  Homoeopathy  was 
established  in  the  State  University  ;  that  the  Board  of  Regents 
have  positively  refused  to  fill  such  Chair,  and  utterly  disregard 
the  wishes  of  a  large  portion  of  the  intelligent  and  loyal  peo- 
ple of  the  State  in  this  particular. 

We  further  represent  that  many  thousandsjof  our  people  pre- 
fer the  homoeopathic  practice  of  medicine  ;  that  they  are  among 
the  most  intelligent  classes ;  that  they  are  tax-payers  and  contri- 
bute of  their  substance  to  the  support  of  our  inssitu- 
tions  of  learning;  that  there  are  a  great  number  of  homoeo- 
pathic physicians  residing  among  us,  and  they  have  many 
students  who  are  obliged  to  go  out  of  the  State  to  procure 
that  homoeopathic  medical  education  which  we  should  furnish 
at  home.  Common  justice  requires  that  when  there  are  so 
large  a  number  of  physicians  and  homoeopathic  people,  that 
the  students  should  be  afforded  the  education  which  the 
science  demands. 

We  think  the  Legislature  might  rightfully  insist  that  the 
wishes  of  the  people  as  expressed  by  them  should  be  carried 
out,  and  the  Chair  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  University  filled  ; 
but  your  petitioners  will  be  satisfied  if  a  homoeopathic  branch 
of  the  University  be  located  at  Detroit,  or  at  some  other  point, 
shall  be  endowed  by  a  grant  of  swamp  lands  or  by  an  appro- 
priation of  such  other  public  lands  as  may  be  available.    And 


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we  respectfully  ask  that  the  benefits  which  were  intended  to  be 
conveyed  to  us  by  former  Legislation,  but  which  we  have 
been  prevented  from  receiving  by  the  action  of  the  Board  of 
Regfcnts,  be  now  conferred  upon  us  in  the  way  designated." 

The  project  met  the  approval  of  Drs.  Hempel,  Hale,  Walker, 
Ellis,  Drake,  Long,  Hill  and  all  our  prominent  practitioners. 

No  opposition  to  it  was  expressed  by  any  of  our  physicians, 
and  it  it  had  been  successful,  the  profession  generally  would 
have  been  satisfied. 

When  the  Institute  met  at  Lansing  during  the  session  of  the 
Legislature,  the  Michigan  School  of  Homoeopathic  Medicine 
and  Surgery  was  organized  and  a  faculty  nominated. 

Failing  to  obtain  the  Legislative  grant  sought  for,  the  school 
never  went  into  operation. 

For  several  years  the  Michigan  Institute  appointed  a  com- 
mittee on  u  Homoeopathic  professorship  in  the  University  and 
on  Homoeopathic  College  "  having  clearly  in  view,  from  year 
to  year,  getting  if  possible,  by  any  fair  means,  either  one  or  the 
other, — the  professorship  in  the  University  or  a  distinct  Col- 
lege. 

At  the  eighth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Michigan  Institute 
held  at  Jackson  June  18th  1867,  the  Committee  on  the  Uni- 
versity consisting  of  E.  H.  Drake,  M.  D.,  chairman  and  Drs. 
Edwin  A.  Lodge,  J.  A.  Albertson,  and  A.  Walker,  made  a  re- 
port embracing  the  facts :  that  lawyers  had  been  employed  to 
prosecute  our  claim  upon  the  regents ;  that  the  special  tax  for 
the  benefit  of  the  University,  had  been  made  contingent  to  the 
filling  of  the  homoeopathic  professorship;  that  the  Eegentshad 
proposed  to  organize  a  school  of  homoeopathy  away  from  Ann 
Arbor,  and  asking  the  Institute  to  decide  whether  to  insist  upon 
the  appointment,  or  to  consent  to  the  modification  suggested 
by  the  Eegents. 

The  report  elicited  a  discussion  which  showed  that  there 
were  very  few  members  of  the  Institute,  willing  to  insist  upon 
the  professorship  in  the  medical  department  of  the  University 
or  nothing.  Here  and  there  we  have  had  a  physician  who  has 
said,  "We  will  have thi£ or  nothing."  But  nearly  all  have 
been  reasonable,  and  favored  the  demand  for  all  to  which  we 
are  entitled,  and  failing  in  this  let  us  have  as  much  as  we 
can  get,  rather  than  prolong  through  a  generation  a  profitless 
controversy. 

Dr.  Hempel  expressed  himself  to  this  effect. 

Dr.  Eldridge  favored  a  separate  school. 

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recommending  a  separate  and  free  Medical  College. 

Dr.  Albertson  favored  a  separate  course  of  Lectures  at  Ann 
Arbor  by  a  Homoeopathic  faculty,  immeaditely  after  the  win- 
ter course  was  finished. 

Drs.  A.  Bagley,  A.  Walker,  E.  A.  Lodge,  E.  H.  Drake,  G. 
T.  Rand,  and  I.  N.  El'iridge,  were  appointed  Committee  on 
University  and  Homoeopathic  College  at  the  June  1867  meet- 
ing. They  memorialized  the  Board  of  Regents,  and  endeavored 
to  show  that  it  was  practicoble  to  fill  the  Homoeopathic  profes- 
sorship as  the  law  contemplated.  We  asked  for  the  advantages 
of  the  University  to  which  we  were  entitled,  or  other  benefits 
equal  in  value,  and  suggested  that  if  the  Board  deemed  it  ex- 
pedient, to  appoint  one  or  more  Professors  in  the  Medical  De- 
partment, then  that  they  establish  a  branch  of  the  University 
etc. 

We  did  not  think  that  the  Regents  had  power  to  create  such 
branch,  and  indicated  that  it  might  be  obtained  by  an  amend- 
ment to  the  Constitution.  (The  Constitutional  Convention 
was  about  to  meet.) 

We  suggested  that  t.wo-thirds  of  the  special  appropriation 
be  applied  to  the  erection  of  suitable  bildings,  purchase  of 
apparatus,  etc.  ;  when  these  are  paid  for,  that  one-half  of  the 
appropriation  be  applied  to  the  homoeopathic  branch  of  the 
University  for  five  years,  and  one-third  of  the  appropriation 
after  that  time. 

The  Executiye  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Regents  recom- 
mended an  appropriation  of  $1,500  per  year,  merely.  We 
regarded  this  as  not  one-fifth  as  much  as  we  should  have. 

On  consultation  with  different  members  of  the  University 
Committee,  it  was  thought  that  something  between  these 
propositions  might  be  united  upon. 

Five  thousand  dollars  was  named  by  several.  It  was  thought 
that  $5,000  with  the  matriculation  and  graduation  fees 
might  be  satisfactory. 

Dr.  Drake  thought  so. 

Dr.  A.  Bagley  wrote,  "  In  case  they  (the  Regents)  guaran- 
tee to  us  those  fees,  (the  matriculation  and  graduation  fees) 
I  think  we  had  better  take  that  amount  and  try  our  hand." 

Dr.  Rand  and  other  members  of  the  Committee  coincided. 
Dr.  Hempel  named  $7,000.  Then  Dr.  Lodge,  a  member  of 
the  committee  published  a  statement,  that 

"Although  we  consider  the  suggestions  made  to  the  Board 
of  Regents  no  more  than  we  are  justly  entitled  to,  yet,  for  the 
sake  of  an  adjustment  of  the  matter,  without  further  trouble, 
we  would  consent  to  receive  $5,000  per  year,  with  the  students 


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matriculation'  and  other  fees,  and  rely  upon  subscriptions  for 
the  purchase  of  land  upon  which  to  erect  suitable  buildings." 

This  was  merely  printed  as  editorial,  but  if  it  had  been 
expressed  in  the  name  of  the  Committee,  it  would  not  have 
exceeded  their  views  as  stated  individually.  In  their  action 
they  had  in  view  the  expressions  just  made  by  the  unanimous 
vote  of  the  Institute,  the  interests  of  the  profession  of  the 
State,  and  the  cause  in  general. 

In  view  of  all  thesv  facts  the  charges  of  corruption  made  by 
a  few  meddling  persons,  who  have  been  trying  to  stir  up  con- 
tention and  discord  in  our  ranks,  should  meet  with  most 
decided  censure. 

As  the  Committee  attempted  to  carry  out'  fairly  the  wishes 
of  the  Institute,  as  expressed  by  its  resolutions  unanimously 
passed,  and  the  acts  of  the  Committee  met  the  approval  of  the 
Institute,  the  charges  of  bargain  and  sale,  "  selling  out  the 
interests  of  homoeopathy  for  personal  aggrandizement"  and  sim- 
ilar accusations  are  shown  to  be  wholly  false. 

We  have  never  asked  for  and  never  wanted  a  smaircollege. 
The  talk  about  "a  pocket  school  at  Detroit,"  or  u a  side-show  at 
Ann  Arbor"  has  been  impertinent  and  contemptible.  That 
which  we  have  asked  for  has  been  the  equivalent  to  the  homoeo- 
pathic professorship  at  Ann  Arbor.  A  small  college  on  a  pre- 
carious foundation,  with  second-class  men  as  professors  would 
not  be  desirable.  We  have  too  many  small  colleges  now.  But 
if  we  had  in  every  respect  a  first-class  institution  ;  with  every 
chair  either  perpetually  endowed  or  securely  provided  for  ; 
grounds,  building,  and  apparatus  paid  tor,  having  no  debt; 
having  the  most  talented  professors  that  can  be  found,  present- 
ing a  more  extended,  thorough  and  systematic  course  of  study 
than  is  now  embraced  in  the  curriculum  of  Ann  Arbor  or  any 
homoeopathic  college  now  existing  in  the  United  States,  then 
we  should  have  that  which  would  satisfy  every  reasonable  man 
in  our  State, 

PREFERENCE  FOR  THE   UNIVERSITY, 

Notwithstanding  any  and  all  statements  made  by  members  of 
the  University  Committee,  or  others,  to  the  effect  that  we  might 
receive  something  else  in  lieu  ot  the  professorship  in  the  Medi- 
cal Department  at  Ann  Arbor,  we  have  had  very  distinct  pref- 
erences for  the  literal  fulfillment  of  the  old  law. 

We  Jbelieve  that  the  idea  of  the  University  of  Michigan  is 
broad  enough  to  include  a  science  which  numbers  among  its 
patrons  a  large  share  of  the  intelligence  and  wealth '■  of  the 
State. 

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the  extra  tax  assessed  for  the  benefit  of  the  University,  if  they 
receive  the  representation  to  which  they  are  clearly  entitled, 
but  they  will  promptly  move  for  a  repeal  of  the  tax,  if  their 
rights  are  ignored.  If  they  do  not  directly  ask  for  a  repeal  of 
thet  ax,  they  will  seek  to  have  it  so  modified  that  it  shall  not 
be  used  to  foster  a  monopoly,  to  their  injury. 

We  have  not  heard  that  the  unreasonable  prejudices  ot  the 
allopaths  are  shared  in  by  the  members  of  the  Literary  Faculty. 
We  know  that  the  allopathic  professors  have  been  the  subject 
of  ridicule  generally.  Why,  then,  in  the  name  of  all  that  is 
rational,  should  such  very  great  deference  be  paid  to  these 
narrow-minded  and  intolerant  doctors? 

The  editor  of  the  New  York  Independent,  referring  to  the 
vote  of  the  Regents  for  the  establishment  of  a  homoeopathic 
school  outside  of  Ann  Arbor,  says : 

"  This  concession  "  did  not  appease  the  intolerance  of  the  medical 
gentlemen.  They  scorned  to  have  their  names  printed  in  the  same 
catalogue  with  the  name  of  a  professor  of  Homoeopathy.  Accordingly 
the  most  of  them  have  resigned,  and  now  threaten  to  ruin  the  great 
school  which  has  given  to  them  whatever  reputation  they  possess, 
and  which  has  done  more  for  their  profession  than  any  other  school 
west  of  the  Alleghanies.  Here  we  pause.  Whether  they  will  suc- 
ceed remains  to  be  seen.  Possibly  they  may  repeat  the  experience 
of  Dame  Partington,  in  her  celebrated  attempt  to  stay  the  rising  tide 
of  the  Atlanlic  with  her  mop.  Meantime,  we  wish  to  direct  public 
attention  to  the  noble  spectacle  presented,  in  this  land  and  age  of 
light,  by  these  excellent  gentlemen.  Here  are  sundry  modest  doctors, 
who  virtually  say  this  :  "  What  is  the  welfare  of  1,200  students ; 
what  is  the  decent  support  of  twenty-five  professors ;  what  are  the 
interests  of  a  magnificent  University,  shackled  and  palsied  by  poverty 
in  the  full  height  of  its  grand  career;  what  are  the  demands  for  high 
culture  in  the  vast  youug  civilization  of  the  West,  when  brought  into 
conflict  with  the  traditions  of  a  medical  sect,  that  strives  to  perpetu- 
ate in  the  19th  century  those  arrogant  and  stupid  assumptions  which 
were  the  disgrace  of  the  13th  ?  We  say  nothing  upon  the  merits  of 
the  question  in  bebate  between  the  old  sect  of  medicine  and  the  new 
one ;  but,  in  the  name  of  public  decency,  we  have  a  right  to  expose 
the  spirit  in  which  the  old  sect  conducts  the  controversy.  That  spirit 
is  narrow,  bigoted,  vindictive,  unscientific.  What  means  this  attempt 
to  protect  certain  medical  theories  by  a  system  of  elaborate  tyranny 
and  proscription  ?  If  medicine  be  a  science,  why  cannot  its  various 
theories  take  their  chances  as  all  other  scientific  theories  do  ?  If 
there  are  diverse  theories  in  geology,  in  astronomy,  in  physics,  each 
is  forced  to  rough  it  without  armor,  to  recognize  respectfully  all 
searching  opposition,  and  to  meet,  if  it  can,  the  dint  of  blows  given, 
without  gloves.  Why  must  a  particular  theory  in  medicine  have  the 
prerogative  of  declaring  itself  sovereign,  immaculate,  unassailable,  of 
putting  on  autocratic   airs,  of  girding  itself  about  with  a   retinue  of 


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rough-fisted  retainers,  of  replying  to  arguments  by  nicknames,  and  of 
satisfying  honest  doubt  by  excommunication  ? 

Gentlemen  of  the  medical  faculty,  the  question  between  you  and 
the  public  is  not  a  question  as  to  big  pills  or  little  ones,  or  as  to  curing 
diseases  by  like  or  by  unlike.  It  is  a  question  of  scientific  freedom, 
of  intellectual  tolerance,  of  professioual  decency.  How  strange 
that,  when  theological  bigotry  has  reached  at  least  this  pitch  of  im- 
provement that  it  feels  the  necessity  of  skulking  behind  a  mask,  we 
should  see,  in  tha  great  and  generous  West,  a  scientific  bigotry  too 
unconscious  even  to  put  on  a  mask,  and  too  braien  to  blush  without 
one!  Every  tub  must  stand  on  its  own  bottom  !  Gentlemen,  if  your 
ancient  and  venerable  tub  has  any  bottom,  why  don't  you  use  it?" 

The  same  paper,  Sept,  3d,  publishes  the  following  notice  : 

The  triangular  duel  which  has  been  so  long  spluttering  at  Michigan 
University,  between  the  Medical  Faculty,  the  Board  of  Regents,  and 
the  Homoeopaths,  appears  to  have  reached,  not  its  end,  but  a  pause. 
So  far,  the  gratifying  announcement  can  be  made  that  nobody  has  been 
hurt  except  the  University.  As  the  case  now  stands  :  ,%  The  Faculty 
are  enabled  to  assure  the  profession  that  the  medical  department  of 
the  University  of  Michigan  is  entirely  free  from  the  remotest  connec- 
tion with  Homoeopathy."  There  1  we  hope  "  the  profession  "  will 
feel  better,  and  perhaps  regain  its  appetite  after  such  a  dreadful  panic. 
Poor  gentlemen,  that  you  should  have  been  so  much  scared !" 

We  might  extend  quotations  of  this  character,  showing  that 
the  people,  by  the  press  as  well  as  by  the  Legislature,  ask  for 
equal  rights  in  the  University,  but  we  prefer  to  direct  atten- 
tion to  the  recent  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State. 

Judge  Graves,  held  that  there  is  nothing  in  the  laws  in  ques- 
tion, (Acts  of  1855  &  1867)  to  indicate  that  any  separation  of 
the  professorships,  in  the  Department  of  Medicine  was  designed 
or  thought  of,  but  on  the  contrary  the  purpose  appears  to  have 
been  to  supply  a  new  element  of  instruction,  for  the  benefit  of 
all  who  should  attend  the  college  as  situated  and  established.  " 

Judge  Christuncy,  delivered  an  opinion  in  which  he  de- 
cides that  "  the  question,  whether  the  homoeopathic  theory 
should  be  recognized  and  taught  in  the  Medical  Department  of 
the  University,  as  well  as  the  allopathic,  and  both  be  thereby 
placed  upon  substantially  the  same  grounds  of  competition, 
and  allowed  to  test  by  results  their  respective  claims  to  popu- 
lar patronage,  has  twice  been  presented  to  the  Legislature,  and 
deliberately  considered  and  decided  by  them,  so  far  as  they 
have  any  power  over  the  question,  in  a  manner  which  can  leave 
no  reasonable  doubt  of  their  intention.  " 

He  also  held  that  u  the  University  having  been  located  at 
Ann  Arbor  by  the  Act  of  1837.,  however  desirable  it  may  be 
to  establish  a  department,  or  professorship  elsewhere,  a  legiala- 


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tiv$  permission  to  that  effect  must  first  be  obtained. " 

At  a  conference  held  with  Eegents  Sill  and  Walker,  by  two 
members  of  the  University  Committee,  (Dr.  E.  H.  Drake,  and 
E.  A.  Lodge),  with  Prof.  Hempel  on  Saturday  June  27th  last, 
they  informed  us  that  the  Board  of  Regents  had  determined  not 
to  appoint  homoeopathic  professors  to  any  of  the  chairs  in  the 
Medical  Department  of  the  University.  They  said  that  if  the 
resignations  of  some  had  not  been  withdrawn,  and  other  profes-  . 
sors  of  the  allopathic  school,  had  not  offered  to  serve  with  the 
understanding,  that  the  Medical  Deparment  of  the  University 
should  be  divided  into  two  schools,  one  allopathic  and  the  other 
homoeopathic,  that  then  they  would  have  adopted  the  course  in- 
dicated by  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer  (page  360  for 
July,  which  was  in  subtance  that  the  vacancies  should  be  filled 
with  professors  of  special  talent,  for  the  respective  chairs  who 
could  work  pleasantly  with  Prof.  Hempel). 

They  further  informed  us  at  this  interview  that  it  was  their 
intention,  should  the  court  decide  in  their  favor,  to  organize 
the  Homoeopathic  School  as  a  part  of  the  Medical  Department 
of  the  University,  to  issue  the  regular  University  degree,  to  be 
signed  by  the  President,  Regents,  and  homoeopathic  faculty ; 
and  should  the  Court  decide  against  them,  that  then  they 
will  apply  to  the  Legislature  to  amend  the  law  giving  them  the 
authority  desired. 

Since  the  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court  was  rendered,  we 
have  received  no  intimation  from  any  members  of  the  Board 
of  Regents  that  evinces  any  different  purpose  from  that  before 
related. 

The  attention  of  Regents  Sill  and  Walker  were  directed  to 
the  misstatements  of  the  Medical  faculty  in  their  Announce- 
ment. At  first  they  spoke  of  it  as  unauthorized.  Calling  upon 
Regent  Sill,  Sept.  1st.  he  informed  one  of  the  University  Com- 
mittee that  Regent  Walker,  and  himself  had  examined  the 
statement  issued,  but  did  not  think  that  it  called  for  any  denial 
on  their  part.  He  would  admit  that  it  was  skilfully  if  not 
artfully  put,  but  did  not  think  it  would  bear  the  construction 
we  objected  to. 

He  desired  that  homoeopathy  should  have  u  a  fair  show, " 
but  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  was  not  to  be 
destroyed  for  the  sake  of  homoeopathy.  It  was  wholly  imprac- 
tible  to  have  the  two  clashing  systems  at  Ann  Arbor.  The 
Medical  Department  there  must  be  either  allopathic  or 
homoeopathic.  The  allopaths  have  built  up  the  most  success- 
ful department  in  the  University,  they  have  rightly  the  prefer- 
ence, and  however  favorably  disposed  towards  homoeopathy  he 
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might  be,  he  would  advocate  its  continuance.  He  also  said 
that  he  believed  if  our  strongest  friends  were  on  the  Board, 
being  honorable  men,  and  feeling  the  weight  of  responsibility  of 
such  an  institution,  that  they  would  pause  before  destroying  a 
department  of  the  University  now  in  successful  operation  for 
any  experiment.  At  the  same  time  the  Board  of  Regents,  are 
determined  to  carry  out  in  good  faith  their  pledges  to  the  hom- 
oeopathi8ts,  and  organize  fo*  them,  in  some  other  part  of  the ' 
State,  a  separate  school  or  branch  of  the  University,  and  appli- 
cation will  be  made  to  the  next  Legislature  to  insert  some  half 
a  dozen  words  in  the  last  law  so  as  to  give  them  the  power  nec- 
ceseary. 

The  fact  was  referred  to,  that  some  of  our  physicians  advoca- 
ted coercive  measures ;  that  application  would  be  made  to 
the  Supreme  Court  for  a  mandamus  etc.  He  replied  that  it 
would  not  amount  to  anything.  "  The  Court  will  not  com- 
pel us  to  do  that  which  we  believe  would  be  destructive  to  the 
interests  of  the  University ." 

Regent  Willard  has  expressed  himself  emphatically  in  favor 
of  carrying  out  the  law  of  JL855. 

We  do  not  think  there  would  be  any  insurmountable  difficulty 
if  the  Board  of  Regents  were  determined  to  give  us,  in  the  Uni- 
versity, an  equal  chance  with  the  Allopathic  School.  An  e  ual 
chance  we  say.  We  do  not  ask  for  any  exclusive  privilege.  We 
do  not  want  any  monopoly.  Homoeopathy  has  been  represented 
as  a  very  small  thing,  so  insignificant  that  it  was  not  worth 
noticing.  Then  it  is  so  large  and  its  shadow  even  so  formida- 
ble that  it  has  caused  terror.  The  fact  is  it  not  so  trifling  that 
it  cannot  make  itself  heard,  and  not  so  terrific  that  it  need 
cause  alarm. 

Let  the  Regents  make  the  appointment  desired  by  the  people 
of  the  State  and  petitioned  for  by  our  physicians,  and  let  them 
make  such  regulations  as  will  ensure  good  order,  and  they  will 
then  perform  not  only  the  act  which  the  letter  of  the  law 
requires,  but  render  a  service  to  Humanity.  At  the  first  ses- 
sion there  may  be  a  few  less  students,  but  there  will  not  be  the 
falling  off  that  has  has  been  talked  of.  The  Board  has  been 
told  that  no  allopathic  physician  will  send  a  student  to  a  mixed 
school,  which  is  no  more  correct  than  the  other  thing  which 
was  unduly  urged,  namely ;  that  they  could  not  get  medical 
professors  that  were  not  members  of  the  American  Medical 
Association.  The  American  Medical  Association  does  not  in- 
clude more  than  one  tenth  of  the  allopathic  profession ;  and 
some  ot  the  best  qualified  teachers  for  the  branches  of  Medical 
Science  which  are  common  property  to  all   medical  men ;  some 


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of  the  most  expert  and  enthusiastic  teachers  of  Chemistry,  Bot- 
anny,  Physiology,  Anatomy,  Medical  Jurisprudence,  Toxicolo- 
gy etc.,  are  not  members  of  the  exclusive  allopathic  society. 
By  the  constitution  of  their  minds  they  are  preeminently  lib- 
eral— always  broad  in  their  views.  You  cannot  make  bigots  of 
such  material.  They  scorn  the  chains  of  your  stand-still  con- 
servatism.    Such  professors  are  at  hand. 

As  to  students,  let  not  the  Regents  think  that  the  Universi- 
ty must  depend  for  support  of  its,  medical  department  upon  the 
friends  of  the  narrow-minded  allopaths.  There  has  been  such 
an  infusion  of  the  homoeopathic  faith  among  medical  men  that 
a  large  number  outside  of  our  ranks  are  now  looking  upon  it 
with  favor.  Month  by  month  we  have  accessions  to  our  profes- 
sion, and  who  has  ever  heard  of  more  than  two  or  three  going 
back  from  scientific  homoeopathy  to  empirical  allopathy  ?  The 
number  of  men  of  extreme  views  are  constantly  lessening.  Are 
not  our  friends  ot  the  Board  of  Regents  able  to  discern  "  the 
signs  of  the  times  "  in  a  medical  aspect,  and  anticipate,  by  but 
a  short  time,  that  which  is  inevitable  ?  Will  they  not  do  us  the 
justice,  and  themselves  the  honor,  of  inaugurating  in  the  peoples 
University,  Medical  Science  as  recognized  by  the  people? 

We  are  met  with  the  objection  that  the  Board  of  Regfents  do 
not  endorse  the  intolerance  of  the  allopathic  sect,  but  are 
obliged  to  take  men  as  they  are.  We  admit  that  there  is  some 
force  in  the  statement,  but  desire  to  point  out  that  it  should  tell 
just  as  much  for  homoeopathy  as  for  allopathy,  without  the 
Board  are  willing  to  be  partizan.  By  all  means,  gentlemen, 
take  men— our  whole  population,  as  you  find  them.  Behold 
them,  not  all  allopaths,  but  as  with  your  own  honorable  board, 
with  the  University  professors  generally,  with  the  legal  as  well 
as  the  clerical  profession,  with  every  assembly  or  institution, 
religious,  political  or  social  in  the  State,  behold  them  gentle- 
men not  all  on  one  side,  but  in  every  company  a  very  liberal 
number  adhering  to  the  principles  and  practice  of  Homoeopathy. 
We  hope  that  this  University  question  in  all  its  bearings, 
will  be  fully  and  frankly  discussed  at  the  present  meeting  of  the 
Institute.  We  shall  gain  by  a  calm  and  dignified  deliberation 
of  the  subject  in  all  its  aspects,  as  becomes  members  of  a  scien- 
tific body.  There  are  differences  of  opinion  in  relation  to  this 
subject  among  our  best  men.  We  must  respect  these.  We 
must  not  think  any  the  less  of  a  man  because  he  may  not  think 
just  as  we  do.  Let  him  give  his  views,  and  make  such  recom- 
mendations as  he  may  deem  most  conducive  to  final  success. 
Coming  together  in  the  pure  love  of  truth,  with  do  p  regard 
for  our  cherished  science,  with  a  purpose  to  use  onlyhonorable 


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weapons  in  any  contest  that  it  may  neccessary  to  wage  even 
with  our  opponents,  we  may  expect  profit  from  our  gathering 
together  and  success  eventually.  If  on  the  other  hand  we  care 
most  for  local  and  personal  interests,  and  encourage  the  schem- 
ing and  wire-working  of  those  who  have  striven  to  divide  our 
ranks  we  shall  only  deserve  defeat. 

The  Board  of  Regents  are  to  have  their  next  meeting  at 
Ann  Arbor  on  the  29th  (Sept),  inst. 

,  Shall  we  prepare  a  memorial  to  the  Regents  as  a  final  settle- 
ment in  acceptance  of  their  proposition  for  adjustment  of  this 
question  ? 

Shall  we  authorize  a  special  committee  to  confer  with  the 
Board  of  Regents,  and  settle  upon  a  practicable  solution  of  the 
matter  as  proposed  by  them,  or  otherwise  ? 

Shall  we  refrain  from  making  any  proposition  or  accepting 
any  from  the  Regents  7 

Shall  we  decline  all!  compromises  and  insist  on  the  literal 
carrying  out  of  the  law  ? 

Shall  we  rely  for  relief  upon  the  Supreme  Court  ? 

Shall  we  appeal  to  the  Legislature  ? 

All  which  is  most  respectfully  submitted, 

Edavin  A.  Lodge,  E.  H.  Drake,  of  Committee. 

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WHy  Not  Detroit  ? — Several  physicians  who  did  not  attend 
the  special  meeting  of  the  Michigan  Institute,  ask  why  if  there 
is  to  be  a  branch  of  the  University,  it  should  not  be  located  at 
Detroit  in  preference  to  Ann  Arbor.  For  the  information  of 
such  and  others,  we  give  the  reason  why  many  who  know  why 
Detroit  should  be  preferred  to  Ann  Arbor,  still  recommended 
Ann  Arbor.  As  the  law  now  states  we  doubt  if  the  Regents 
have  power  to  locate  a  branch  of  the  University  outside  of  Ann 
Arbor,  with  power  to  confer  degrees  &c,  At  Ann  Arbor  they 
have  the  power,  and  we  were  informed  that  the  State  Audi- 
tor and  Treasurer  of  the  State,  will  pay  over  to  the  Regents 
the  appropiation  if  a  homoeopathic  branch  of  th  University  is 
so  organized  on  the  University  grounds  at  Ann  Arbor.  We 
agreed  upon  Ann  Arbor  with  this  understanding.  We  meet 
the  Regents  now  with  a  request  to  make  the  appointment  of 
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complete  new  department  as  a  homoeopathic  school  at  Ann 
Arbor.     Either  will  avoid  an  appeal  to  the  Legislature. 

Should  the  matter  be  referred  to  the  next  Legislature,  unless 
it  comes  before  that  body  as  a  compromise  between  the  medical 
parties,  and  the  Regents,  it  is  very  likely  that  the  appropriation 
itself  will  be  imperilled.     The  Board  of  Regents  have   more  to 
fear  from  the  Legislature  than  the  homoeopaths.     Our  Legisla- 
tors are  inclined  to  think  that  they   have  been  treated   disre- 
spectfully, and  though  the  Regents  may  present  a  multitude  of 
excuses  for  disobeying  the  law,  still  the  fact  will   be   apparent, 
they  disregarded  the  will  of  the  people  as  expressed  by  Legisla- 
tive acts.  The  Regents  are  iealous  of  their  prerogatives;  so  are 
the  Legislature.      The  Supreme  Court  decide  that  the  power  to 
create  new  professorships,  resides  with  the  Legislature  and  they 
create  the  homoeopathic  professorship  of  the  University.     This 
has  merely  a  legal  existence  by  the   neglect  of  the  Board  of' 
Regents.      The  Legislature  say  you  shall  have  power  to  make 
appointments  and  removals,  and  fix  salaries  etc.,  etc.,  provided 
that  there  shall  be  at  least  one  professor  of  homoeopathy  in  the 
department  of  medicine,  and  the  Board  disregard  the  condition. 
The    proviso    remains  for  some  dozen   years  a  dead    letter. 
The  only    plea  that  they   cau  make  to  the  Legislature  is  that 
they  deemed  it  impracticable.     A  mere  opinion  against  the  law! 
They  could  not  say  that  they  had  ever  given   the  law  a  fair 
trial.     They  cannot   prove  that  homoeopathic   professorships 
have  even  been  tried   and  failed  either  here  or  in    Europe. 
Assistance  to  the  University  is  madfe  conditional  to   the  fulfill- 
ment of  the  previous  law — still  it  remains   unfilled.      Under 
such  circumstances  will  the  Legislature  feel  disposed   to  grant 
any  addittional,  or  special  favors   to  the  University  ?      We 
tkink  not,  and  would  most  respectfully  urge  a  settlement  of  the 
matter  without  additional  legislation. 

In  the  Legislature  we  shall  doubtless  have  many  friends,  but 
neither  the  regents,  the  homoeopaths  or  the  allopaths  need 
expect  to  have  it  all  just  their  own  way.  Some  members  will 
favor  a  repeal  of  the  appropriation  ;  others  will  say  that  the 
allopathic  department  does  more  harm  than  good — let  it  be 


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abolished,  we  will  not  have  any  sectarian  thing  in  our  Univer- 
sity, be  it  medical  or  religious  ;  others  will  want  to  divide  the 
appropriation,  giving  half  to  the  University  and  the  other  half  to 
a  homoeopathic  college ;  others  will  favor  the  diversion  of  the 
whole  to  the  homcepaths,  considering  that  they  have  been 
treated  unjustly. 


Hahnemann  Medical  College  of  Chicago,  III,  will 
commenceits  ninth  annual  session  in  October.  The  Prelim- 
inary term  October  1st,  and  winter  term  October  14th. 

Several  changes  have  taken  place  in  the  faculty.  Prof. 
Bacmeister  will  lecture  on  Materia  Medica  in  place  of  Prof. 
Hale  retired.  We  hope  that  Prof.  Bacmeister  will  render  as 
much  service  to  the  profession  as  his  predecessor.  Prof.  Gatch- 
ell  takes  an  Emeritus  position.  Profs.  Ludlam  and  Beebe 
retain  the  chairs  of  Obstetrics  and  Surgery  for  which  they 
have  eminent  qualifications. 

Prof.  Allen  will  be  fotmd  an  instructive  and  interesting 
lecturer  on  Anatomy.  We  hope  that  the  college  will  attract  a 
large  class  the  coming  session. 

Homoeopathic  Medical  College  of  Missouri,  commences 
it  regular  term  of  lectures  on  the  26th  of  October,  to  close  on 
the  first  of  March  next. 

We  observe  that  Prof.  Frost,  lately  of  Philadelphia,  will 
lecture  on  Special  Pathology  and  Diagnosis.  Prof.  Franklin, 
has  the  Chair  of  "  Science  and  Art  of  Surgery/'  Prof.  Corn- 
stock  that  of  Obstetrics,  and  the  other  departments  are  ably 
filled.  Fee  for  full  course,  including  matriculation,  hospital 
and  dissecting  ticket  $115, 

The  Hahnemann  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia. 

The  regular  course  of  lectures  will  begin  on  the  second  Mon- 
day in  October,  and  end  about  the  first  of  March  ensuing.  It 
affords  us  great  satisfaction  to  refer  to  the  extraordinary  suc- 
cess of  the  first  session  of  instruction  in  this  college,  and  we 
hope  that  subsequent  courses  will  be  equally  successful.  The 
Board   of   Trustees,  in  their   annual  announcement,    appear 


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determined  to  place  the  college  upon  the  broad  and  elevated 
platform  of  an  enlightened  and  progressive  medical  science,  in 
the  hope  that  it  may  not  be  surpassed  in  the  completeness  of 
its  curriculum  of  instruction  and  its  practical  advantages  for 
acquiring  a  thorough  and  complete  education.  Letters  may  be 
addressed  to  either  C.  Hering,  M.  D.,  Dean,  114  NorthTwelfth 
street,  or  R.  Koch,  M.  D.,  Registrar,  33  North  Twelfth  street, 
Philadelphia.  B. 

New  York  Homceopathic  Medical  College. — The  regular 
course  of  lectures  in  this  institution,  will  commence  on  Tues- 
day, October  13,  1868,  at  9  a.  m.  An  introductory  course  of 
lectures  will  be  delivered  by  physicians  of  much  celebrity 
previous  to  the  regular  course,  commencing  on  Friday,  October 
1,  1868.  It  is  the  aim  of  the  officers  as  well  -as  the  faculty  to 
place  every  means  of  scientific  research  and  learning  within 
reach  of  its  students  as  collateral  aid.  The  public  char- 
ities of  the  City  of  New- York  offer  an  immense  field  for 
the  practical  study  of  diseases,  and  well  organized  Dispensaries 
where  regular  Clinical  Instructions  is  given  by  competent  Pro- 
fessors, adds  much  to  advantages  of  the  student.  Letters  of 
enquiry  should  be  addressed  J.  Beakley,  M.  D.,  Dean.  Gram- 
ercy  Park  House  N.   Y.  B. 

Our  Colleges  at  New- York,  Philadelphia,  Chicago,  Cleve- 
land, and  St.  Louis,  have  prospects  for  much  larger  classes 
this  session  than  last,  and  we  expect  to  chronicle  some  interestii  g 
reports  in  subsequent  numbers. 

Missouri  State  Homceopathic  Society  meets  at  St.  Louis, 
October  7th,  1868. 

Homceopathic  Medical  Society  of  Wisconsin. — The  fourth 
annual  me  ting  will  be  held  at  Fond  du  Lac  on  Wednesday, 
October  7th,  commencing  at  10  a.  m.  This  Society,  although 
in  its  infancy,  is  growing  beyond  the  most  sanguine  expecta- 
tions of  its  founders.  Our  recognition  by  the  Legislature  of 
last  winter,  places  us  upon  a  footing  with  the  other  Societies, 
and  it  now  only  remains  for  the  physicians  of  the  State  to  make 
it  equal  in  all  respects.  H.  B.  Dale,  Secretary. 


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Garnscy*— The  profession  will  thank  Dr.  C.  Alex.  Garnsey,  for  his  reports  relating  to  Kali 
kichromicwn  and  Mercmius  corronviu,  published  in  this  number. 

Hale.— Dr.  E.  M.  Hale  has  taken  his  father  into  partnership,  as  well  as  his  brother  and  the 
three  will  hereafter  practice  together— firm.  Das.  Halk,  174  South  Clark  street,  Chicago,  111. 

Horton.— Dr.  A.  E.  Horton's  very  interesting  repor£of  a  case  of  poisoning  with  Cimidfuga 
racemosa  is  in  type,  and  will  appear  in  November  number. 

LUlenthal.— Dr.  S.  Lilienthal  enriches  the  present  number  with  two  valuable  translations, 
and  we  are  very  happy  to  say  that  he  will  continue  to  be  a  regular  contributor  tokour  pages. 

Luke  ns.— The  November  number  will  contain  reports  of  "fatal  eases,"  in  diseases  of 
infants,  by  M.  B.  Lukens,  M.  D. 

Merrill.— We  are  indebted  to  Jno.  C  Merrill,  M.  D.,  for  a  fragmentary  proving  of  bromide 
of  potassium,  published  in  this  number.  Will  the  Dr.  be  kind  enough  to  send  us  his  present 
address. 

Poole.  -Thos.  W.  Poole,  M.  D„  a  talented  homceopathist,  and  recently  editor  of  a  newspa- 
per in  Canada,  is  now  looking  for  a  desirable  location  on  this  side.  Unsolicited  on  his  part,  we 
commend  him  most  heartily  to  any  of  our  friends  that  he  may  call  upon. 

Wanless.— Di.  John  Wanless,  publishes  in  The  Daily  Witness,  of  Montreal,  Sept.  16,  a 
sharp  criticism  of  the  allopathic  Canada  Medical  Association,  who  have  beeii  recently  ostracis- 
ing homoeopaths  in  a  very  objectionable  manner.  We  hope  to*  find  space  for  a  part  of  his  article 
in  November  number. 


NECROLOGICAI,. 

Ramsbotham.-Br.  JOHN  H.  RAM6B0THAM.  With  deep  regret'  we  record  the 
death  of  Dr.  JOHN  H.  RAMS  BOTH  AM.  After  long  continued  illness,  he  died  at  his  resi- 
dence, in  Park  Place,  Leeds,  England,  on  Wednesday,  August  5th,  aged  89.  In  the  death  of 
Dr.  R.,  homoeopathy  has  to  deplore  the  loss  of  one  of  her  most  distinguished  adherents. 


REMOVALS. 
Coon.— Dr.  H.  C.  Coon,  from  Alfred  Centre  to  DeRuyter,  N.  Y. 
DeDerlty .— Dr.  F.  F.  de  Derky,  from  Quebec,  Canadr,  to  Terra  Haute,  Ind. 
Fish.— Dr.  E.  W.  Fish,  from  St.  Louis  to  Brookfield,  Mo. 
Hooper.— Joseph  Hooper,  M.  D.  from  Corunna,  Mich.,  to  Bay  City,  Mich. 
Noyes.— Dr.  Frank  Noyes,  from  Moscow  to  North  Adams,  Mich. 
Raynale.— Dr.  C.  M.  Raynale,  from  Pontiac  to  Birmingham,  Mich. 
Vanderburgh.— Dr  D.  W.  Vanderburgh,  from  Rhinebeck  to  Ilion,  N.  Y. 
"Welch.— Dr*.  Jas.  W.  Welch,  from  Fosterburgto  Carlinville,  111. 


MARBLED. 


Goodrich— Warner.— O.  E.  GOODRICH,  M.  D.,  of  Allegan,  Michigan,  was  married  to 
CARRIE  E.  WARNER,  of  Marlboro,  Mass.,  on  the  first  of  September. 

If  Dr.  Goodrich  is  rich  in  'goodness,  and  C.  E.  G.  a  help-meet,  they  will  doubtless  realize 
that  marriage  "  hath  in  it  the  labor  of  love,  and  the  delicacies  of  friendship,  the  blessing  of 
society,  and  the  union  of  hands  and  hearts." 

Reynolds— Keeler.— In  this  ciiy,  September  14,  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's  father, 
Capt.  S.  C.  Keeler,  of  the  tug  Sampson,  by  Rev.  L.  R.  Fisk,  Dr.  REYNOLDS,  of  St.  Clair,  and 
Miss  EMMA  F.  KEELER,  of  this  city. 

We  wish  Dr.  R.  much  joy,  for  a  good  wife  is  a  gift  of  the  Lord,  and  there  are  very  few  gift 
comparable  in  value. 


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Pro*.  THOMAS  NICHOL,  Boirom. 


[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 
ONE    CAUSE    OF    DEFORMED    PELVIS. 

BY  B.  C.  8MKDLEY,  X.  D.,    OF  WEST  CHESTBB,  PENN. 


My  attention  was  lately  called  te  a  case  of  deformed  pelvis 
in  a  little  child,  five  months  old.  One  ot  the  attendants  in  the 
house  observed  that  the  toes  of  the  right  foot  were  directed  out- 
ward, and  could  not  be  brought  inward  toward  the  body  beyond 
a  line  directly  in  front.  Any  attempt  to  rotate  it  further  gave 
pain.  On  examining  the  hips,  I  found  the  posterior  part  of 
the  ilium  and  ischium,  with  the  sacrum,  much  flattened.  The 
pressing  inward  of  the  ischiatic  portion  of  the  acetabulum, 
directed  the  foot  outwardly ;  hence  the  deformity.  This  led 
me  to  the  suspicion  that  the  child,  which  had  then  been  sick 
several  weeks,  had  been  nursed,  as  is  the  custom  with  some 
women,  upon  one  side  chiefly.  Upon  inquiry,  I  found  such 
was  the  case  ;  the  nurse  asserting  she  could  only  nurse  a  child 
upon  the  left  arm.  I  told  her  then,  if  she  could  not  carry  it 
upon  the  right  arm,  to  keep  it  lying  chiefly  upon  the  left  side, 
changing  its  position  occasionally  to  give  it  rest.  The  direc- 
tions were  faithfully  attended  to,  and  by  this  means  the  pelvis 
was  restored  to  its  natural  shape. 

I  mention  this  as  one  of  the  causes  of  pelvic  deformities 
which  may  readily  be  avoided  by  the  proper  attention  of  those 
into  whose  care  is  given  those  little,  tender,  helpless  beings, 
whose  soft  and  pliable  bones  may  be  easily  moulded  into  abnor- 
mal shapes.  'Tis  true,  if  the  child  be  of  healthy  organization, 
nature  may,  during  the  period  of  growth  and  hardening  of  the 
bony  structure,  achieve,  herself,  the  work  of  restoration.  But 
if  not,  if  the  child  be  of  scrofulous  diathesis,  of  feeble  health, 
delicately  organized,  of  defective  nutrition  and  slow  develop- 
ment, the  deformity  may  remain  through  life.     Should,  then, 

no*3g 

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the  victim  of  this  misfortune,  be  called  in  after  years  to  the 
office  of  maternity,  the  pains  of  parturition,  augmented  by  a 
narrow  pelvis,  may  be  the  fate  of  the  unhappy  sufferer.  Or 
hers  may  be  the  painful  necessity  of  having  the  little  pledge  of 
affection,  around  which  was  being  entwined  the  tendrils  of  a 
mother's  love,  mutilated  and  extracted,  and  the  fond  hopes  of 
parents  forever  blasted  in  the  bud. 


(For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.) 
Nitric  Acid  and  Trillin   in  Uterine    Haemorrhage. 

BY  C.   ALEX.   OARN8EY,   M.   D.f  BAT  AVI  A,  ILL. 


After  having  resided  in  this  neighborhood  some  three  years, 
and  having  applied  my  calling  all  around  and  about  the  pres- 
ent patient,  who,  with  her  family  affected  to  despise  homoeo- 
path y  as  a  "miserable  nonentity,"  I  was  at  last  very  unex- 
pectedly summoned  to  attend  her,  I  found  the  lady  upon  her 
bed,  flowing,  and  looking  as  if  nearly  exsanguious.  She  was 
30  years  of  age,  sanguine-nervous  temperament,  consumptive 
diathesis,  married  and  barren.  Pulse  small  and  feeble,  strength 
all  gone,  desponding,  gloomy,  discouraged.  Has  been  flowing 
without  any  menstrual  reckoning  for  a  year,  and  nearly  all  the 
time  for  the  last  nine  weeks.  The  discharges  oozing  away 
slowly,  occasionally  coming  in  a  gush,  upon  exertion.  For  the 
most  part  unaccompanied  with  pain;  dark  color. 

Brief  history  of  the  case.  Was  first  taken  with  entire  sup- 
pression, headache,  pain  in  back,  sides,  hips.  Applied  to  a 
specialist  40  miles  away.  He  gave  her  some  terribly  heating 
and  forcing  medicines.  She  was  in  consequence  taken  with 
severe  flooding,  which  she  was  informed  washer  "courses." 
These  "  courses,"  however  showed  no*  disposition  to  stop  run- 
ning, and  Mr.  specialist  could  not  now  check  their  mad  career. 
She  now  applied  to  another,  a  traveling  mountebank,  who  makes 
the  " examination  and  cauterizing"  of  innocent  women  his 
specialty.  He  examined  and  pronounced  "ulceration  of  the 
womb,"  and  forthwith  cauterized  her  with  nitrate  of  silver.  She 
affirms  that  she  had  no  discharge  but  blood  until  a  few  days 
after  this  cauterizing,  she  then  had  a  mattery  discharge,  which 

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finally  ceased.  The  blood  continued  to  flow  as  before.  Not 
all  the  time,  but  at  irregular  intervals.  The  specialist  failing 
to  help  her,  she  applied  to  a  regular  (?)  of  our  town,  and  he 
had  the  case  three  months,  and  she  was  no  better,  if  anything 
made  worse.  The  homoeopathic  Nazarene  was  now  eagerly 
consulted.  "Did  he  know  what  was  the  matter,  could  he  help 
her,  and  how  long  would  it  take  ?  She  had  but  little  confi- 
dence in  doctors,''  but  was  prepared  to  be  helped  immediately 
by  a  homoeopath. 

I  diagnosed  and  told  her  at  once  :  First,  a  relaxed  condition 
of  the  uterus,  the  positive  result  of  allopathic  treatment,  or 
polypus.  Nothing  short  of  an  examination  now  would  deter- 
mine. Not  wishing  to  ape  my  predecessors,  however,  in  this 
matter,  I  consented  to  medicate  her  for  a  week,  unless  I  saw 
fit  to  change  my  mind  ;  in  that  event,  the  only  condition  of  a 
continuance  of  the  case  would  be  the  speculum.  "  How  long 
a  time  did  1  want  to  help  her:"  I  replied  inasmuch  as  the 
other  doctors  had  tried  a  year,  I  should  ask  six  weeks  !  I  con- 
menced  the  case  energetically  with  posture,  cold  compress, 
Ipecacuanha  and  Hamamelis,  and  with  a  full  determination,  if 
possible,  to  reach  the  case  by  internal  medication,  holding  in 
reserve  speculum  and  all  vaginal  injections  and  topical  applica- 
tions. I  piassed  from  Ipecac,  and  Hamamelis,  to  Secale,  Sabina, 
China,  Erigeron,  with  but  little  result.  Apocynum  can.  and 
Trillin,  gave  me  a  little  more  satisfaction,  but  after  their  con- 
tinuance without  sufficient  amelioration,  the  discharges  being 
membranous,  and  having  much  confidence  still  in  Trillin,  I 
put  her  upon  Trillin  2,  Ifitric  acid  ^,  in  alternation.  I  had 
now  occupied  one  month.  I  had  two  weeka  leeway  and  was 
inside  of  time,  as  the  haemorrhage  was  now  nearly  controlled-; 
an  occasional  slight  discharge,  which  finally  ceased  entirely. 
For  the  anaemic  condition  I  prescribed  Ferrum,  and  San- 
guis drac.  in  wine. 

Things  began  to  tell  in  favor  of  homoeopathy,  and  in  three 
months  there  was  a  great  change  in  the  patient's  appearance. 
A  month  or  two  now  passed  without  any  appearance  of  the 
flow,  and  she  became  nervous  and  fidgety  for  fear  of  passing 
into  the  opposite  extreme.     I  reminded  her  that  homoeopathy 


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never  began  or  finished  up  a  case  on  allopathic  principles,  and 
that  she  must  now  patiently  await  the  full  returning  powers  of 
Nature,  and  that  I  would  occasionally  jog  the  old  dame's  mem- 
ory, which  I  did  without  any  tindue  anxiety  or  unnecessary 
interference.  The  catamenia  made  its  appearance  normally 
and  regularly  at  least  twice  after  this.  I  have  ceased  to  have 
the  patient  under  active  treatment,  and  she  considers  herself 
better  than  she  has  been  for  the  last  two  years. 

I  consider  this  case  another  decided  triumph  for  homoeop- 
athy. 

I  will  close  this  article  by  adding  that  I  failed  to  do  in  this 
case  what  is  the  bounden  duty  of  every  physician  in  similar 
circumstances,  viz  :  As  a  sine  qua  non  to  the  treatment,  that 
the  husband,  (if  the  lady  has  one,)  be  put  on  a  rigid  quaran- 
tine in  respect  to  his  marital  rights.  I  am  fully  convinced 
that  this  is  imperative,  and  without  this  positive  assurance,  I 
do  not  design  to  assume  the  treatment  of  another  such  a  case, 
more  especially  when  received  from  allopathic  hands. 


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FATAL    CASES. 

REPORTED  BT  M.  B.   LTJKEN8,   M.   D.,  PLOVER,  WIS. 


I  will  report  a  few  clinical  cases  for  the  Observer,  which  if 
you  think  worthy  of  its  columns,  please  insert : 

First,  Cases  which  have  proved  fatal  in  nearly  every  instance 
whether  treated  homoeopathically  or  by  any  other  system. 

The  cases  were  children  varying  from  six  to  twenty-two 
months  in  age. 

Symptoms. — Violent  attack  of  dysentery,  followed  in  a  few 
hours  by  spasms,  resembling  those  which  are  said  to  be  pro- 
duced by  worms  or  dentition.  The  discharges  from  the  bow- 
els were  green  at  first,  afterward  variably  ;  sometimes  green,  at 
other  times  yellow,  grey,  and  almost  colorless ;  they  were 
vey  frequent,  occurring  every  10  or  15  minutes,  every  third 
one  consisting  of  a  large  quantity  of  green,  thick,  tough  sub- 
stance, resembling  in  consistence  partially- melted  glue.  It 
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first  thick,  containing  coloring  matter,  so  that  it  stained  the 
linen  a  copperas  color,  after  the  second  day  it  became  scanty ; 
head  hot  and  extremities  cold  ;  veins  and  arteries  on  the  scalp 
engorged ;  eyes  roll  upward,  pupils  contract  to  the  dimen- 
sions of  a  pin  head,  and  dilate  to  that  of  a  large  pea,  within  the 
space  of  a  few  seconds  ;  constant  rolling  of  the  head  on  the 
pillow  ;  mouth  and  nose  dry ;  eyes  discharged  water';  mouth 
and  throat  sore. 

One  case  became  blind  after  the  fourth  day ;  the  pupils  con- 
tracted and  dilated  as  before ;  she  seemed  to  be  conscious, 
would  nurse  well  and  open  the  mouth  whenever  the  spoon 
would  touch  it.  There  were  times,  to  the  extent  of  several 
minutes,  when  the  patient  would  throw  the  arms  toward  the 
head  and  lament  most  piteously,  then  there  would  be  times  of 
quiet,  and  the  patient  seemed  to  sleep. 

All  the  cases  lived  from  15  to  16  days.  Sometimes  there 
seemed  to  be  an  abatement  of  some  of  the  symptoms,  which 
inspired  some  hope,  still  it  could  be  seen  from  day  to  day  that 
there  was  a  gradual  decline ;  neither  the  bowels  nor  head 
symptoms  could  be  controlled.  The  disease  seemed  to  include 
meningitis,  hydrocephalus  and  cholera  infantum. 

Second.  Spasm  of  the  Glottis. — A  description  of  my  own 
child  will  very  accurately  represent  several  cases :  A  babe  nine 
weeks  old;  was  apparently  healthy,  plump,  and  growing  nicely. 
On  the  morning  of  the  27th  of  March,  1867,  it  was  taken  with 
something  like  spasm  of  the  throat.  First,  choking  and  great 
difficulty  in  breathing ;  the  face  became  black  ;  soon  respira- 
tion ceased  altogether ;  the  patient  became  limber  and  pale  as 
if  dead.  Restoratives  of  various  kinds  were  applied  which 
seemed  to  establish  respiration.  It  breathed  only  for 
a  few  minutes^  then  all  would  be  still  again.  It  stopped 
breathing  as  easily  as  a  clock  would  stop  ticking  when 
run  down.  Not  a  muscle  moved.  It  was  by  the  closest 
watching  that  we  ascertained  that  it  ceased  to  breathe.  It  was 
not  able  to  swallow  from  the  first ;  any  attempt  threw  it  into 
a  spasm.-  After  a  few  alternations  of  spasm  and  partial  recov- 
ery, nothing  would  restore  the  breathing  but  the  inducing  of 
artificial  respiration. 


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This  was  resorted  to  as  often  as  there  were  spasms,  which 
occurred  every  few  minutes.  Thus  it  contined  until  2\  p. 
M.,  when  it  ceased  to  breathe  for  ever,  living  about  eight  hours 
after  it  was  first  attacked.  Immediately  after  death,  several 
tablespoonfuls  of  yellowish-green  fluid  discharged  from  the 
mouth  and  nose. 

The  symptoms  above  described  will  answer  for  the  other 
cases,  except  one.  This  one  could  swallow  most  of  the  time, 
between  spasms,  until  it  died,  and  nursed  several  times,  during 
the  32  hours  it  was  sick.  It  was  four  weeks  old,  had  some 
cold  previously. 

Another  case  lived  about  one  hour  and  died  before  I  could 
get  to  it. 

Third.  Spina  Bifida. — This  case  was  a  baby  with  a  large 
watery  tumor  on  the  upper  part  of  the  sacrum. 

History. — When  it  was  born,  the  tumor  was  about  the 
dimensions  of  a  common-sized  peach,  and  resembled  it  very 
much,  so  those  who  were  present  at  its  birth  informed  me. 
The  attending  physician  (an  allopath,)  not  knowing  what  was 
the  trouble,  called  it  by  the  vague  and  general  term  scrofula, 
pronounced  it  incurable,  and  consequently  did  nothing  for  it. 
The  tumor  enlarged,  so  did  the  child  correspondingly,  who 
seemed  to  be  healthy  otherwise. 

I  was  invited  to  examine  the  case  when  the  child  was  three 
months  old.  The  tumor  was  then  eight  and  three-fourth 
inches  in  circumference,  and  one  and  one-half  inches  from  the 
base  to  the  apex,  and  full  of  limpid  water.  Dropsy  is  heredi- 
tary. Gave  Apocynum  cannabin.,  Arsenicum,  Sulphur,  Apis, 
Iodine,  etc.  I  first  ligated  the  tumor  with  a  cotton  band  and 
then  used  the  compress. 

This  treatment  was  continued  for  several  weeks.  No  good 
resulted.  In  fact,  while  the  tumor  continued  to  enlarge  there 
seemed  to  be  a  general  diffusion  of  water  ;  the  limbs,  head  and 
chest  became  enormously  large.  By  this  time  the  tumor  was 
fourteen  and  three-fourth  inches  in  circumference,  about  six 
weeks  after  treatment  began. 

The  next  step  taken  was  to  puncture  it.  A  fine  sewing 
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discharged  slowly,  until  the  enlargement  was  reduced  one-third. 
The  patient  became  sick  and  vomited  much.  As  soon  as  the 
flow  stopped  it  ceased  to  be  sick.  This  was  repeated  two  or 
three  times.  At  no  time  was  the  tumor  reduced  to  less  than 
one-third  the  largest  size.  The  patient  died  during  the  last 
operation. 

Whether  there  was  any  help  at  the  time  I  first  saw  it  I 
doubt.  A  compress  might  have  been  used  when  it  was  first 
b  /in  with  success.  Although  the  operations  may  have  short- 
ened the  life  of  the  patient  a  few  weeks  or  months,  still  it  was 
a  consolation  to  the  friends  to  know  that  it  had  been  treated 
by  the  mildest  and  most  approved  methods,  in  which  alone 
there  was  any  hope. 

If  any  of  the  readers  of  the  Observer  have  had  cases  simi- 
lar to  either  of  the  above,  th  y  will  probably  interest  many  by 
reporting  their  treatment  and  success. 


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Symphytum  in  Uterine  Hemorrhage. 

BT    A.   LINDSAY,   M.   D.,   LACONIA,  N.  H. 


In  a  desperate  case  of  uterine  hemorrhage  resulting  from  an 
abortion  two  weeks  previous,  the  comfrey  proved  effectual  after 
other  means  had  failed.  Notwithstanding  every  movement  in- 
creased the  flow,  she  had  continued  to  do  her  own  work,  hoping 
as  she  said  to  ''  work  it  off  and  no  one  know  it, "  till  the  most 
alarming  flooding  set  in.  Aeon.,  Ipec,  Croc,  Ergotine,  were  given 
with  little  or  nb  effect,  and  I  have  seen  but  few  cases,  that 
would  not  yield  to  one  or  the  other  of  these  remedies.  Then  Sa- 
bina  and  Ham.  were  given,  and  a  tampon  saturated  in  Hamam- 
elis  0,  and  cloths  wet  in  ice  water,  applied  externally,  inaffec- 
tually.  Oil  Erigeron,  Trillin,  Apoc.  c,  Sulph.  ac,  China,  were 
givn  by  myself  or  Dr.  Weeks  during  thirty-six  hours,  one  of  us 
staying  with  her  most  of  the  time;  also  introduced  a  large-sized 
inflatable  pessary  and  kept  it  filled  with  ice  water,  but  of  no 
avail;  the  life  current  still  flowing,  intense  thirst,  constant  nau- 
sea and  vomiting,  unable  to  retain  drink  or  nourishment ;  she 


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was  reduced  to  the  last  extremity,  pulseless,  and  at  one  time 
apparently  lifeless.  To  muke  one  more  trial  for  life  we  had 
some  comfrey  root  steeped,  making  a  pretty  strong  tea,  used  hs 
injection  and  gave  a  teaspoonful  at  a  time  to  take.  Her  stomach 
retained  it  The  hemorrhage  was  immediately  checked  and  the 
vital  powersfreturned.  She  kept  calling  for  the  tea  every  few  min- 
uets saying  it  was  "so  good,"  "  it  goes  right  to  the  spot."  Im- 
provement continued  till  health  and  strength  returned. 


Differential  Diagnosis  of  Menstrual  Retention  and  Early  Pregnancy. 

Every  now  and  then  cases  are  presented  to  the  physician,  in 
which  it  is  exceedingly  difficult  to  tell  whether  the  difficulty  is 
the  pathological  state  of  menstrual  retention  or  the  physiological 
one  of  early  pregnancy.  The  bestphysician  is  not  the  one  who 
has  made  no  errors,  but  the  one  who  has  made  the  fewest ;  and 
when  you  hear  a  physician  state  that  he  has  never  made  such 
a  mistake,  you  may  rest  assured  that  such  cases  have  been  to 
him  few  and  far  between.  Even  to  the  experienced  physician, 
one  of  the  most  difficult  problems  in  diagnosis  is  to  determine 
between  these  two  states,  when,  as  occasionally  happens,  intense 
uterine  congestion  and  severe  pain  occur  at  the  first  menstrual 
period  after  conception.  The  difficulty  of  diagnosis  is  increased 
by  the  fact  that,  in  many  instances,  no  confidence  can  be 
placed  in  the  statements  of  the  patients ;  and  the  physician  is 
left,  to  a  very  large  extent,  to  the  observation  of  phenemena 
and  the  formation  of  deductions  from  them.  He  must  examine, 
and  compare  the  local  symptoms — for  I  assume  that  the 
thorough  physician  will  not  rest  content  with  a  mere  oral  exam- 
ination of  the  patient — and  even  then  he  will  not  be  free  from 
uncertainty.  The  presence  or  absence  of  the  hymen  proves 
nothing,  as  *'  modern  investigations  have  proved,  not  only  that 
it  may  be  destroyed  by  many  causes  unconnected  with  sexual  in- 
dulgence, but  that  intercourse  may  take  place,  followed  by 
pregnancy,   without  its  destructiou." — (Fleetwood  Churchill). 

One  of  the  greatest  difficulties  then  is  to  decide  between  an 
early  period  of  menstrual  retention,   and  the  congestion  of  the 


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cervix  uteri  in  the  early  weeks  of  pregnancy,  especially  of  a 
first  pregnancy.  In  the  latter  case,  however,  the  cervix  uteri  is 
more  open'  and  patulous,  its  development  is  more  regular  and 
the  enlargement  of  the  lower  lip  more  considerable  than  in  the 
former  case.  In  addition  to  these  signs,  the  arteries  throb 
more,  and  the  whole*  temperature  is  higher ;  and  there  is  a  pecu- 
liar elasticity  and  softness  of  the  gravid  uterus  which  is  one  of 
the  most  reliable  signs  of  early  pregnancy.  Jacquemin  and 
Parent  Duchatulet  state  that  a  violet  color  of  the  mucous  mem- 
brane of  the  labia  and  vagina  is  almost  invariably  present  in 
pregnancy,  and  this  slight  violet  tint  is  also  present  in  the  cer- 
vix, becoming  more  marked  at  a  later  period.  This  is  very 
rarely  present  in  menstrual  retention.  Again,  the  uterine  con- 
tractions are  less  marked  in  early  pregnancy,  and  they  have  not 
the  special  dysmenorrhoeic  character. 

In  menstrual  retentions,  we  get  dysmenorrhoeic  pains  and 
malaise,  with  nervous  phenomena  and  general  disturbance, 
quiet  different  from  the  signs  of  early  pregnancy.  In  pregnan- 
cy the  signs  I  have  just  described  diminish  as  time  advances, 
while  the  reverse  obtains  in  menstrual  retention ;  and  as  each 
state  goes  on,  the  symptoms  of  each  become  more  unmistakable 
and  more  unlike.  T.  N. 

Lateral  Hermaphroditism. — Dr.  Rawdon  {Liverpool  Med. 
and  Surg.  Reports)  communicates  a  case  of  lateral  hermaprodi- 
tism,  in  which  a  tolerably  developed  vagina  and  uterus  were 
present,  A  Fallopian  tube,  round  ligament,  and  an  apparent 
ovarium,  were  found  in  the  left  broad  ligament,  but  no  trace  of 
either  testicle  or  ovary  ;  a  Fallopian  tube,  a  distinct  testicle, 
with  an  epididymis,  and  a  vas  deferens,  were  found  iu  the  right 
broad  ligament. 

The  conformation  of  the  pelvic  cavity  was  between  the  male 
and  female  types.  The  person  stated  that  a  partial  occurrence 
of  the  menstrual  secretion  took  place  regularly. 

The  coexistence  of  a  Fallopian  tube  and  a  vas  deferens  on 
the  same  side  of  the  body,  supports  the  view  that  these  ducts 
are  developed  from  distinct  structure,  viz. :  from  the  Mullerian 
duct  and  the  excretory  duct  of  the  Wolffian  body. 


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BUSHBOD  W.  JAMES,  M.  D.r  Xonoi. 


Foreign   Bodies   in  the   Eye— Singular   Cases. 


A  man  came  into  my  office  a  few  days  since,  and  requested 
me  to  examine  his  eyes.  At  a  casual  glance  one  eye  was  found 
to  be  of  a  grey  color,  while  the  other  presented  a  very  decided 
brown  appearance,  making  a  very  strong  contrast  with  the 
other  eye.  The  whole  iris  of  the  left  eye  was  equally  tinged 
with  this  brown  hue,  and  with  such  perfection  that  any  one 
unacquainted  with  the  history  of  the  case  could  not  have 
known  but  that  nature  had  given  the  lad  eyes  of  a  different 
color. 

Upon  closer  examination  there  was  detected  a  yellow  rusty 
looking  spot  in  the  upper  and  outer  part  of  the  cornea,  and  in 
the  centre  of  this  spot  a  small  dark  object  was  visible.  This 
proved  to  be  a  small  wedge-shaped  piece  of  iron  about  the  size 
of  a  small  pin-head,  which  had  been  for  one  year  or  more 
imbedded  here  in  the  cornea. 

The  injury  was  received  while  Jie  was  standing  close  by 
looking  at  a  workman  hammering  an  iron  hoop  upon  a  barrel, 
when  the  hammer  struck  the  hoop  obliquely,  and  several  fine 
pieces  of  iron  flew  into  his  eye,  two  or  three  of  which  were 
removed  by  a  physician  in  his  neighborhood  at  the  time. 

His  eye  troubled  him  somewhat  at  times  ever  since,  once  or 
twice  being  much  inflamed,  and  once  was  threatened  with 
corneal  opacity,  all  of  which  "were  checked  by  homoeopathic 
treatment.  Considerable  difficulty  was  experienced  in  remov- 
ing the  foreign  body,  from  the  fact  that  the  thin  edge  pointed 
outwards,  and  the  thick  and  broad  part  of  the  piece  pointed 
inwards.  I  at  first  endeavored  to  get  a  curved  cataract  needle 
under  it,  but  without  avail,  and  when  the  fine  pointed  forceps 
were  used,  they  immediately  slipped  off  the  piece,  so  that 
finally  I  made  a  careful  but  fiee  incision  of  the  conjunctival 


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lining  of  the  cornea  at  this  point,  and  also  divided  the  little 
sac  which  had  formed  around  the  object,  and  then  with  a 
curved  needle,  broad  near  its  point,  I  lifted  out  and  removed 
the  piece  of  iron,  which  by  its  continual  presence  and  rusting, 
and  from  the  resulting  rust  being  absorbed  from  the  point  of 
injury,  and  being  deposited  in  the  ramifying  cells  and  inter- 
stices of  the  tissues  of  the  iris,  had  caused  the  brown  color 
of  the  eye. 

A  case  is  related  to  me  by  a  friend  as  follows  : 
One  day  a  thresher,  or  a  man  who  attends  to  feeding  a  horse- 
power threshing  machine  upon  a  farm,  came  to  him,  unable  to 
work}  with  one  eye  very  painful,  much  inflamed  and  with 
apparently  much  swelling  of  the  upper  lid.  He  examined  the 
eye  by  taking  hold  of  the  cilia  of  the  upper  lid  and  pulling 
the  lid  away  from  the  eye- ball,  when  he  found  a  grain  of  wheat 
lodged  there.  It  had  been  thrown  there  evidently  by  the 
threshing-machine  the  day  previous,  without  the  man  becom- 
ing conscious  of  its  lodgment,  under  the  eye  lid.  He  supposed 
the  suffering  and  inflammation  he  was  experiencing  was  due  to 
the  effect  of  the  object  striking  against  his  eye  and  not  from 
the  presence  of  any  foreign  body  in  it.  The  wheat-grain  was 
taken  out  and  found  to  be  much  enlarged,  from  the  fact  that 
it  was  kept  constantly  wet  with  the  lachrymal  secretion,  and  it 
would  soon  doubtless  have  sent  out  a  sprout  had  it  remained. 
The  eye  recovered  without  any  permanent  injury  resulting. 

Dr.  M.  Spitzer  relates  a  case,  in  a  Vienna  medical  journal,  in 
which  a  small  shot  grain  had  been  shot  into  the  eye  without 
injuring  the  eye-lid  and  was  found  eight  days  after,  lodged  in 
the  conjunctiva  under  the  upper  lid,  The  patient  detected 
it  in  pressing  upon  the  eye,  and  finding  a  swelling  and  hard- 
ness at  one  point,  as  though  in  the  upper  lid.  The  lid  being 
turned  up,  and  whilst  the  patient  was  looking  down,  a  projec- 
ture  of  the  conjunctiva  at  one  point  could  be  seen,  about  one 
and  a  half  lines  above  the  edge  of  the  cornea,  with  a  small 
orifice  in  it.  Upon  enlarging  this  opening  a  small  shot  was 
discovered  and  removed.  The  shot  was  found  flattened,  but 
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or  whether  it  was  produced  by  loading  or  firing  the  fire-arm  is 
difficult  to  explain.  It  is  supposed  that  the  projectile  must 
have  lodged  in  the  eye  while  the  patient  was  looking  towards 
the  left,  with  widely-opened  eyes,  otherwise  the  lid  would 
hare  received  the  injury. 


[For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 

Hamamelis    Virginica    in    the    Treatment    of    Wounds. 

BY  C.  W.  HAMISFAR,   M.  D.,  ST.  MARTS,   OHIO. 


I  notice  in  the  November  No.  of  the  American  Jlomoeopath- 
ist,  a  considerable  discussion  by  members  of  the  Homoeopathic 
Medical  Society,  of  Cincinnati,  on  the  treatment  of  wounds. 
They  speak  of  Arnica,  Calendula,  Balsam  fir,  etc.,  but  omit 
to  mention  one  very  important  remedy,  namely,  extract  of 
Hamamelis.  I  have  used  it  in  my  practice  the  past  two 
years,  and  find  it  superior  to  all  other  remedies  in  the  treatment 
of  incised,  lacerated,  or  contused  wounds.  I  will  briefly  give  a 
few  cases  illustrative  of  its  virtues. 

Case  1. — A  young  man  cutting  grass,  barefoot,  accidentally 
stepped  back  upon  his  scythe,  nearly  severing  the  toes  from  his 
foot.  I  was  immediately  called  to  the  case,  applied  the  Ham- 
amelis, which  speedily  arrested  the  haemorrhage,  removed  all 
pain  and  soreness,  causing  the  wounds  to  heal  by  the  first 
intention,  and  in  a  short  time  the  young  man's  foot  and  toes 
were  as  good  as  before  the  injury. 

Case  2. — A  boy  had  his  foot  nearly  severed  in  two  by  an 
axe,  in  the  hands  of  another  boy.  Under  the  use  of  Ham- 
amelis it  was  soon  restored. 

Case  3. — A  lad  aged  thirteen  years  was  kicked  in  the  head 
by  a  mule,  laying  open  the  scalp  from  the  centre  of  his  forehead, 
extending  over  the  right  temple  to  the  top  of  his  head,  making 
a  very  large  and  frightful  wound.  Applied  Hamamelis,  and 
two  weeks  after  the  scar  was  scarcely  perceivable. 

Case  4. — A  boy  aged  five  years  was  standing  under  a  scaf- 
fold, when  a  heavy  chisel  fell  upon  his  wrist,  making  a  Iright- 


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fill  gash.  Applied  Hamamelis  and  it  was  healed  and  well  in  a 
few  days. 

I  claim  for  the  Hamamelis  healing  powers  superior  to  any 
other  known  remedy.  In  no  case  where  I  have  used  it  have  I 
seen  the  least  sign  of  inflammation. 

I  use  it  in  the  following  manner:  One  part  of  the  liquid 
extract  to  four  parts  of  water ;  apply  compresses  to  the  wound 
and  keep  thoroughly  saturated  for  several  days,  then  apply 
three  times  a  day  until  healed. 

Colotomy. — A  curious  case  of  constipation  of  eighty-eight 
days  duration  is  related  by  Mr.  J.  C.  Forster,  of  Great  Britain. 
On  the  fiftieth  day  colotomy  was  undertaken  for  its  relief, 
aft^r  enemas  and  all  ordinary  means  had  been  used  to  evacuate 
the  bowels  without  avail.  The  operation  was  performed  and 
the  colon  found  empty.  No  diseased  condition  could  be 
detected,  either  by  a  rectal  or  vaginal  examination.  A  propo- 
sition to  open  the  ascending  colon  was  refused  by  the  patient, 
although  tapping  the  distended  intestines  with  a  fine  trocar 
and  canula  was  permitted  and  some  little  relief  obtained  in  that 
way.  The  patient  finally  expired  in  a  sta  e  of  complete 
exhaustion.  A  post  mortem  examination  revealed  the  presence 
of  a  colloid  cancer  of  the  descending  colon,  and  sigmoid 
flexure  completely  closing  up  the  canal. 

Local  Application  for  Unhealthy  Ulcers. — For  those 
chronic  ulcerations  in  the  external  auditory  meatus  where  the 
nauseating  discharge  is  almost  unbearable,  a  good  application 
for  the  removal  of  the  offensive  smell  as  well  as  for  the  com- 
fort of  the  patient  will  be  found  in  Phenic  acid  (carbolic  acid) 
and  glycerine,  mixed  together  in  the  proportion  of  one  part  of 
the  former  to  twenty  parts  of  the  latter.  The  crystalized  car- 
bolic acid  can  easily  be  made  liquid  by  applying  gentle  heat 
to  it,  after  which  the  proportion  can  easily  be  measured.  In 
many  of  the  indurated  and  unhealthy  ulcerations,  fistulas,  gan- 
grenous spots,  bed  sores,  etc.,  a  stronger  mixture  of  the  same 
agents  will  be  found  beneficial,  say  one  part  ot  carbolic  acid  to 
fifteen,  ten,  six  or  even  four  parts  of  glycerine,  according  to 
the  nature  of  the  case. 


Splenotomy. — -In  the  seven  cases  of  splenotomy  ou  record, 
four  have  proved  fatal  and  three  recovered.  The  hemorrhage 
that  resulted  in  the  course  of  the  operation  seems  to  be  one  of 
the  main  causes  of  the  mortality. 


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PBOF.  EDWIN  K.  HAUE,  Konfi. 


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BAPTISIA    LEUCANTHA. 

IT   K.    M.   tiALE,   M.    D  ,  CHICAGO,  ILL, 


The  Baptisia  tinctoria  has  attained  well  deserved  reputation 
in  the  homoeopathic  school,  in  the  treatment  of  typhoid  fevers,  and 
other  low  types  of  febrile  affections.  In  view  of  this,  it  may  not  be 
unimportant  to  know  if  other  members  of  the  genus  Baptisia  possess 
similar  properties.  The  following  statements  may  throw  some  light 
on  the  subject. 

When  the  first  notice  of  the  use  of  this  plant  appeared,  nearly 
eight  years  since,  several  of  my  professional  colleagues  in  this  County 
prepared  the  tincture  from  the  Baptisia  leucophcea  which  grows  ex- 
tensively in  Michigan.  The  results  obtained  from  this  tincture  were 
generally  satisfactory.  I  used  some  of  it  in  my  own  practice  and 
could  see  no  difference  in  the  effect  from  that  of  the  Baptisia  tincto- 
ria. f 

A  year  ago  I  found  on  the  prairie  near  Chicago  some  very  tall  vigor- 
ous looking  plants  of  the  Baptisia  leucantha.  From  the  root  a  tinc- 
ture was  prpared,  of  lighter  color  than  that  whieh  was  called  at  the 
pharmacy,  Baptisia  tinctoria.  Having  several  cases  of  typhoid  under 
treatment  and  some  in  the  incipient  stage,  I  prescribed  this  tincture 
and  was  agreeably  surprised  to  find  it  act  with  a  promptitude  supe" 
rior  to  the  Baptisia  tinctoria.  I  have  since  used  it  in  preference  to  the 
latter. 

I  doubt  if  the  tincture  sold  as  B.  tinctoria  is  always  made  from  that 
species.  Plant  gatherers  collect  the  several  species — especially  if 
they  are  not  in  bloom — indiscriminately.  For  the  benefit  of  those  who 
may  wish  to  know  which  species  they  are  using,  I  append  the  charac- 
teristics of  the  several  species.  While  I  admit  that  it  will  be  well  to 
nstitute  provings  of  each  species,  I  believe  they  will  be  found  to  pro- 
duce nearly  the  same  pathogenetic  symptoms,  and  clinical  results 
varying  more  in  quantity  than  quality. 

Baptisia  tinctoria— Stem  smooth  and  slender  2  to  3  feet  high,  racemes, 
few-flowered,  leaves  nearly  sessile  ;  leaflets  rounded,  wedged,  obovate, 


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three-fourths  inches   long ;  pod   oval-globose ;  flowers   yellow,*  half 
inch  long. 

JBaptisia  australis — Stem,  smooth  tall  and  stout,  4  to  5  feet  high, 
racemes  long,  1  to  2  feet,  many  flowered-pods  oval-oblong  2  to  3  inches 
long,  flowers  L  inch  long,  indigo-blue. 

JBaptisia  leucantha — Stem,  tmooth,  tall  and  stout,  3  to  4  feet  high 
pods  oblong,  oval,  2  inches  long,  flowers  white, 

Baptisia  alba — Stem  smooth,  1  to  3  feet  high,  pods  linear -oblong,  1 
to  H  inches  long;  long  stalked,  flowers  white,  \  to  -J  inches  long. 

Baptisia  leucophcea — Stem  hairy,  low,  1  foot  high,  racemes  long; 
often  1  foot  reclined.  Flowers  cream-colored,  1  inch  in  length,  on 
elongated  pedicels,  pods,  ovoid,  hoary. 

The  above  species  are  all  found  in  the  Northern  States.  la  the 
Southern  States  we  have  eight  species  additional,  all  with  yellow 
flower 8.  We  hope  some  Southern  homoeopathist  will  test  one  or 
more  of  them,  particularly  those  roots  the  plants  of  which  turn  black 
on  drying. 


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CIMICIFUGA    RACEMOSA. 

BY  A.  B.  HORTON,  M.  D..  EAST  POULTENKY,  VT. 


The  perusal  of  Prof.  Hale's  case  of  melancholy  cured  with  Oimici- 
fuga,  in  the  N.  E.  Med.  Gaz.,  has  led  me  to  report  for  the  Observer, 
a  case  of  chronic  poisoning  with  the  same  drug,  that  has  been  under 
my  observation  for  something  over  a  year  past. 

I  have  always  looked  upon  the  case  in  the  light  of  a  thorough 
proving;  in  fact,  it  very  nearly  proved  the  death  of  the  patient.  As 
some  of  the  symptoms  were  like  those  of  previous  provings,  and  also 
somewhat  like  those  observed  in  Prof.  Hale's  case,  it  is  strongly 
confirmatory  of  what  is.already  known  as  pathogenetic  and  clinical  in 
regard  to  this  valuable  remedy. 

Mrs.  H.,  aged  48,  sanguine-bilious  temperament,  was  aflicted  dur- 
ing the  autumn  of  '65  with  wandering  rheumatic  pains,  which  became 
so  unpleasant  in  the  early  winter,  that  she  applied  to  her  family 
physician,  (a  botanic  or  eclectic,)  who  prescribed  for  her  during  the 
succeeding  weeks,  occasionally,  up  to  February,  without  relief.  He 
then  made  up  his  mind  that  Cimicifuga  would  cure  her,  and  accord- 


•Ia  *«  New  Remedies,"  by  some  error,  the  flowers  are  stated  to  be  white. 


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ingly  prescribed  the  fluid  extract,  (probably  Tilden's,)  in  teaspoon- 
ful  doses,  three  times  per  day.  She  took  the  medicine  one  day  with 
the  result  of  aggravating  all  the  symptoms,  and  producing  a  condi- 
tion as  near  delirium  tremens  as  can  well  be  described.  The  medi- 
cine was  then  discontinued,  and  soon  after  he  was  again  consulted, 
when  he  repeated  the  same  prescription,  in  ten  drop  doses,  to  be 
gradually  increased,  which  prescription  she  faithfully  followed  until 
she  got  back  to  the  original  dose  of  a  teaspoonfui  three  times  per  day, 
which  she  continued  for  some  eight  months  from  the  time  she  com  • 
menced  its  use,  and  although  it  may  seem  incredible  that  she  should 
continue  a  medicine  that  was  gradually  aggravating  all  her  symptoms, 
so  long,  I  dan  only  explain  by  saying  that  she  had  unbounded  confi- 
dence in  the  doctor,  he  having  been  her  family  physician  for  twenty 
years,  and  t.epeatedly  telling  her,  as  she  called  at  his  office  for  more 
medicine,  that  he  could  think  of  nothing  better,  and  it  would  cer- 
tainly cure  her  if  she  would  continue  it  sufficiently  long,  she  of 
course  not  fully  realizing  that  the  medicine  was  daily  making  her 
worse.  At  the  end  of  this  period  she  became  desperate  enough  to 
change  physicians. 

I  was  called  at  this  juncture  of  the  case,  and  found  her  in 
the  following  condition :  Wild  and  crazed  feeling  in  the  head ;  dull 
heavy  pain  in  the  head  ;  strained  sensation  as  though  the  skull  was 
too  small ;  wild  feeling  when  waking ;  feeling  as  though  she  could 
get  up  and  walk  to  a  neighboring  town  six  miles  distant,  feels  melan- 
choly, dejected  and  sad ;  mind  feels  dark  and  gloomy;  feels  as  though 
her  family  cared  nothing  for  her  ;  said  she  had  got  most  through  her 
trouble,  for  she  should  not  live  but  a  few  days  more  ;  eyes  projected, 
staring  and  glassy  ;  eye-sight  dim  and  vanishing ;  had  bought  three 
pair  of  spectacles,  of  different  magnifying  power,  with  no  improve- 
ment in  sight ;  upon  going  to  the  table  at  meal -time,  sight  would 
grow  dim  and  vanish,  and  she  would  go  away  and  weep  ;  the  musoles 
of  the  jaws  were  so  rigidly  contracted  as  to  produce  almost  a  com- 
plete trismus ;  could  open  her  mouth  only  about  the  fourth  of  an 
inch  ;  tongue  similarly  affected ;  so  much  so  she  could  hardly  be 
understood  when  talking ;  had  to  depend  mainly  upon  liquid  food, 
because  she  could  not  move  her  jaws;  appetite  poor;  pains  running 
down  through  the  upper  extremities,  always  worse  in  the  left,  whioh 
she  couid  describe  in  no  other  term  except  torturing;  the  pain  was 
paroxysmal,  although  she  was  never  free  from  some  degree  of  it; 
and  every  few  days  the  paroxysm  would  become  worse  than  usual, 
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left  (worse)  arm,  drawing  it  firmly  to  the  side,  and  rigidly  flexing  the 
fore-arm  and  hand  upon  the  arm  and  fore-arm  ;  so  rigid  were  these 
spasms  that  the  hand  eonld  not  be  straightened,  for  fear  of  rupturing 
the  tendons  ;  these  spasms  were  usually  from  half  to  an  hour,  bu 
sometimes  four  or  five  hours  in  length,  when  they  gradually  let 
go  and  were  followed  by  a  corresponding  period  of  depression  from 
which  she  gradually  rallied,  only  to  be  again  tormented  with  the 
same  dull,  heavy,  torturing  pain.  The  chest  was  not  particularly 
affected,  except  during  the  spasm,  when  the  breathing  would  be 
either  panting  or  deep  and  sighing.  The  functions  of  the  abdominal 
organs  were  not  particularly  disturbed  ;  the  secretion  of  urine  was 
alternately  profuse  and  scanty,  but  never  deposited  a  sediment,  at 
least  none  that  had  been  noticed;  the  right  inferior  extremity  was 
never  troubled,  but  the  left  was  tortured  with  the  same  spasms  and 
pains  that  occurred  in  the  left  arm,  but  more  rigid  and  permanent  as 
the  left  foot  was  rigidly  turned  in  almost  right-angles,  with  ordinary 
condition,  and  drawn  up  so  as  to  present  a  club-footed  appearance, 
when  she  walked,  (for  she  was  yet  able  to  be  about  a  part  of  the 
time,  she  stepped  nearly  square  upon  the  outer  edge  of  the  foot ; 
this  condition  of  the  foot  had  been  permanent  for  several  weeks; 
skin  cold  and  clammy,  generally,  but  more  particularly  that  of  the 
extremities  ;  pulse  small  but  frequent  and  sharp. 

The  above  is  a  true  picture  of  the  appearance  of  the  patient,  as  I 
saw  her  after  an  unceasing   debauch   for  nearly  eight  months  in  the 
use  of  Cimicifuga — truly  a  deplorable  picture,  I  thought — but  after 
hearing  the  entire  history  as  I  have  given  it,  I  told  her  it  was  doubt- 
ful about  her  ever  recovering  fully  from  so  protracted  a  poisoning, 
but  I  thought  she  would  get  very  much  better,  simply  by  discontinu- 
ing the  use  of  the  drug.     I,  however,  on  account  of  the  rigidity  of  the 
spasms,  also   because  she  had  been  so  terribly  drugged,  prescribed 
Nux  vomica  8.     For  forty- eight  hours   afterwards   the  case  became 
critical  in  the  extreme.     The  stimulating  influence  of  the  Cimicifuga 
having   been   withdrawn,  she  was  attacked   with  a  series  of  fainting 
fits,  during  which  she  came  near  dying  several  times,  but  with  the 
aid  of  alcoholic  stimulants,  to  support  her   during   the  attacks,  she 
was  at  the  end  of  a  week  free  from  all  sinking  or  spasms,  but  much 
prostrated  ;  the  contraction  of  the  arm  had  given  way  ;  the  pain  in  a 
large  degree  had  left  her;  said  she  felt  better  than  for  months;  the 
contraction  of  the  foot  still  remained. 

Nux  vomica  was  continued  for  several  weeks,  with  little  else,  and 
we  were  gratified  to  find  her  steadily  improving ;  her  mind  became 
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680  BISMUTH  IN  GASTBODYNIA. 

natural ;  melancholy  entirely  subsided  ;  eyesight  returned  fully  ;  in 
fact  all  her  troubles  were  removed,  except  the  rigidity  of  the  foot 
which  remained  to  a  certain  extent  for  several  months,  und  I  finally 
]  roduoed  a  complete  restoration  of  it,  by  the  use  of  electro-magnet- 
ism, and  she  has  remained  since  comparatively  well;  but  at  times 
even  now,  if  she  overdoes  or  unduly  exposes  herself,  the  old  spas- 
modic and  painful  tendency  manifests  itself  for  a  short  time,  but 
these  attacks  grow  shorter  and  at  longer  intervals,  and  she  is  at  the 
present  time  enjoying  a  comfortable  degree  of  health,  and  as  happy  as 
one  can  be  who  has  been  to  death's  door  and  seen  it  shut  for  a  time 
against  her. 

1  would  here  remark  in  addition  to  the  affinities  of  the  drug  already 
mentioned  for  the  left  side,  that  the  symptoms  were  all  worse  in  the 
morning,  all  relieved  somewhat  in  the  afternoon,  and  all  ameliorated 
by  the  open  air,  for  this  reason  she  had  continued  to  ride  in  pleasant 
weather,  nearly  to  the  time  I  first  saw  her. 

I  do  not  report  this  case  as  a  cure,  because  she  cannot  as  yet  be 
considered  cured,  and  I  doubt  whether  she  will  ever  entirely  recover 
from  the  long  continued  poisoning  she  was  subjected  to ;  but  the  case 
has  been  one  of  interest  to  me,  and  if  there  is  anything  in  it  that  is 
considered  corroborative  or  suggestive  by  any  of  the  profession  the 
object  of  publication  will  have  been  attained. 

f  For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 
BISMUTH    IK    GASTBODYNIA. 

{BY   E.    Jf .   HALR,  H.   D  ,  CHICAGO,  ILL, 


It  has  appeared  to  me  that  Bismuth  has  been  unjustly  neglected 
by  our  school.  In  certain  forms  of  gastralgia  and  gastrodynia  it  has 
no  equal. 

Not  long  ago  I  had  a  case  of  excessive  pain  in  the  region  of  the 
stomach  or  transverse  colon.  The  location  of  the  pain  as  pointed  out 
by  the  patient  was  between  the  umbilicus  and  the  stomach.  There 
was  a  dull,  heavy  pressure  there  nearly  all  the  time,  but  severe  par- 
oxysms, would  occur  twice  or  thrice  a  day  to  one  after  midnight.  At 
no  time  was  the  pain  sharp  and  lancinating,  but  always  pressing. 

It  was  somewhat  relieved  by  eructations  and  hot  drinks,  but 
only  temporarily.  Other  symptoms  were  constipation,  white-coated 
tongue,  loss  of  appetite  and  some  nausea  during  the  severer  pains. 

Neither  Nux  vomica,  Carbo  vegetabilis,  Iris  versicolor,  or  Lycopo- 
dium  gave  any  relief.  On  the  tenth  day  I  gave  him  Bismuth  sub. 
nit.  tV  five  grains  every  two  hours.  He  had  one  slight  paroxysm 
after  commencing  the  Bismuth,  and  rapidly  recovered. 


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Sflllqp*,  §,nmlm,  tit. 


American  Institute  of  Homoeopathic  Pharmacy. 


A  meeting  of  the  Homoeopathic  Pharamaccutists  was  held  in  Phila- 
delphia, June  24th,  1*68,  in  accordance  with  the  following  circular  : 
"Homoeopathic   Pharmaceutists'  Convention. 
Dear  Sir, — Recognizing  the  fact  that  in  homoeopathic  pharmacy  it 
is  of  great  importance  that  there  should  be  :      First :  Uwformity  op 
Preparation  ;  Second:  Uniformity  of  Notation  ;  Third:  Uniform- 
ity of  Measure  ;  we  deem  it  advisable    that  the    homoeopathic    phar- 
maceutists should  meet  in  convention  to  discuss  these   subjects    with 
such  others  as  may  present  themselves.     We  therefore  invite  you*  to 
meet  in  Philadelphia,  on  Wednesday,  June  24th,  at  10  o'clock,  a.  m., 
at  F.  K.  Bcericke's  Pharmacy,  (535  Arch  st.     Please  favor   us    with 
an  early  response,  embodying  your  views      You    may  address  either 
of  the  undersigned.     Willtam  Kaude,  NrW'York  ;  John  T.  S.  Smith 
&  Sons,  New  York;  F,  E.  Bos  rick  e,  Philadelphia  ;  Smith  &  Worth- 
ington,  Cincinnati  ;  A.  J.  Tafel,  Philadelphia. 
May  16th,  1S68." 

There  were  present:  Wm.  Badde,  of  New-York  ;  John  T.  S.  Smith, 
of  John  T.  S.  Smith,  &  Sons.  New- York;  F.  E.  Bcericke,  M.  D.,  of 
Philadelphia;  G.  W.  Smith,  of  Smith  &  Wortbington,  Cincinnati; 
A,  J.  Tafel.  of  Philadelphia;  Henry  M.  Smith,  M.  D.,  of  John  T. 
S  Smith  k  Sons,  New-York ;  M.  Seavey,  of  Portland,  Me.  ;  John  J. 
Boone,  of  Baltimore. 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  hy  Dr.  Bcericke,  who  explained 
its  object,  and 

On  motion  of  M.  Seavey,  John  T.  S.  Smith  was1  elected  chairman, 
and 

On  motion  of  Dr.  H.  M.  Smith,  Dr.  F.  E.  Bcericke  was  elected 
secretary. 

On  motion,  the  chairman  appointed  W.  Badde,  H.  M.  Smith  and 
A.  J.  Tafel,  committee  on  organization. 

The  secretary  read  communications  from  the  following  gentlemen, 
who  expressed  themselves  in  favor  of  a  pharmaceutical  organization  : 
J.  G.  Backofen  Sf  Son.  Pittsburg,  Pa. ;  /.  /.  Boone,  Baltimore,  Md., 
Otis  Clapp,  Boston  ;  V.  S  Ha/sey,  Chicago,  111.;  E.  A.  Lodge  M.  X>. 
Detroit,  Mich. ;  H.  C.  G.  Luyties,  St.  Louis,  Mo. :  /.  W.  Munson, 
St  Louis.  Mo. ;  N.  0.  Peabody,  Boston ;  G.  M  von  SclUwhen, 
Chicago,  111. ;  M.  Seawy  Portland,  Me. ;  John  T.  S  Smith  Sf  Sons, 
New  York;  M  A.  Smi'thJ-  Co.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  Smith  $  Worth- 
ington,  Cincinnati,  O. ;  Jr.  Sommer,  New-York  :  S.  Whitney,  Boston. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  A.  J.  Tafel,  the  communications  were  received 
and  placed  on  file. 


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5SS  COLLEGES,  SOCIETIES,  ETC. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  F.  E.  Bosricke,  the  meeting  took  a  recess  for  re- 
freshments. 

After  recess,  Dr.  W.  Williamson,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Nomenclature  of  the  American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy,  was  invited 
to  a  seat  in  the  convention.  Dr.  Williamson  spoke  of  the  benefits 
that  would  arise  to  the  physicians,  pharmaceutists  and  the  cause  of 
Homoeopathy,  from  the  co-operations  of  all  connected  with  our  school 
and  congratulated  the  members  of  the  convention  on  their  proposed  or- 
ganization. The  committee  which  he  represented  would  be  glad  to 
confer  with,  assist  and  receive  suggestions  from  this  body. 

Dr.  H.  M.  Smith,  on  behalf  of  the  Committee  on  Organization  re- 
ported the  following  draft  of  Constitution  and  By-Laws,  which  was 
reoeived  and  discussed  ;  and 

On  motion  of  Messrs.  Gr,  W.  Smith  and  A.  J.  Tafel,  ihe  following 
constitution  aud  by-laws  were  adopted. 

PREAMBLE. 

We,  the  subscribers,  homoeopathic  pharmaceutists,  desirous  of  ad- 
vancing homoeopathic  pharmacy,  do  hereby  form  an  association  for 
that  purpose,  and  for  our  guidance  adopt  the  following  constitution 
and  by-laws. 

CONSTITUTION. 

Art.  I.  This  association  shall  be  styled  the  American  Institute  of 
Homoeopathic  Pharmacy. 

Art.  II.  The  Institute  shall  be  composed  of  the  pharmaceutists 
present  at  the  meeting  of  organization  and  of  such  others  as  may  be 
hereafter  duly  chosen  in  conformity  with  its  by-laws. 

Art.  III.  The  officers  of  the  Institute  shall  be  a  President,  Secre- 
tary and  Treasurer,  to  be  chosen  at  such  time,  in  such  a  manner  and 
for  such  a  period  as  may  be  designated  in  the  by-laws. 

Art.  IV.  The  Institute  shall  have  and  use  one  common  seal  with 
a  suitable  device  and  inscription. 

Art.  V.  This  Constitution  may  be  altered  or  amended  by  a  vote 
of  two-thirds  of  the  members  present  at  an  annual  meeting,  provided 
that  notice  of  such  alteration  or  amendment  shall  have  been  given  in 
writing  at  a  previous  annual  meeting  of  the  Institute. 

BY-LAWS. 

Art.  I.  The  Institute  shall  hold  at  least  one  session  in  each  year, 
at  such  time  and  place  as  may  be  determined  upon  from  time  to  time. 
Five  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

Art.  II.  The  officers  shall  be  elected  at  each  annual  meeting  by 
ballot,  and  shall  remain  in  office  until  their  successors  are  chosen. 

Art.  III.  The  President  shall  preside  at  the  meetings  of  the  In- 
stitute, appoint  committees  not  otherwise  ordered,  ana4  perform  such 
other  duties  as  pertain  to  his  office. 

Art.  IV.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  proceedings  of 
the  meetings,  which  shall  at  all  times  be  open  to  the  inspection  of 
members,  give  notice  of  meetings,  conduot  the  correspondence,  unless 


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otherwise  provided  for,  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  pertain  to  his 
office,  or  may  from  time,  by  vote  of  the  Institute,  devolve  upon 
him. 

Art.  V.  The  Treasurer  shall  collect  all  money  belonging  to  the 
Institute,  keeping  an  account  of  the  same,  make  disbursements  when 
ordered  by  the  Executive  Board,  and  report  annually  in  writing  the 
condition  of  the  treasury. 

Art.  VI.  The  President,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  shall  consti- 
tute an  Executive  Board,  who  shall  receive  and  examine  the  ap- 
plications of  candidates  for  membership,  and  report  to  the  Institute 
for  election  at  any  meeting  such  as  may  be  found  properly  quali- 
fied. 

Art.  VII.  Any  homoeopathic  pharmaceutist  who  prepares  and 
sells  homoeopathic  remedies,  and  who  presents  a  written  recommen- 
dation, signed  by  three  members  of  this  Institute,  to  the  Executive 
Board,  may  be  elected  a  member  of  this  Institute,  provided  he  does 
not  prepare  or  sell  secret  or  patent  remedies. 

Art.  VIII.  No  one  shall  be  considered  a  member  until  he  shall 
have  subscribed  to  the  constitution  and  by-laws,  and  paid  an  initia- 
tion fee  of  $25. 

Art.  IX  Each  member  shall  pay  annually  in  advance  the  sum  of 
$5.  Any  member  who  shall  be  in  arrears  one  year  after  being  noti- 
fied of  his  indebtedness  shall  thereby  forfeit  his  membership. 

Art.  X.  These  By  laws  may  be  altered  or  amended  by  a  two-third 
vote  of  the  members  present  at  any  annual    meeting. 

Adjourned  to  meet  on  Thursday,  the  25th  inst.,  at  9.30  a.  m. 

Thursday  the  Institute  met  at  9.30  a.  m.  Mr.  J.  T.  S.  Smith  in  the 
chair. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Gr.  W.  Smith  the  Institute  elected  omoers*  for  the 
ensuing  year  with  the  following  result. 

William  Radde,  New-York,  President, 
Henry  M.  Smith,  M.  D.,  New-York,  Secretary. 
F.  E.  Bcericke,  M.  D.,  Philadelphia,  Treasurer. 

Mr.  Radde,  on  taking  the  chair,  made  a  few  appropriate  remarks, 
thanking  the  members  for  their  courtesy  in  electing  him  President, 
and  expressing  the  hope  that  the  Institute  now  organized  would  be  a 
means  of  spreading  Homoeopathy  and  promoting  fraternal  feelings 
between  all  the  pharmaceutists. 

Mr.  J.  T.  S.  Smith  exhibited  a  French  measure,  which  he  had  used 
as  a  standard  for  tube-  vials  and  likewise  for  globules.  It  was  nec- 
cessary  to  adopt  some  standard  other  than  the  arbitrary  system  of 
numbering,  as  at  present  in  use,  to  denote  the  size  of  vials,  globules, 
&c,  and  for  his  own  use  he  adopted  the  French  millimeter  as 
being  smaller  and  more  convenient  than  the  fraction  of  the  English 
inch.  He  suggested  that  globules  measuring  one  millimeter,  in 
diameter  could  be  called  '•  No.  1."  if  a  globule  measured  two  milli- 
meters, it  conld  be  called  "  No.  2,"  and  so  on,  the  number  designa- 
ting the  diameter  in  millimeters. 


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Mr.  G.  W.  Smtth  suggested  that  instead  of  one  globule  being  mea- 
sured ten  should  be  the  standard,  and  the  number  of  millimeters 
they  measured  should  be  the  number  by  which  they  would  be 
designated. 

Mr.  Smith  thought  the  suggestion  a  good  one,  as  thereby  interme- 
diate sizes  could  be  measured  ;  as  between  20  and  30  we  would  have 
25  instead  of  2-J-  between  2  and  3. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  G  W.  Smith,  the  French  millimeter  was  adopted 
as  the  standard  of  measurement. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  J.  T.  S.  Smith  it  was 

Resolved,  That  in  designating  the  size  of  Globules  the  measurement 
often  diameters  in  millemeters  shall  be  they  number  by  which  they  are 
called. 

Mr.  J.  T.  S.  Smith  spoke  of  designating  the  size  of  vials  by  their  ex- 
act measurement ;  as  for  example,  a  vial  about  the  capacity  of  a 
dram  would  measure  sixteen  millimeters  in  diameter  and  forty 
millimeters  in  length,  this  he  called  1640,  always  giving  the  diame- 
ter first.  There  could  be  no  mistake  in  this  method,  as  Ni>.  935 
would  be  understood  as  9  millimeters  in  diameter  and  35  in  length, 
and  not  93  in  diameter  and  5  in  length,  therefore 

On  motion  of  Mr.  J.  T.  S.  Smith  it  was 

Resolved,  That  in  designating  the  size,  of  vials  the  diameter  in 
millimeters  shall  precede  the  length  in  millimeters,  and  be  read  as 
one  number. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  H.  M  Smith  and  Dr.  Bcericke,  a  committee,  con- 
sisted of  five  members  was  appointed  on  phrirmacopceia. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  J.  T.  S  Smith  and  Dr.  Bcericke.  the  committee 
was  empowered  to  add  to  its  number,  and  directed  to  report  at  the 
next  meeting. 

J.  T.  S.  Smith,  H.  N.  Smith,  F.  E.  Bcericke,  A.  J.  Tafel  and  G. 
W.  Smith  were  appointed  the  committee  on  Pharmacopoeia. 

Dr.  H.  M.  Smith  offered  the  following  preamble  and  resolutions, 
which, 

On  motion  of  Mr.  G.  W.  Smith,  were  unanimously  adopted. 

Whereas,  several  homoeopathic  pharmaceutists,  being  unable  to  at- 
tend this  meeting,  have  responded  to  the  circular  of  invitation,  signi- 
fying their  approval  of  the  movement,  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  following  pharmaceutists,  from  whom  communi- 
cations have  been  read,  and  who  have  expressed  a  desire  to  be  mem- 
bers of  the  Institute,  shall  be  considered  such  on  subscribing  to  the 
Constitution  and  By-laws,  on  or  before  August  1st,  1868,  and  paying 
the  annual  dues. 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  communicate  with 
these  gentlemen  as  early  as  convenient. 

Names  of  Pharmaceutists  :  J.  G.  Backofen  and  — Backofcn,  of  J. 
G.  Backofen  and  Son  ;  Otis  Clapp ;  C.  S-  Halsey  ;  K.  A.  Lodge;  H. 
C.  G.  Lnyties;  J.  W.  Munson  ;  N.  C.  Peabody  ;  G.  M  von  Schlieben ; 
F.  P.  Smith ;  of  J.  T.  S.  Smith  and  Sons  ;  M.  A.  Smith  and-  Smith, 
ofM.  A.  Smith  &  Co.;S.  Whitney;  — Worthington,  of  Smith  & 
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On  motio'i  of  Messrs  G.  W  Smith  and  H.  M.  Smith  it  was 
Resolved,  That  in  designating  the  attenuations,  the    Hahneinannian 

or  centesiuiil  scale  shall  be  understood,  unless  otherwise  specified. 
On  motion  of  Messrs.  G   W.  Smith  and  Bgericke  it  was 
"Resolved,  That  the  ne<t  annual  meeting  of  the  Institute  be  held  in 

Cincinnati,  on  the  last  Wednesday  in  June,  18J9. 
The  minutes   were  read  and  approved. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Bgericke  the  Institute  adjourned  to  meet  at   the 

call  of  Executive  Board.  HENRY  M   SMITH,  Secretary. 

The  (British)  Monthly  Homoeopathic  Review  for  Sept.  referring  to 
the  above  Society  says :  The  7th  By-law  deserves  especial  com- 
mendation.     It  runs  as  follows  :  — 

*•  Any  homoeopathic  pharmaceutist  who  prepares  and  sells  homoeo- 
pathic remedies,  and  who  presents  a  written  recommendation,  signed 
by  three  members  of  theis  Institute,  to  the  Executive  Board,  may  be 
elected  a  member  of  this  Institute,  provided  he  does  not  prepare  or 
sell  secret  or  patent  remedies.  " 

We  h  ive  italicised  the  clause  to  which  wo  desire  to  direct  atten- 
tion. The  American  homoeopathic  chemists  in  thus  stamping  as 
something  discreditable  to  their  craft  the  preparation  or  sale  of  secret 
or  patent  remedies  have  made  no  small  sacrifice  to  assist  in  maintain- 
ing the  honor  of  medicine. 

Patent  medicines  and  secret  preparations  constitute  one  of  the  lar- 
gest and  most  dangerous  parasitic  growths  in  the  tree  of  old  physic. 
We  cordially  thank  the  American  homoeopathic  chemists  for  having 
endeavoured  to  prevent  a  similar  deformity  disfiguring  homoeopathy. 
We  would  that  the  few  homoeopathic  chemists  in  this  country  who 
disgrace  their  calling  by  selling  secret  so-called  "  specifics  "  and 
other  quack  preparations,  would  take  a  lesson  from  their  American 
colleagues." 

We  heartily  approve  of  the  objects  of  the  "  American  Institute  of 
Homoeopathic  Pharmacy. ''  As  to  the  nostrum  business  we  have  shewn 
our  repugnance  by  carefully  excluding  from  our  columns  reports  of 
cases  treated  with  secret  remedies,  as  well  as  refused  advertisements  of 
them ;  but  there  are  some  features  of  the  Society  which  we  do  not  see 
the  necessity  of.  We  allude  to  the  admission  fee  of  $25 — and  the 
annual  dues  of  $5,  both  of  which  are  altogether  too  high.  A  reasonable 
admission  fee,  and  a  small  annual  payment  would  be  far  preferable. 

The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  (allopathic)  held 
their  sixteenth  annual  session  at  Philadelphia,  Sept.  8,  1868. 

We  find  no  expression  against  the  sale  of  quack  remedies  or  patent 
medicines.  Our  opponents  are  pleased  to  call  homoeopathic  physi- 
cians quacks,  yet  wo  would  not  patronize  pharmaceutists  that  dealt 
in  quack  nostrums,  while  allopaths  make  a  constant  practice  of  send- 
ing their  prescriptions  to  be  put  up  at  the  stores  of  nostrum  venders. 


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HOMCEOPATHY    IN    UNIVERSITY    OF    MICHIGAN. 


MEETING   OF   THE   BOARD   OF   REGENTS. 

The  Board  of  Regents  of  the  University  of  Michigan  met 
at  Ann  Arbor,  on  September  29. 

The  resolutions  passed  by  the  Michigan  Institute  were  pre- 
sented and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Medical  Department. 
We  were  informed  that  Regent  Willard  intended  presenting  a 
report  favorable  to  homoeopathy  and  feel  disappointed  that  it 
did  not  make  its  appearance.  President  Haven  was  ready 
with  his  annual  report  which  contained  a  large  amount  of 
special  pleading  on  the  homoeopathic  question.  He  indicates  a 
purpose  to  destroy  the  present  legal  claim  the  homoeopaths  have 
if  it  can  be  accomplished  by  a  repeal  of  the  existing  laws. 
President  H.'s  report  has  been  well  criticized  by  Dr.  Drake 
in  a  communication  printed  in  the  Daily  Post  of.  Detroit,  Oct. 
2,  1868. 

President  H.  closes  his  report  with  an  able  argument  in  rela- 
tion to  the  admission  of  women  to  the  University.  We  find 
that  he  makes  use  of  the  same  reasons  for  the  reception  of  women 
that  we  have  urged  for  the  admission  of  homoeopaths.  Taking 
Rev.  Dr.  Haven's  report  and  striking  out  the  words  women, 
sexes,  etc.,  and  inserting  homoeopathic  students  etc.,  instead,  we 
find  the  argument  equally  applicable,  and  think  that  the 
President  as  well  as  the  public  will  acknowledge  its  force. 
admission  op  homoeopaths  to  the  university. 

There  is  still  another  subject  of  vital  interest,  to  the  cause  of  edu- 
cation in  the  State,  and  connected  with  the  University,  and  that  is 
the  evident  propriety  that  equal  and  impartial  privileges  should  be 
furnished  by  the  State  to  both  medical  schools.  The  Legislature  of 
(1855  and)  1867  by  the  homoeopathic  proviso's  intended  this. 

If  this  is  the  deliberate  opinion  of  the  Legislature,  it  may  be  sup- 
posed to  be  the  opinion  of  the  majority  of  the  people  of  the  State,  and  if 
so,  the  University  belonging  to  the  State,  should  regard  that  opinion. 
A  year  ago,  in  my  report,  I  briefly  noticed  this  subject,  and  set  forth  the 
objections  to  the  demand  made  as  forcibly  as  I  could,  and  recom- 
mended that  no  change  at  that  time  be  made  in  the  policy  of  the 
University.  I  admitted,  however,  that  homceopathic  students  ought 
to  have  all  the  advantages  for  education  furnished  to  allopathic  stu- 
dents, but  deprecated  agitation,  and  perhaps  temporary  injury  to  the 
University  that  might  ensue,  especially  unless  proper  provision  was 
made,  which  would  involve  the  expenditure  of   considerable   money 


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I  advert  to  the  subject  again,  because  I  believe  the  State  will  not  be 
able  to  pass  it  by  without  investigation  and  action,  and  because  the 
State  might  not  neglect  it.     Ft  is  not  right  that        *         *         * 

*******  the  privileges  of  the 
University  education  should  be  confined  to  only  half  of  the  population. 
If  Homoeopathic  students  wish  to  enjoy  the  advantages  of  our  libraries, 
our  museums  and  laboratories,  lectures  and  other  instruction,  it  is 
simply  wrong  to  deny  them  the  privilege.  If  there  are  difficulties  in 
the  way,  these  questions  should  be  honestly  investigated  :  Are  the 
difficulties,  or  are  there  not,  insuperable  ?  If  they  can  be  properly 
guarded  against,  would  the  expense  of  doing  so  be  greater  or  less 
than  to  duplieate  the  University  so  as  to  give  equal  advantages  to 
homoeopathy  elsewhere  ? 

The  more  I  consider  the  subject,  and  the  more  carefully  I  study  the 
results  of  the  education  of  both  sexes  in  the  same  schools,  the  more 
inclined  am  I  to  the  belief  that  the  best  method  for  Michigan  would  be 
to  make  provision  for  the  instruction  of  homoeopathic  students  at  the 
University  on  the  same  conditions  as  allopathic  I  have  come  to  this 
conclusion  slowly.  A  few  objections  have  sometimes  seemed  to  me 
strong,  but  the  most  of  what  is  urged  against  it  is  fanciful  and  par- 
takes of  the  nature  of  the  thoughtless  opposition  made  to  what  is  new. 
The  standard  of  education  would  not  be  changed.  The  habits  of  study 
would  not  be  affected.  The  honor  of  the  University  would  be  rather 
increased  than  diminised.  It  does  not  injure  the  allopathic  students 
in  European  Universities  that  homceopathic  students  also  can  listen  to 
lectures.  The  demand  that  one  class  should  enjoy  the  same 
advantages  as  the  other,  grows  out  of  Christian  civilization,  and 
if  difficulties  arise,  we  must  not  shrink  from  them  but  overcome 
them.     Responsibility  makes  strength. 

I  think  however,  that  to  try  this  experiment  fairly  we  should 
make,  as  soon  as  convenient,  some  improvements  in  our  buildings. 
Some  additional  instructors  also  might  be  required.  Though  the  ad- 
ditional cost  would  be  trifling  compared  with  that  of  establishing  an- 
other College  for  Homceopathy  elsewhere,  still  it  would  be  more  than 
could  be  met  by  the  University  out  of  its  present  resources,  unless 
the  grant  made  by  the  State  in  1867  could  be  renewed. 

In  conclusion  I  wish  to  be  distinctly  understood  that  I  do  not  de- 
sire obtrusively  to  interfere  with  the  educational  provisions  of  the 
State,  nor  even  influence  unduly  its  action  in  regard  to  the  Univer- 
sity, It  is  my  business  to  execute  not  to  make  the  laws  of  the  Uni- 
versity. I  should  be  contented  to  superintend  matters  as  they  are 
here,  or  leave  that  work  for  some  other  person.  I  have  no  doubt 
that,  as  the  University  has  so  largely  increased  in  numbers  and 
in  all  the  indications  of  prosperity  within  a  few  years 
so  it  may  continue  to  enjoy  public  favor  if  properly  managed. 
But  any  person  must  be  able  to  see  that  while  all  things  around  us 
in  this  new  country  are  growing,  the  University  can  keep  pace  with 
the  State,  and  with  the  Universities  of  the  other  States  only  by  the 
systematic  increase  of  its  income.  Michigan  has  a  population  of 
nearly  a  million ;  it  will ,  yet  have  several  millions.     Shall    the   Uni- 


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versitj  then  have  no  more  income  than  now  ?  How  then  will  it 
compare  with  the  Universities  of  New-York,  Wisconsin,  Illinois,  and 
other  States,  that  have  not  only  the  proceeds  of  the  public  lands  gran- 
ted to  them  by  the  United  States,  but  also  large  additions  to  their 
resources  from  private  munificence  and  by  grants  of  the  respective 
States  ?  The  fathers  of  Michigan  did  well,  and  the  University  has 
repaid  their  far-seeing  enterprise  in  honor  and  usefulness ;  will  not 
the  present  generation  imitate  as  well  as  eulogise  them  ? 

The  Board  adjourned  to  December  22,   186S,  at  10  A.  M. 

Present  number  of  students  in  medical  department  at  date 
of  meeting  of  Board  of  Regents,  158.  Corresponding  date 
last  year,  228. 

APPLICATION  TO  SUPliEME  COURT, 

In  the  Supreme  Court  October  6  th  the  Attorney  General  pre- 
sented, through  William  Jennison,  Esq.,  a  petition  on  behalf  of 
the  people  asking  the  court  to  grant  an  order  requiring  the  Board 
of  Regents  of  the  University  of  Michigan  to  show  cause  why  a 
mandamus  should  not  be  issued  to  compel  them  to  appoint  a 
Professor  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  Medical  Department.  The 
petition  relates  at  length  the  legislation  on  the  government  of 
the  University,  quoting  from  an  act  approved  April  8th,  1851, 
the  provision  that  "  the  Regents  shall  have  the  power  to  enact 
ordinances  for  the  government  of  the  University,  to  elect  a 
President,  fix,  increase  and  reduce  the  number  of  Professors 
and  tutors,  and  to  appoint  the  same,  and  determine  the  amount 
of  their  salaries. "  Subsequently  the  Legislature,  by  an  act 
approved  February  12th,  1855,  added  the  following  words  to 
the  section  just  quoted  :  "  Provided  that  there  shall  always  be 
at  least  one  Professor  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  Department  of 
Medicine. "  The  petition  states  that,  although  the  enactment 
above  is  imperative  upon  the  Regents  to  appoint  such  a  Pro- 
fessor, at  least  within  reasonable  time  after  the  passage  of  the 
last  provision,  and,  although  nearly  13  years  have  elapsed  since 
the  approval  of  the  act,  and  although  the  Regents  have  fre- 
quently been  petitioned  to  appoint  such  Professor,  yet  they  have 
always  neglected  and  refused  to  appoint  any  such  Professor, 
and  continue  so  to  refuse,  in  direct  violation  of  law.  The 
petition  to  show  cause  was  granted  and  made  returnable  on  Ike 
first  day  of  the  then  January  (1869)  term  at  Lansing. 


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S.  B.  THAYER'S  CONSPIRACY. 


FURTHER   DEVELOPMENTS. 

S.  B.  Thayer,  in  his  " farther reply"  stated  that  he  could 
prove  his  charges  by  a  letter  we  wrote  to  a  prominent  physician 
of  Michigan,  and  then  presents  a  very  deceptive  account  of  it. 
A  truthful  abstract,  or  the  publication  of  the  whole,  would 
have  proved  that  his  charges  of  treachery;  thnt  we  were  secretly 
opposing  a  professorship  in  the  University;  that  we  were 
privately  endeavoring  to  sell  out  homoeopathic  interests  in  the 
University  for  our  individual  benefit,  were  not  proved  by  this 
letter.  In  fact  they  could  not  be  shown  by4anything  whatever, 
because  it  is  not  possible  for  any  one  to  prove  falsehoods  to  be 
truths. 

The  letter  relates  an  interview  between  two  of  the  University 
Regents,  Prof.  Hempel,  Drs.  Drake  and  Lodge.  Thayer  gives 
the  impression  that  we  then  discussed  and  determined  upon  a 
a  separate  school.  He  would  make  it  appear  as  a  treasonable 
conclave.  It  was  simply  a  friendly  interview  with  the  gentle- 
men, immediately  after  their  regular  session,  in  which  they  gave 
us  a  frank  account  of  their  determination,  and  at  which  there 
was  not  on  the  part  of  Prof.  Hempel,  Dr.  Drake  or  us,  individ- 
ually, or  for  our  physicians,  any  propositions  whatever  urged. 

Instead  of  anything  private,  insidious  or  dishonest,  the  letter 
proves  the  opposite.  Copies  of  the  same  letter  were  sent  by 
the  same  mail  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Institute,  to  the  Uni- 
versity Committee  and  to  other  physicians  of  the  State,  The 
letter  thus  duplicated,  and  the  proposition  to  call  the  Institute 
together  for  open  deliberation  upon  the  question,  shews  the 
straight-forward  nature  of  our  action  in  this  as  in  everything 
else  connected  with  the  University  controversy  on  our  part. 

The  whole  letter  is  as  follows  : 

Detroit,  June  29,  1868.— J.  M.  Long,  M.  D.— Dear  Doctor:— 
Dr  Hompel  and  myself  had  an  interview  with  Regents  Walker  and 
Sill  on  Saturday.  They  say  that  the  Board  has  determined  not  to 
fill  the  chairs  at  Ann  Arbor  with  homoeopathic  physicians ;  that  if 
the  resignations  had  not  been  withdrawn  by  some,  and  other  profes- 
sors of  the  allopathic  school  had  not  offered  to  serve  with  the  un- 
darfttandiAg  that  the  Medical  department  of  the  University  should  ba 


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divided  into  two  schools,  one  allopathic  and  the  other  homoeopathic, 
that  then  they  would  have  adopted  the  course  indicated  in  my  last 
No.  of  the  Observer.  If  the  Court  decides  in  their  favor  they  will  at 
once  organize  the  school  as  a  part  of  the  medical  department  of  the 
University  (to  issue  the  University  degree,  to  be  signed  by  the 
President,  Regents,  and  the  homoeopathic  faculty.)  If  the  Court  de- 
cides against  them  then  they  will  apply  to  the  Legislature  to  amend 
the  law  giving  them  the  authority  desired. 

Immediately  after  the  decision  of  the  Court,  I  think  a  special  meet- 
ing of  the  Institute  should  be  called.  We  must  agree  upon  the 
course  we  shall  take,  and  should  change  the  place  of  next  meeting  of 
the  Institute  to  Ann  Arbor  where  the  Western  Institute  will  meet, 
and  also  appoint  a  member  to  deliver  an  address  of  welcome  in  behalf 
of  the  physicians  of  Michigan.  Fraternally   yours    Edwin  A.  Lodge. 

I  expect  to  advocate  your  appointment  to  the  Chair  of  Anatomy 
and  Physiology. — You  will  accept  will  you  not  ?     Lodge. 

In  relation  to  this  we  wrote  to  Prof.  Beebe  on  the  25th  of 
September  the  following  : 

Dear  Sir.  Immediately  after  an  interview  between  the  two 
University  Regents  who  reside  here  Professor  Hempel,  Dr.  Drake 
and  myself  last  June  I  wrote  a  brief  account  of  it  and  sent  it  to 
each  of  our  University  Committee.  The  same  letter  was  copied  by 
one  of  my  clerks  several  times  and  a  copy  sent  to  each  of  our 
University  Committee,  as  well  as  to  Dr.  Long,  and  our  Secretary,  the 
address  &c,  being  changed  on  each.  To  Dr.  Long,  was  added  a  post- 
script to  the  effect  that  if  wo  have  a  branch  of  the  University,  I  ex- 
pected to  advocate  his  appointment  to  a  professorship. 

There  is  nothing  in  any  of  these  letters  of  a  private  or  confidential 
nature.  I  would  not  object  to  their  publication — in  fact  the  statement 
or  relation  of  this  interview  forms  part  of  a  report  now  in  type  of 
which  I  will  enclose  you  a  proof.  I  have  written  nothing  to  any 
one  on  this  University  question  that  will  not  stand  scrutiny.  When 
you  got  my  letter  to*  Dr.  Long,  from  Mr.  Milispaugh,  if  you  had  re- 
quested my  permission  to  print  it,  I  should  have  responded  Yes,  and 
would  not  have  complaind  if  you  had  published  it  without  my  con- 
sent, but  I  cannot  understand  how  you  could  allow  yourself  to  be  used 
by  Dr.  Thayer,  in  furnishing  him  this  letter  for  the  purpose  he 
wished.  Dr.  Thayer,  blames  you  for  getting  him  into  trouble  but  he 
certainly  prompted  your  action  at  Chicago.  If  you  had  known  all 
the  facts  you  would  never  have  offered  any  such  resolutions.  You  are 
combative  and  impulsive,  but  I  have  no  idea  that  you  could  possibly 
sink  yourself  to  the  depth  where  Thayer  has  gone.  How  any  one 
with  your  intelligence  could  have  been  duped  by  such  a  man  is  a 
matter  of  surprise.     Yours  truly.      Edwin  A  Lodge. 

I  expected  to  have  been  in  Chicago  this  month  and  intended  to 
call  upon  you.  I  am  now  confined  to  the  house  with  bronchitis  and 
do  not  know  how  soon  I  can  leave. 


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Since  writing  to  Dr.  Beebe  we  received  the  following  from 
Dr.  J.  M.  Long : 

Ooldwater,  Sept.  24th  1868.— E.  A.  Lodge,  M.D.— Dear  Doctor: 
Enclosed  you  will  find  two  letters  which  will  explain  themselves, 
and  I  now  regret  that  I  did  not  give  the  circular  (Thayers)  attention 
enough  to  notice   it,  as  I  really  did  not. 

Mr.  Millspaugh  has  doubtless  told  you  the  facts  in  the  case.  And 
I  have  now  to  add  the  circumstances  of  his  being  in  my  office  as 
agent.  Mr.  Millspaugh  wished  to  make  my  office  head  quarters 
while  stopping  here  and  urged  me  to  take  the  position  of  examining 
surgeon  but  I  declined  on  the  ground  that  I  did  not  like  Dr.  Beebe. 
I  did  not  think  he  had  taken  a  proper  course  in  regard  to  our  In- 
stitute ;  which  objections  led  to  many  diputes  betwen  Mr.  Millspaugh 
and  myself  in  reference  to  the  position  and  claims  of  yourself  and  Dr. 
Beebe.  Hence  to  support  my  position  I  showed  Mr.  Millspaugh  your 
letter  which  I  considered  a  fair  test  of  your  honest  purposes.  I 
never  dreamed  that  there  could  be  anything  in  it  made  to  appear 
other  than  I  viewed  it,  therefore  judge  my  surprise  when  I  learned 
that  Dr.  Beebe,  wished  to  make  capital  out  of  it  and  offered  a  reward 
for  the  original.  The  man  that  will  do  that  is  beneath  contempt, 
and  utterly  unworthy  the  respect  or  association  of  any  man  or  body 
of  men.  I  sincerely  hope — I  cannot  believe  that  anything  can  seriously 
happen  or  result  from  this  misplaced  confidence.  I  hope  Doc- 
tor you  will  see  this  matter  in  the  light  that  I  do  and  that  you  will 
exonerate  me  from  any  intentional  complicity  in  the  matter. 

Fraternally,  J.  M.  Long. 

We  have  never  had  the  least  suspicion  that  Dr.  Long  would  be 
guilty  of  any  wrong.  We  have  been  quite  intimate  with  him 
for  ten  years,  and  have  always  honored  his  manliness  as  well  as 
appreciated  his  talent.  We  believe  he  is  one  of  the  truest  men 
we  have  in  our  school,  and  must  fully  and  completely  exonerate 
him  from  the  slightest  complicity  in  Thayer's  conspiracy. 
Enclosed  in  Dr.  Long's  letter  were  the  following  : 

Chicago  July  11,  1868— W.  S.  Millspaugh,  Esq.— My  Dear  Sir  : 
I  am  very  much  obliged  for  the  copy  of  the  letter  from  Lodge  to 
Long,  and  will  not  give  it  any  publicity.    ***** 

Yours  truly,     G.  D.  Beebe. 

Richmond,  Ind.  August,  28th  1868. —  Dr.  Long, — Dear  Sir  :— I 
have  just  read  the  circular  published  by  Dr.  Thayer,  of  Battle  Creek 
in  which  he  refers  to  a  letter  written  by  Dr.  Lodge,  to  a  prominent 
physician  of  Michigan.  Thayer  no  doubt  refers  to  a  letter  which  you 
received  from  Dr.  Lodge,  the  contents  of  which  came  into  his  posses- 
sion in  the  following  manner.  While  I  was  in  Coldwater  last  July 
you  and  I  talked  over  the  dispute  betwen  Dr.  Beebe  and  Dr.  Lodge, 

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in  which  connection  you  Raid  that  Dr.  Beebe,  was   mistaken  and  mis- 
understood Dr.  Lodge.     You  also  said  that  you  had  received  a  letter 
fromDr  Lodge,  which  was  evident  of  the  purity  of  his  (Dr.  Lodge's) 
intentions.      I  asked  you  to  ahow  me  the  letter,  you  was  called  out, 
went  in  haste  leaving  »hc  letter  in  my  hands.     I  made  a  copy  of  the 
letter,  and  sent  it  to  Dr  Beebe,  thinking  it  might  correct  his  impres- 
sions.    When  you  returned  I  guve  you  back  Dr.  Lodge's  letter  and 
told  you  what  1  had  done.     You  will  remember  that  y«m  then     said 
you  was  very  sorry  I  had  done  so,  I  told  you  no  use  whatever  should 
be  made  of  the  copy  as  I  had  written  to  Dr.  Beebe  to  that  effect.     A 
few  days  after  I  received  a  letter  from  Dr.    Beebe,  (which    letter  I 
gave  you  and  you  Mill  have  I  suppose)    in  which  letter    Dr.  Beebe, 
solemnly  promised  that  he  would  show  the  copy  of  Dr.  Lodge's  letter 
to  no  one,  also  that  he  would  make  no  v*e  of  it  itfiattur  And  when 
I  returned  to  Chicago  Dr.  Beebe   repeated  that  promise    in  the  pres- 
ence of  C.  P.  H.  Nason,  his  book-keeper.    1  now  see  by  Dr.  Thayer's 
circular  that  that  promise  has    been    deliberately    violated;  this  is  a 
matter  of  surprise  to  me  and  I   cannot  but  hold  Dr.  Beebe  responsi- 
ble tor  it.     Every    apology  is  due  you.     And    1  scarcely  know    how 
to  remedy  the  wrong  done  you.  I   fear  that  you  will  feel  that   your 
confidence  and  friendship  has  been    abused.     Yet  you    will    perhaps 
see  that  I  am  not  so  much  to  blame  as  you  might  at  first  thought. 

Anything  that  I  can  do  to  undo  what  has  been  said  in  this    matter 
I  stand  ready  and  willing  to  do.  Yours   very    sincerely, 

Wm.  S.  Millspaugh. 

We  understand  that  Mr.  Millspaugh  represents  to  Dr.  Long, 
that  he  does  not  desire  to  be  regarded  as  having  been 
guilty  of  any  intentional  wrong.  He  says  that  he  has 
discovered  that  Thayer  is  wholly  unscrupulous,  and  will  have 
nothing  further  to  do  with  him.  And  that  he  has  also  lost 
confidence  in  Drv.  Beebe,  since  he  violated  his  word  and  solemn 
pledges.  He  has  no  knowledge  of  Dr.  Beebe's  offering  any 
reward  for  the  letter  itself;  he  spoke  to  the  effect  that  the  copy 
was  worth  $50  to  hint,  and  that  the  original,  or  the  right  to  pub- 
lish  it,  would  be  worth  a  larger  amount. 

We  have  not  space  to  devote  to  anything  ftirther  at  this 
time.  Will  it  be  worth  while  hereafter?  Alter  convicting 
Thayer  of  several  most  deliberate  and  malicious  falsehoods,  is 
it  worth  while  to  show  that  he  has  not  made  a  single  statement 
injurious  to  us,  which  has  any  foundation  in  truth. 

Our  actions  in  the  University  contest  have  been  official, 
authorized  and  approved  by  the  Michigan  Institute  ;  Thayer's 
unauthorized  und  unapproved.    Ours  open,  manly,    truthful ; 


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Thayer's  private,  mean  and  false.  Many  think  that  he  should 
be  prosecuted,  but  it  is  perhaps  sufficient  to  hold  him  up  to  the 
contempt  of  the  profession  until  he  abandons  his  wrong  doing; 
then  he  will  find  that  we  can  return  good  for  evil. 

It  is  asked  can  Thayer's  conspiracy  be  successful?  We 
reply,  no  !  There  are  four  times  as  many  homoeopathic  physi- 
cians in  Michigan  now  than  Tere  in  the  State  when  S.  B. 
Thayer  practiced  here.  We  have  a  larger  per-centage  of  physi- 
cians of  our  school,  according  to  the  population,  than  other 
States.  Why?  Can  3.  B.  Thayer,  or  his  co-conspirators  con- 
vince many  that  we  have  had  no  share  in  this  result?  that 
the  Observer  has  not  contributed  thereto?  that  we  do  not 
deserve  the  good  name  we  have  earned  ?  that  we  ever  sold 
out,  or  offered  to  sell,  any  public  interest  for  our  private 
advantage  ?  Thayer  may  get  here  and  there  a  weak-minded 
man  that  he  can  entrap  into  his  plot  for  a  time,  but  the  mass 
of  the  profession  will  shake  him  off  as  wholly  unreliable. 

Will  the  traveling  Life-insurance   agents  of  Michigan  attend 
to  their  legitimate  business  f 


WAYNE    COUNTY  HOMCEOPATHIC    INSTITUTE. 


The  fourth  regular  meeting  of  the  Wayne  County  Homoeopathic 
Institute  was  held  at  the  office  of  Drs.  Lodge  &  Barrett,  Detroit, 
Tuesday  evening,  Oct.  6,  1868,  Wm  R.  Gorton,  M.  D.,  Vice-Presi- 
dent, in  the  chair. 

After  invocation  of  the  Divine  blessing,  the  minutes  of  the  last 
meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

The  application  for  membership  of  Dr.C.  S.  Nellis,  of  Detroit,  was 
presented,  and  on  motion  of  Dr.  C.  B.  Barrett,  Jr.,  seconded  by  Dr. 
Win.  R.  Gorton,  he  was  unanimously  elected. 

The  Dispensary  Committee,  through  Dr.  SprangeT,  presented  an 
informal  report,  which  was  accepted  and  placed  on  file. 

Dr.  Barrett  related  instances  where  delinquent  patrons  have  and 
arc  still  imposing  upon  our  physicians,  and  he  expressed  the  hope 
that  the  Committee  on  Delinquent  List  would  take  immediate  action 
in  the  matter.  This  gave  rise  to  some  discussion  among  the  mem- 
bers, after  which  the  following  was  unanimously  adopted  : 


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Resolved,  That  each  member  of  this  Institute  be  requested  to 
hand  to  the  Secretary;  before  the  next  regular  meeting,  a  list  of  their 
delinquent  patrons,  thus  guarding  them  from  further  imposition  from 
this  class  of  people. 

Dr.  Ellis  alluded  very  briefly  to  the  report  of  President  E.  O. 
Haven,  of  the  University  of  Michigan.  After  condemning  his 
action  toward  homoeopathy,  the  Dr.  then  offered  the  following  pream- 
ble and  resolutions,  which  were  adopted  without  a  dissenting  vote. 

Whereat,  The  legislature  of  the  State  of  Michigan  in  the  year  1855 
passed  an  act  establishing  a  chair  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  University 
of  Michigan;  and  the  people  of  this  State  have  since  confirmed  such 
expression  through  the  same  source,  which  law  the  Regents  of  the 
University  saw  fit  to  disregard  altogether  until  March  last  when  they 
resolved  to  form  a  new  college  devoted  to  the  teaching  of  the  Homoe- 
opathic Science  of  Medicine  at  some  other  point  than  Ann  Arbor. 

And  Whereas,  This  proposition  in  their  opinion  contained  the  only 
practicable  solution  of  what  they  considerd  a  perplexing  difficulty,  and 
this  action  of  the  Regents  was  considered  by  the  press,  the  people 
and  a  large  portion  of  the  profession  as  a  step  in  the  right  direction. 

And  Whereas,  In  contravention  of  all  this,  and  to  defeat  the  oft 
expressed  wishes  of  the  people  of  the  State,  and  in  violation  of  prom- 
ises made  to  secure  the  appropriation  for  the  benefit  of  the  University 
the  Rev.  E.  O.  Haven,  D.  D.,  President  of  said  University  did  in  a 
public  address  delivered  before  the  Board  of  Regents,  at  a  recent 
meeting,  indicate  a  purpose  to  deprive  us  of  our  legal  rights;  claiming, 
contrary  to  the  fact,  that  the  present  medical  faculty  was  no  more  al- 
lopathic than  homoeopathic;  that"  they  profess  to  embrace  the  whole 
orb  of  science  and  art,  so  far  as  it  applies  to  the  maintainanoe  and 
recovery  of  physical  and  mental  health  :  "  and  consequently  when 
the  legislature  of  the  State  granted  the  appropriation  to  said  Univer- 
sity on  the  express  condition  that  the  law  which  requires  that  there  shall 
always  be  at  least  one  professor  of  homoeopathy  in  the  medical 
deartment  shall  be  complied  with,  that  they  really  meant  no  such 
thing  ;  and  thus  by  sophistry,  dupliciy  and  special  pleading  labored 
to  defeat  the  law,  the  wise  designs  of  the  people,  the  just  expecta- 
tions of  the  friends  of  homoeopathy,  and  to  bring  discredit  upon  our 
much-favored  and  beloved  institution  of  learning;  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  we  utterly  repudiate  all  such  efforts,  and  declare 
that  we  will  adhere  to  the  fulfillment  of  the  present  law,  or  its  equiv- 
alent, and  if  necessary,  will  "  fight  it  out  on  this  line,"  if  it  takes 
another  thirteen  years. 

Resolved,  That  we  believe  there  are  not  insuperable  difficulties  in 
the  way  of  filling  the  Chair  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  medical  depart- 
ment at  Ann  Arbor,  if  they  required  each  professor  to  attend  strictly 
to  his  own  duties,  without  interference  with  branches  that  he  has  not 
been  appointed  to  teach,  and  made  such  other  regulations  as  would 
ensure  good  order  ;  but  inasmuch  as  the  regents  have  fears,  (doubt* 
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prejudices  on  the  part  of  the  allopathic  professors  which  the  Kogonts 
regard;  and  desiring  an  amicable  adjustment  of  the  question,  with- 
out any  compromise  of  our  just  dues,  we  declare  that  we  would  ac- 
cept a  separate  medical  department  as  an  equivalent  for  our  rights  so 
long  deferred.  If  this  is  agreed  to  by  them,  in  good  faith,  we  will  co- 
operate with  them  in  an  effort  to  so  modify  the  Act  of  1867  as  to  em- 
power them  to  establish  such  separate  medical  department  for  the 
teachiug  of  the  homoeopathic  system  ;  this  department  to  have  all  the 
rights,  privileges  and  benefits  now  enjoyed  by  the  allopathic  depart- 
ment at  Ann  Arbor;  and  to  be  in/act  a  part  of  the  University  of 
Michigan. 

Dr.  Lodge  read  a  paper  upon  " Medical  Ethics"  which  caused 
an  interesting  debate  among  the  members  of  the  Institute  ;  the 
subject  was  ordered  to  be  continued  at  the  next  regular  meeting. 

Dr.  Lodge  illustrated  and  enforced  the  following  points : 

1.  The  physicians  calling  is  an  art  which  requires  for  its  proper 
exeicise  intelligence  aud  special  culture. 

2.  The  practice  of  medicine  without  sunn  qualifications,  where 
educated  medical  men  o«n  be  obtained,  should  be  discouraged. 

3.  Patients  have  a  right  to  the  services  of  the  physician,  and  the 
mode  of  practice,  for  which  they  have  a  preference. 

4.  No  physician  should,  directly  or  indirectly,  make  use  of  any 
means  to  induce  patients  to  change  their  medical  attendants. 

5.  Patients  desiring  to  change  should  respectfully  notify  the 
attending  phyMcian  to  discontinue  his  visits.  A  physician  in  such 
cases  has  no  right  to  require  a  statement  of  any  reasons  for  his  dis- 
charge, and  fhould  not  consider  his  dismiss. on  as  necessarily  an 
unfriendly  act. 

6.  Physicians  recognizing  the  rights  of  patient*  to  the  services  of 
any  practicing  physician,  should  not  take  offense  when  other  practi- 
tioners are  preferred  to  themselves,  such  practitioners  haviug  made 
no  effort  to  induce  such  change. 

7.  Physiciaus  should  study  the  welfare  of  their  patients  more  than 
professional  partyism,  and  should  not  refuse  to  consult  with  any 
reputable  physician,  no  matter  what  school  of  practice  he  may  be 
attached  to.  In  consultations,  responsibilities  are  shared  ;  but  when 
the  attendiug  physician  declines  to  carry  out  the  measures  advised, 
then  the  consulting  physician  is  relieved. 

Dr.  Spranger  related  an  account  of  the  opposition  he  encountered 
at  St.  Mary's  Hospital  in  getting  admission  to  a  patient,  a  servant 
girl,  to  whom  he  was  sent  by  her  employer,  and  who  paid  all  her 
expenses,  this  patient  preferring  homoeopathic  treatment.  This 
evinced  the  most  objectionable  intolerance  on  the  part  of  the  allo- 
pathic physicians. 

The  Institute  then  adjourned  to  meet  at  the  office  of  Dr.  E.  R. 
Ellis,  November  3,  1868.  C.  B.  BAKKETT,  Jr.,  Secretary. 

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The  Physicians  Hand-Book  for  1869  by  William  Elmer,  M.  D„  and 
Albert  D.  Elmer,  M.  J>.,  Published  at  New-York  by  W.  A.  Town- 
send  and  Adams.     For  sale  at    Detroit  Homoeopathic    Pharmacy, 
Price  $2. 
Although  intended  for  the  use  of  the  allopathic  physician  we  must 

commend  the  work  for  its  merits  apart  from  its  prescriptions.     Who- 

ever  will  prepare  a  similar  hand-book  for  the  homoeopath,  will  receive 

the  gratitude  of  the  profession. 

The  National  Temperance  Advocate.  Monthly  a  $1  per  year,  and 
The   National    Temperance   Almanac  for    1869.     Published   by 
National  Temperance  Society  17*2  William  Street,  New- York. 
The  Almanac  is  a  neatly  printed  and  well  illustrated,  12  mo.  of  64 
pages.     The  Advocate  a  monthly  of  16  pages  quarto.     We   not  only 
endorse  the  total  abstinence  principle  which  forbids  the  use  of  intoxi- 
cating liquors  as  beverages  but  we  discard  their  use  as  medicines,  and 
will  neither  use  them  in  our  practice  or  sell  them  for  the  use  of  others. 
We  do  not  desire  to  have  any  participation  in  the  business  of  making 
drunkards.     We  have  prescribed  but  three  or  four  doses  of  morphine 
or  opium  in   twenty  years  ;  and  do  not  believe  that   there  is  a  more 
frequent  need  for  the  use  of  intoxicating  liquors. 

Transactions  of  the  Third  Annual  Session  of  the  Homoeopathic  Med- 
ical Society  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  1868. 
We  have  here  the  doings  of  our  Pennsylvania  brethren  since  1867. 
It  is  evident  that  they  have  not  been  idle  the  past  year.  Glancing  over 
the  contents,  we  find  many  interesting  reports  from  the  different  com- 
mittees, with  these  are  intermingled  many   instructive  clinical  cases. 

Hahnemannian  Monthly  of  Philadelphia  for  Sept.  1868, 

Contains  the  certainty  of  medicine  by  Ad.  Lippe,  M.  D„  Proving 
Dioscorea  by  J.  U.  Woods,  M.  D.,  Non-Amputation  of  the  leg,  effects 
of  vaccination  by  M.  A.  and  H.  W.  Richter,  M  D.;  Clinical  Observa- 
tions by  Ad.  Lippe  and  A,  M.  Cushing,  M.  D. ;  Vomiting  of  Urine  by 
Richard  Gardiner,  M.  D. ;  Dystnenorrhoea  by  C.  A.  Cochran,  M.  D., 
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The  Science  and  Practice  of  Medicine,  by  William  Aitkin,  M.  D, 
Edin.  Second  American  from  the  fifth  enlaged  and  carefully  revised 
London  Edition,  with  large  additions  by  Meredith  Clynier,  M.  D.; 
in  2  volumes,  with  a  map,  lithographic  plate  and  numerous  illus- 
trations on  wood.  Philadelphia,  Lindsay  and  Blakiston.  Price 
$12  in  cloth  $14  in  leather.  For  sale  at  Detroit  Homoeopathic 
Pharmacy. 

The  first  volume  of  this  second  American  edition  is  upon  our  table 
the  second  volume  will  be  out  this  month  (October).  It  is  published 
in  the  excellent  manner  in  which  Messrs.  Lindsay  and  Blakiston 
publish  all  their  books,  upon  good  paper,  with  new  type  and  strong 
binding.  They  tell  us  that  the  first  American  edition  Was  sold  in 
about  a  year,  and  the  author  says  that  in  twelve  months  after  the 
publication  of  the  fourth  (English)  edition  the  fifth  was  called  for. 
This  success  has  of  course  gratified  both  author  and  publishers. 

As  a  repre*entive  text-book  of  the  old  school  it  is  worthy  of  notice. 
Each  of  our  M.  D's.  should  have  in  his  library  at  least  one  of  th4  best 
allopathic  text  books  on  practice,  and  to  those  who  are  not  already 
supplied  we  would  recommend  this  elaborate  work.  No  homoeopath 
will  follow  its  directions  for  treatment  but  with  this  at  hand  he  can 
readily  compare  modes  of  practice ;  and  for  description  of  diseases 
this  can  be  consulted  at  any  time  to  advantage. 

To  give  a  fair  idea  of  Dr.  Aitken's  style  we  will  transcribe  his 
chapter  V  in  full. 

OP  MORBID   PHENOMENA,   SYMPTOMS    AND    SIGNS    OF    DISEASE. 

It  has  been  stated  that  only  by  a  mental  effort  is  the  student  or 
physician  able  to  convert  symptoms  into  signs  of  disease.  Therefore 
the  idea  associated  with  "  sign"  is  of  a  much  more  comprehensive 
kind  than  that  connected  with  the  word  "  symptom;"  the  former 
implies  the  possession  of  more  extensive  knowledge — a  knowledge 
such  that  comparisons  may  be  instituted  amongst  the  symptoms  which 
present  themselves.  Certain  symptoms  of  disease,  or  of  disordered 
function,  are  thus  recognized  to  be  peculiar,  characteristic,  or  signi* 
jtcnnt  of  a  particular  morbid  state.  A  symptom  is  thus  converted 
into  a  sign,  and  what  is  called  a  diagnosis  of  the  disease  is  made. 

Symptoms  and  signs  of  disease  derive  their  importance  from  the 
fact  that  they  are  capable  of  being  connected  with  lesions  of  struc- 
ture or  disorders  of  function  ;  and  both  of  these  conditions  mutually 
act  and  react  upon  each  other,  and  thus  they  greatly  aggravate  the 
expression  of  general  disease.  In  place  of  the  concurrent  exercises 
of  function,  and  the  mutual  co-operation  of  parts  in  a  state  of  health, 
both  as  regards  mind  and  body,  we  have  symptoms  of  disease 
expressed  in  various  ways,  characteristic  of  the  function  at  fault, 
and  incompatible  with  the  normal  existence  of  the  part  or  organ  affec- 
ted, or  of  the  body  generally.     From  such  phenomena  the   physician 


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ikes  up  his  mind, — (1.)  As  to  whether  or  not  disease  exists.  (2  ) 
.ow  far  the  condition  of  the  patient  is  removed  from  the  state  of 
jalth  usual  to  him.  (3  )  As  to  the  nature  of  the  disease,  and  how 
it  is  distinguished  from  other  ailments,  or  in  what  respects  it  may 
differ  from  the  same  ailment  in  other  people  in  similar  circumstances. 
Thus  a  diagnosis  is  made  by  the  art  of  converting  symptoms  into 
ngns  of  disease. 

But  the  physician  at  the  same  time  generally  carries  his  mental 
exertion  a  little  further.  He  tries  to  arrive  at  a  just  estimate  of  the 
probable  ^result  or  event  of  the  malady,  and  so  makes  up  his  mind, 
— (4.)  As  to  whether  the  illness  will  terminate  in  the  death  of  the 
patient,  in  permanent  organic  mischief  of  greater  or  less  extent,  in 
persistent  impairment  of  the  general  health  (cachexiae),  or  in  com- 
plete recovery.  As  in  politics,  so  in  the  science  of  medicine  :  the 
Politician  and  the  Physician  have  each  to  deal  with  the.  future,  as 
well  as  with  the  present.  Both  endeavor  to  forecast  events ;  and 
thus,  in  the  practice  of  medicine,  we  are  said  to  make  or  give  a  progno- 
sis, (5 )  The  Physician  must  be  able  also  to  appreciate  with  reason- 
able rapidity  those  symptoms  which  are  peculiar,  and  to  recognize 
them  when  associated  together  as  the  signs  of  particular  or  definite 
morbid  states.  Such  symptoms  are  then  said  to  furnish  pathognom- 
onic signs  of  disease.  (b\)  The  Physician  must  further  dihcrimi- 
nate,  and  try  to  put  a  fair  and  just  value  or  interpretation  upon, 
those  symptoms  which  are  only  experienced  by  the  sensations  (sub- 
jective) of  the  patient  himself,  as  contrasted  with  those  which  may 
be  seen  or  appreciated  by  others — such  as  objective  phenomena  or 
physical  signs. 

Thp  interpretation  of  symptoms  ean  only  be  successful  after  a  close 
observation  of  the  patient-  often  prolonged  and  repeated  for  more 
complete  investigation — so  as  to  connect  the  results  arrived  at  with 
his  previous  history.  The  utmost,  logical  aenroen  is  required  for  the 
due  interpretation  of  symptoms.  The  individual  value  of  each  ought 
to  be  duly  weighed  ;  one  symptom  must  be  compared  with  another, 
and  each  with  all;  while  the  liability  to  variation  of  a  similar  symp- 
tom in  different  cases  of  a  like  kind  must  not  be  forgotten  ;  and  the 
occasional  absence  of  the  usual  pathognomonic  signs  may  be  some 
times  calculated  upon.  Thus  only  can  the  nature  of  a  disease  be 
clearly  determined — its  severity  and  dangers  fully  appreciated — its 
treatment  indicated,  and  the  probability  of  recovery  foretold. 

A  close  observation  of  general  symptoms,  in  all  their  details,  is  ab- 
solutely necessary;  and  the  investigation  is  aided  practically  by  the 
improved  instruments  of  the  present  day,  and  better  methods  of 
examination.  Above  all  things,  methodical  examination  is  essential 
for  the  student,  if  he  would  acquire  the  habit  of  carefully  and  accu- 
rately examining  the  nature  of  the  cases  of  disease  with  which  he 
will  have  to  deal.  Patients  must  be  examined  methodically,  in  order 
that  the  symptoms  of  diseases  may  be  correctly  interpreted,  and 
t  u at  nothing  be  overlooked  or  neglected.  Directions  have  been  given 
uy  many  authorities  for  acquiring  and  habitually  following  a   defiuite 


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system  of  examining  patients,  as  to  what  are  the  essential  data  to  be 
obtained  and  recorded  iu  ease-taking ;  and  although,  as  Dr.  Acland 
justly  remarks,  a  skillful  practitioner  can  learn  the  truth  of  most  cases 
in  any  ordeV,  or  in  no  order,  yet  it  is  highly  desirable  that  a  regular 
order  should  be  followed  by.  learners  ;  and  all  cases  observed  by  the 
student  should  be  methodically  entered  in  a  note-book  for  the  purpose. 
This  habit  will  thus  eventually  become  a  necessity,  and  will  be  found 
most  useful  in  after-life,  and  especially  in  consulting  practice. 

The  following  works  are  recommended  for  study,  and  as  guides  for 
acquiring  the  best  methods  uf  observing  and  recording  cases  :  (1.) 
A  Manual  of  Medical  Diagnosis,  by  A.  W  Barclay,  M  D. ;  (2.)  A 
Hand-book  of  Hospital  Practice ;  or,  an  Introduction  to  the  Practical 
Study  of  Medicine  at  the  Bed-side,  by  Robert  D.  Lyons,  M.  B,  Pro- 
fessor of  Medicine  in  the  Catholic  University  of  Ireland  ;  (3  )  An 
Introduction  to  Clinical  Medicine,  by  John  Hughes  Bennett,  M.  D., 
senior  Professor  of  Ciiuical  Medicine  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh  ; 
(4.)  "Suggestion  for  Taking  Cases,  "  by  Dr.  Beale,  Archives  of  Med- 
icine, vol.  iii,  p.  47. 

To  which  we  would  add  an  American  work  of  superior  merits — 
Da  Costa  on  diagnosis,  new  edition,  revised  and  illustrated.  Price 
6ix  dollars, 

The  American  Agriculturist  for  the  farm,  garden  and  household 
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This  is  one  of  our  most  welcome  exchanges.  Those  of  our  physi 
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worthy  of  frequent  perusal.  Almost  every  number  contains  a  well 
executed  engraving  of  some  medical  plant ;  and  the  cause  of  rational 
medicine  is  well  served  by  its  free  exposure  of  quackery  and  humbug. 
A  very  large  portion  of  our  profession  are  interested  in  horticultural  if 
not  in  agricultural  pursuits,  and  the  magazine  will  serve  them  welr 
in  seasonable  information  The  No.  before  us  (Oct.  1868)  has  an 
article  on  the  cultivation  of  Phytolacca  decandra  as  a  garden  plant 
which  is  of  interest,  and  a  variety  of  other  papers  and  fine  engrav- 
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October  1st,  just  at  hand,  like  its  predecessors,  is  a  superb  paper. 
The  publishers  offer  a  large  and  valuable  premium  list  to  those  secur- 
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culture  for  human  happiness.  An  Address  recently  delivered  at 
the  commencement  exercises  of  the  ^  Aurora  (111.)  Seminary,  by 
Hon.  Schuyler  Colfax,  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
New- York  Samuel  R.  Wells  Publisher.  ^_ 

As  we  do  not  wish  to  give  the  Observer  a  political  tendency,  we 
reserve  the  review  of  this  lecture  by  ournez  t     e until 

a  subsequent  number.  B. 

Prevention  and  Cure  op  Consumption,  By  the  Swedish  Movement 
Cure  with  directions  for  its  Home  Application.  By  David  Wark, 
M.  D.,  New-York,  S.  R.  Wells  Publisher. 

A  cursory  examination  of  this  little  monograph  gives  us  a  favorable 
impression  in  regard  to  its  value  as  a  preventive  of  pulmonary 
consumption.  B. 

The  American  Journal  of  Homoeopathic  Materia  Medica,  edited  by 
Henry  Noah  Martin,  M.  D.,  and  Constantine  Hering,  M.  D., 
The  October  number  contains  many  instructive  clinical  cases,  with 
contributions  to  Materia  Medica  by  our   esteemed  and  venerable  col- 
league Dr.  C.  Hering.  B. 

The  Materia  Medica  in  its  scientific  relations.  Published  at  New- 
Haven,  Connecticut,  by  Judd  &  White. 

An  anonymous  pamphlet  of  42  pages.  A  casual  glance  at  its  con- 
tents satisfies  us  that  it  is  deserving  of  an  extended  notice,  which 
shall  be  given  to  it  hereafter.  We  are  not  informed  as  to  the  author- 
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AMERICAN    HOMOEOPATHIC    OBSERVER    FOR    1860. 


We  are  already  making  arrangements  for  still  further  im- 
provement of  the  Observer  for  the  coming  year.  Considering 
the  favor  with  which  it  has  been  received  by  our  physicians, 
we  cannot  do  less  than  exert  ourselves  with  diligence  to  make  it 
fairly  representative  of  the  homoeopathic  profession  in  the  United 
States. 

Our  readers  have  noticed  with  pleasure  that  our  contributors 
are  from  nearly  all  of  the  States  in  the  Union.  Our  subscri- 
bers also  come  from  the  East  as  well  as  the  West.  We  pur- 
pose giving  some  attention  to  the  special  needs  of  homoeopathy 
in  Michigan,  but  do  not  intend  that  any  local  interest  shall 
absorb  our  pages — whatever  may  be  of  advantage  to  the  pro- 
fession at  large  will  meet  with  the  greatest  favor. 

The  subscription  price  mil  not  be  increased.  We  shall  con- 
tinue to  furnish  for  $2.00  per  year,  if  paid  in  advance,  full  600 
pages  of  reading  matter  ;  making  our  journal,  considering  its 
size,  the  cheapest  medical  monthly  for  homoeopathic  physi- 
cians. No  effort  will  be  spared  to  make  it  more  useful  than 
any  other. 

The  same  general  arrangement  of  the  departments  will  be 
continued,  with  some  additions,  and  its  pages,  will  be  filled, 
almost  exclusively,  with  original  matter. 

We  are  under  obligations  to  our  subscribers  for  the  prompt 
remittances  of  their  subscriptions.  A  few  still  owe  for  this 
year,  and  we  hope  that  they  will  promptly  remit  for  1869,  for 
the  amount  due  on  this.  If  your  post-office  issues  money- 
orders,  this  mode  of  remittance  should  be  preferred.  The  cost 
of  the  order  may  be  deducted  from  the  amount  sent. 

Our  contributors  merit  the  warmest  commendation  for 
their  continued  diligence  in  filling  our  pages  with  practical 
matter.  -Wo  return  them,  one  and  all,  our  most  grateful 
acknowledgements,  and  solicit  their  aid  to  make  the  next  vol- 
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Bellows.— It  appears  that  some  have  coustrued  our  personal  notice  of  Dr.  Bellows,  printed 
on  pup  407,  Obskrvkr  for  August,  as  a  reflection  upon  the  review  of  his  book  by  our  Physiolog- 
ical edit  *.  We  are  surprised  at  this  because  we  had  not  the  slightest  idea  of  the  kind  when 
we  wrote  the  notice.  Dr.  B.  made  us  a  visit  and  was  received  by  our  friends  in  Detroit,  and  by 
the  Michigan  Institute,  with  courtesy;  but  we  do  not  understand  that  by  any  attention  to  a 
stranger  we  endorse  his  writings,  or  reflect  upon  any  one  who  may  have  criticised  them.  Prof. 
G.  we  have  known  intimately  for  twenty-Jive  years,  and  his  talent  in  the  department  of  Physi- 
ology was  recognised  then.  Our  acquaintance  with  Dr.  B.,  has  been  friendly,  but  quite  recent, 
and  we  have  nothing  of  any  amount,  beyond  this  popular  manual  to  judge  of  his  attainments* 
How  can  any  one  suppose  that  we  would  think  of  ur  derrating  Prof.  G,'s  talents,  reflect  upon 
his  judgment,  or  that  we  would  write  of  Dr.  B.  in  comparison.  The  Boston  Chemical 
Journal  does  not  appear  to  think  any  more  of  the  "  Philosophy  of  Eating, n  than  Dr.  G.,and 
it  doubtless  will  ni  t  bear  the  strictest  scientific  scrutiny. 

Hering.— The  following  complimentary  notice  we  copy  from  the  N.  Y.  Weekly  Tribune : 
44  In  the  year  1825  the  first  homoeopathic  physician  in  America  settled  in  New  York.  In  1828 
there  were  but  two  in  the  United  States,  and  in  1835  there  were  57.  There  are  now  over  4,000. 
In  1833  Dr.  C.  Hering  relinquished  the  pursuits  of  soology,  which  he  had  long  cultivated  in 
South  America,  under  the  auspices  of  the  King  of  Saxony,  and  commenced  the  practice  of  med- 
icine in  Philadelphia.  Two  years  later  he  and  others  established  the  Academy  of  Medicine  at 
Allentown,  Pa.,  the  first  bomasopathic  school  in  the  world.  Now,  in  his  old  age,  we  find  this 
venerable  physician  and  distinguished  scientist  at  the  head  of  the  leading  homoeopathic  college 
in  the  country,  the  Hahnemann  College,  of  Philadelphia,  an  institution  which  aims  to  excel  in 
giving  a  thorough  medical  and  scientific  education  to  its  students,  and  thus  it  happens  that  the 
first  teacher  of  homoeopathy  in  America  is  now  at  the  head  of  its  ablest  school." 

Hale.— Prof.  T.  P.  Wilson,  referring  to  the  colored  slip  put  in  the  last  Hahnemann  College 
(Chicago)  announcement,  says :  ••  The  Chicago  school  has  instituted  new  proceedings.  It  is 
fearful  to  think  what  many  of  us  are  possiblv  coming  to,  if  this  order  of  things  is  to  be  acquiesced 
in.  But  we  take  this  occasion  to  protest  against  such  an  action.  In  the  case  of  Dr.  Hale,  it  does 
not  look  to  outsiders  like  a  just  penalty.  He  has  occupied  the  chair  of  Materia  Medica  in  that 
school  for  some  four  or  five  years,  and  has  written  upon  that  topic  more  than  any  other  man  of 
our  school.  He  is  more  extensively  read  and  more  frequently  quoted  than  almost  any  other 
writer.  And  when  the  faculty  of  the  Hahnemann  College  declare  his  method  of  teaching  crude 
and  unscientific,  the  statement  will  be  received  cum  grano  satis.  There  are  no  facts  known  to  the 
public  to  warrant  the  declaration.  There  are  many  who  do  not  have  much  confidence  in  Dr. 
Hade's  writings,  but  something  more  than  simple  dissent  from  his  teachings  would  be  necessary 
to  justify  the  course  pursued  by  the  Chicago  faculty. 

It  is  no  light  matter  for  twelve  men  to  publicly  brand  one  of  their  peers  as  an  unfit  associate , 
and  it  is  time  for  us  to  pause  and  consider  if  this  summary  method  is  to  become  s  popular  one  in 
vacating  a  college  chair.''  * 


REMOVALS. 
Harrington.— Dr.  8.  A.  Harrington,  from  Solon,  O.,  to'Dorr,  Mich 
Reynolds.— Dr.  P.  L.  F.Reynolds,  from  St  Clair,  Mich.,  to  Grand  Haven,  Mich. 
Merry  man.— Dr.  T.J.  Merryman,  from  Keithsburgto  Centre  Ridge,  III. 
SHU.— Dr.  John  Ellis*  present  poet-office  address  is  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


Deferred. -A  review  of  Dr.  Wells  on  "Diseases,  Cause  and  Cure,"  by  Prof.  Gatchell,  will 
appear  in  next  number. 

Locations  for  Homoeopathic  Physicians. -Illness,  for  several  weeks  has  pre. 
vented  the  publication  of  the  proposed  register. 


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DR.    WELLS    ON    DISEASES,    CAUSE    AND    CUBE. 


No  other  qupstions  more  agitate  the  homoeopathic  mind  than 
those  that  Dr.  Wells  discusses  in  the  10th  and  11th  numbers 
of  the  U.  S.  Med.  and  Surg.  Journal,  and  until  settled  they 
will  continue  to  cause  agitation.  It  is  in  vain  to  urge  that  they 
have  no  directly  practical  bearing.  They  will  not  be  laid  aside, 
whether  practical  or  non-practical,  and  I  most  fully  concur 
with  Dr.  Wells  in  the  idea  that  all  truth  has  practical  relatione. 
Numerous  instances  can  be  cited  in  which  truths  supposed  at 
the  time  of  their  discovery  to  have  a  very  remote  practical 
bearing,  or  none  at  all,  have  come,  in  the  process  of  discovery 
of  associated  truths,  to  manifest  the  most  important  practical 
relations.  Nor  have  I  any  great  respect  for  that^order  of  mind 
which  does  not  delight  in  truth  for  truth's  sake.  A  large  pro- 
portion of  the  most  profound  and,  in  their  numerous  relations, 
most  practical  truths,  have  been  discovered  by  minds  that 
sought  for  truth  simply  for  love  of  it — leaving  to  time  and 
subsequent  discovery  to  determine  what  degree  and  variety  of  n 
practical  relation  might  be  found  to  exist. 

At  the  present  time  homoeopathists  are  divided  into  two 
sections  on  these  subjects, — high  attenuationists  on  the  one  side, 
and  low  on  the  othei— the  latter  holding  that  disease  is  a 
condition  of  matter,  and  that  it  has  material  causes  and 
material  cures  ;  the  former  that  disease  is  a  state  of  immaterial 
forces,  caused  by  immaterial  forces,  and  cured  by  immaterial 
forces,  the  curative  forces,  according  to  Dr.  Wells,  parted  from 
their  original  material  associates.  To  what  extent  be  may 
regard  this  as  true  of  the  two  former  he  does  not  give  us  dis- 
tinctly to  understand.  Though  in  treating  of  "  morbid " 
(morbific?)  "causes,"  he  says  there  is  no  reason  to  doubt  that 
in  their  ultimate  nature  they  are  all  equally  and  alike  force  and 

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not  matter.  Again  he  says,  with  regard  to  the  curing  power 
of  the  drug,  the  producing  power  of  the  miasm,  or  whatever 
natural  cause  of  disease,  "as  the  one  is  a  force  and  not  a  thing,  so 
is  each  of  three,"  disease,  cause  and  remedy.  From  what  he 
says  of  miasms,  I  conclude  that  he  intends  to  teach  that  they 
also  are  parted  from  their  original  material  associations,  since 
he  represents  them  as  not  governed  by  the  laws  of  matter,  and 
from  his  statement  of  the  similarity  of  other  morbific  causes,  I 
infei  that  he  means  to  include  them  in  the  same  category.  I 
think  it  due  his  readers  that  he  should  define  his  doctrine  on 
these  points  in  express  terms.  I  certainly  have  no  desire  to  do 
injustice  to  any  one  from  whom  I  may  differ.  I  prefer  to  give 
any  such  the  full  benefit  of  his  own  method  of  statement. 
Least  of  all  would  I  desire  to  misrepresent  the  views  of  a  gen- 
tleman and   scholar. 

What  he  intends  as  the  relation  of  the  vital  forces 
when  acted  on  by  morbific  causes,  I  am  wholly  at  a  loss — 
whether  he  regards  them  as  separated  from  their  original 
material  associations  or  not.  That  some  obscurity  affects  the 
subject  as  existing  in  his  own  mind,  I  cannot  but  infer  from 
his  own  langnage :  "If  disease  be  essentially  dynamic  in  its 
nature,  a  change  in  the  state  of  the  living  forces  merely,  if  it 
be  but  a  force  acting  in  a  destructive  direction/'  it  is  the  duty 
of  the  physician  "  to  change  this  state  of  the  vital  forces." 
There  is  in  this  a  lack  of  that  precision  of  expression  which 
is  important  to  definiteness  of  meaning.  To  pass  by  the  per- 
haps not  wholly  unobjectionable  expression,  state  of  forces,  there 
is  an  implication,  whether  intended  or  not,  in  the  phrase 
"  living  forces,"  which  has  Ho  known  justification.  It  is  one 
thing  to  state  that  forces  are  vital,  contributing  to  life,  and 
another  to  state  that  they  are  living,  possessed  of  life.  The 
organism  lives,  the  forces  contribute  to  sustain  that  life.  The 
error  of  attributing  life  to  forces  is  a  part  of  what  I  deem  the 
fundamental  error  of  Dr.  Wells'  articles.  That  his  mind  was 
not  very  clear  on  the  subject  appears  to  me  from  his  represent- 
ing disease  in  one  member  of  the  sentence  as  a  "  force,"  and  in 
another  member  as  a  "  state  of  the  living  forces,"  to  say  noth- 
ing of  the  additional  expression,  "  a  change  in  the  state  of  the 

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vital  forces."  Here  are  three  different  modes  of  stating  the 
nature  ot  disease  in  one  sentence.  And  whatever  defense  may 
be  made  of  one  form,  it  is  certain  that  two  of  them  are  quite 
incompatible.  Disease  cannot  be  both  a  force  and  a  state 
of  forces. 

Dr.  Wells  argues  that  disease  is  a  state  of  the  vital 
forces,  because  susceptibility  to  the  same  morbific  agent  differs 
in  different  individuals.  Before  this  argument  is  of  any  avail, 
it  will  be  necessary  to  show  that  the  condition  of  the  organism 
is  identical  in  all  the  individuals.  It  will  be  necessary  to  make 
the  minutest  examination  of  solids  and  fluids^  especially  of  the 
blood.  It  is  not  sufficient  to  dhow  that  they  are  alike  in 
weight,  volume  and  form  ;  though  it  is  not  often  that  indi- 
viduals are  identical  as  to  these  three  conditions.  It  is  not  the 
weight,  volume  and  form  that  determine  the  vital  condition  ;  it 
is  the  state  of  the  internal  organs.  To  argue  from  the 
external  conditions  that  the  vital  forces  are  first  affected  is  not 
to  argue  very  vigoronsly.  As  illustrative  of  his  conclusion  he 
alludes  to  the  state  of  a  patient  at  the  commencemeut  of 
typhoid  fever,  his  dullness,  peevishness,  listnessness,  etc.,  and 
asserts  that  we  recognize  in  thes  the  effects  of  the  poison  on 
the  vital  forces.  Perhaps  he  does.  I  recognize  the  effects  of 
the  poison  on  the  organism  and  the  consequent  changes  in  the 
functions  of  the  organs.  He  asserts  that  there  are  no  changes 
except  in  the  vital  forces  until  there  are  visible  structural 
c  nges.  How  can  this  be  true  when  changes,  appreciable 
changes  are  discoverable  in  the  organism  from  the  commence- 
ment in  almost  all  diseases  ;  and  as  investigation  advances, 
microscopic  and  chemical,  the  exceptions  are  steadily  disappear- 
ing. We  cannot  accept  these  assertions  except  on  the 
strength  of  a  great  array  of  carefully  observed  facts.  Dr. 
Wells  offers  none.  He  seems  to  think  that  he  has  settled  the 
matter  in  a  subsequent  passage,  in  which  he  says  that  if  any 
additional  argument  were  needed,  it  is  found  in  the  fact  that 
all  morbid  poisons  affect  the  System  only  through  the  medium 
of  the  vital  forces.  Well,  this  is  a  sufficiently  bold  assumption  of 
the  whole  matter  at  issue.  For  I  cannot  regard  the  two  facts 
that  he  offers  as  adding  the  slightest  support  to  the  assertion. 


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I  think,  in  fine,  he  would  have  made  more  impression  on  the 
mass  of  readers  if  he  had  not  directed  their  attention  to  the 
feebleness  of  his  reasons.  He  alleges  in  proof,  first,  that  dis- 
eases produced  by  specific  poisons  may  exhaust  the  suscepti- 
bility of  the  system  to  their  influence.  But  what  then  ?  Is 
the  subsequent  immunity  due  to  a  change  in  the  vital  forces  or 
the  organism  ?  If  he  replies  in  the  vital  forces,  he  merely 
assumes  the  point  in  question — a  short  and  ready  method  of 
pioof.  I  repeat,  the  question  is  whether  the  poison  affects  the 
system  through  the  vital  forces  or  through  the  organism.  If 
he  replies  that  no  change  is  discoverable  in  the  organism; 
neither,  I  reply,  is  any  discoverable  in  the  vital  forces.  The 
life  of  the  individual  remains  the  same  just  as  much  as  his 
body  does.  His  second  argument  is  that  dead  bodies  do  not 
become  diseased.  And  does  Dr.  Wells  really  hold  that  there 
is  no  difference  between  a  living  and  a  dead  body — no  difference 
in  the  body  itself?  When  we  remember  how  the  microscope  is 
constantly  revealing  changes  where  formerly  none  were  sus- 
pected, and  that  with  every  improvement  additional  discoveries 
are  made  of  changes,  till  now  scarcely  a  body  dies  but  the  changes 
can  be  told  and  mapped,  this  seems  to  me  a  most  illogical 
assertion.  I  will  make  my  assertion  to  meet  his,  and  that  is, 
that  he  cannot  find  one  dead  body  in  a  thousand  but  a 
skillful  miscroscopist  can  point  out  changes  in  the  organism 
itself.  If  there  is  a  thousandth,  (which  I  do  not  believe,)  is 
it  not  becoming,  in  view  of  the  teachings  of  all  advances  in  the 
science  of  minute  anatomy,  to  set  the  absence  of  visible  proof 
in  this  thousandth,  down  to  our  imperfect  methods  instead  of 
actual  absence  of  change,  to  ignorance  rather  than  to  non- 
existence?* G-. 
— — —                                  • 

*  In  a  series  of  articles  which  I  propose  to  write  on  the  sub- 
ject of  force  and  its  relations  to  life,  disease  and  medical  actior 
I  expect  to  discuss  the  relations  of  death  to  the  question  more 
fully.  I  reserve  also  the  consideration  of  Dr.  Wells'  views 
regarding  cause  and  cure  of  disease  for  another  article.  I  do 
not  suppose  the  two  sections  to  be  as  sharply  defined  as  I  have 
stated  in  the  second  paragraph  of  preceding  article.  Some  high 
dilutionists  may  hold  to  material  and  some  low  to  immaterial 
action  ;  but  tendency  to  division  is  along  the  line  indicated. 

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CHOLERA. 

Cases  of  Cholera  during  the  epidemic  of  1866,  treated  by  Dr.  Kafka* 

TRANSLATED   BY   S.    LILIEHTHAL  M.   D.,  WKW  YORK. 


A  lady,  about  35  years  old,  delicate,  without  children,  felt  sud- 
denly unwell  after  the  usual  breakfast.  Nausea  and  saburral  vomit 
set  in  with  some  faecal  stools.  Towards  11  o'clock  the  rice-water 
stools  appeared,  patient  began  to  look  pinched,  and  all  the  symptoms 
of  cholera  developed  themselves.  I  found  her  at  noon  in  collapsus, 
great  thirst,  pulse  small  and  filiform ;  after  every  evacuation  up  or 
downwards,  happening  about  every  10  or  15  minutes,  with  audible 
painless  gurgling  in  the  bowels,  she  felt  like  fainting;  patient  felt 
weak,  restless,  throws  herself  about  on  her  bed,  and  has  off  and  on 
spasms  of  the  calves  ;  the  impulse  of  the  heart  is  yet  pretty  strong  ; 
the  fold  of  the  skin  does  not  remain  ;  the  voice  is  hoarse;  secretion 
of  urine  not  "suppressed.  Prescribed  Arsenicum  8  in  solution,  a 
dose  every  quarter  of  an  hour,  small  pieces  of  ice  for  the  thirst,  and 
warm  wrappers  for  the  cold  extremities.  About  4  o'clock  reported 
cessation  of  evacuations  ;  more  quiet  and  perspiration.  Continued 
Arsenicum  every  half  hour.  Slept  from  five  to  seven,  and  woke  up 
refreshed. 

A  man  35  years  old,  robust,  was  attacked  with  cholera  in  the 
morning  and  given  up  by  physicians  and  friends.  I  found  the 
patient  in  a  deep  sopor,  the  loudest  talk  and  the  severest  shaking 
could  not  rouse  him  up ;  eyes  half  closed  ;  the  bulbus  upward  and 
toward  the  left ;  face,  the  upper  part  of  the  chest  and  the  extremities 
dark  blue  ;  the  tongue  and  breath  icy- cold  ;  the  mouth  open  and  the 
lower  maxilla  hanging  down  ;  lips  blue ;  thirst  very  intensive;  the 
stupefied  patient  is  unable  to  ask  for  drinks,  but  stretches  his  tongue 
out  and  smacks  his  lips ;  touching  his  lips  with  the  tumbler,  he 
grasps  it  eagerly  with  both  hands,  and  empties  them  to  the  last  drop; 
the  second  heart-sound  is  not  clear  ;  the  carotid  pulse  very  weak,  the 
radial  pulse  cannot  be  felt  any  more;  evacuations  up  and  downward 


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continue;  n  fold  of  the  skin  remains  standing;  spasms  of  the  calves 
have  remitted  since  an  hour;  secretion  of  urine  uncertain,  as  he 
passes  everything  unnoticed  in  the  bed. 

We  have  here  the  symptoms  of  the  most  severe  Asiatic  cholera  and 
opiuni  narcosis  combined,  for  it  belongs  to  the  character  of  true 
cholera,  that  the  patient,  an  long  as  there  is  no  paralysis,  remain 
perfectly  conscious. 

The  symptoms  of  beginning  palsy  of  the  heart  were  clearly  pro- 
nounced. Our  first  indication  therefore  was  to  rouse  the  action  of 
heart  quickly  and  to  stop  the  excretions,  which  diminished  and  thick- 
ened the  blood.  To  all  these  indications  only  phosphoric  ether  cor- 
responded. I  gave  him,  therefore,  20  drops  in  half  a  pint  of  water, 
a  teaspoonful  every  fifteen  minutes.  Instead  of  beer,  which  he  had 
used  before,  I  ordered  fresh  water  for  drink.  The  next  day  the 
patient  was  able  to  leave  his  bed,  drank  some  beer  again,  producing 
thus  the  reappearance  of  the  cholera-symptoms,  but  they  passed  off 
without  any  bad  consequence.  He  complained  now  only  of  general 
malaise  and  loss  of  appetite ;  tongue  is  thickly  coated ;  head  dull,  as 
after  intoxication  ;  he  looks  well  enough  and  his  pulse  is  strong. 
Considering  this  state  as  a  sequel  of  the  opium  narcosis  we  gave  him 
Nux  vomica  3,  in  solution,  a  dose  every  two  hours.  After  three 
days  he  was  fully  able  to  follow  his  usual  occupation. 

This  case  shows  us  clearly  what  a  potent  remedy  Phosphorus  is  in 
the  beginning  of  paralysis  of  the  heart,  and  what  beautiful  and  quick 
effect  the  Phosphorus  with  the  ether  produces.  I  do  not  know  any 
analepticum  which  has  an  effect  more  sure  and  more  rapid. 

This  cholera  epidemic  has  proved  to  me  the  value  of  this  remedy, 
but  I  would  remark  that  a  stronger  combination,  as  the  one  used  by 
me,  (two  drops  of  Phosphorus  3,  with  two  drops  sulphuric  ether,) 
gives  less  satisfactory  results.  In  our  last  case,  not  only  paralysis  of 
the  heart,  but  also  of  the  brain,  on  account  of  the  large  doses  of 
opium,  was  to  be  feared  ;  both  were  met  and  vanquished. 

The  cholera  epidemic  of  1866,  was  a  peculiar  one.  The  disease 
generally  did  not  enter  rapidly  ;  the  characteristic  symptoms  devel- 
oped themselves  slowly.  There  were  only  a  few  cases  with  pains  in 
the  abdomen,  or  with  very  painful  cramps.  I  had  not  a  single  case 
where  Cuprum  would  have  been  indicated.  The  painlessness  of 
the  stools  and  the  accompanying  gurgling  and  noise  in  the  bowels 
were  prevalent  and  needed  the  application  of  Phosphorus  ;  whereas, 
the  patients  purging  and  vomiting  with  great  nausea,  fainting, 
unquenchable  thirst  and  great  debility,  indicated  Arsenioum. 


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STRYCHNIA   IN    INTERMITTENT.  559 

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STBYCHNIA    IN    AGUE. 

BT.   8.   LILIKNTHAL,   M.  D.,   KBW  YORK. 


In  Braithwaite's  Retrospect  we  read  that  Dr.  Nash  was 
induced  to  try  Strychnia  in  certain  cases  of  ague,  from  the 
failure  of  quinine  to  affect  a  cure.  In  one  case,  lasting  three 
months,  the  paroxysms  recurred  every  third  day  with  great 
severity,  lasting  about  ten  hours.  Another  tedious  case,  where 
repeated  attacks  withstood  enormous  quantities  of  quinine  and 
arsenical  solution,  rapidly  recovered  under  one- twelfth  of  a 
grain,  a  dose  four  times  a  day.  His  usual  dose,  though,  was 
one-thirtieth  of  a  grain  four  times  a  day. 

We  had  this  fall  frequently,  cases  of  intermittents  under 
treatment,  which  were  not  so  much  caused  by  miasma  as  by 
cold  or  imprudence  in  eating.  The  spinal  and  glangionic  sys- 
tem appeared  the  most  affected,  and  a  perfect  intermission 
was  the  exception.  Pressing,  dull  headache,  a  coated  tongue, 
listlessness  with  irritability  of  temper;  constipation  was  fre- 
quently preeent  during  the  intervals.  A  jaundiced  appearance 
was  frequently  seen,  but  the  sallow  complexion  of  ague  only 
found  in  old  cases,  which  had  been  drugged  before  with  the 
usual  remedies  of  regulars.  Natruin  mur.  200,  and  Apis  200, 
are  our  Kvorites  against  agues,  but  these  remedies  did  not  cor- 
respond to  the  ruling  type  ;  we  could  see  nothing  but  Nux 
vomica,  and  yet  there  were  cases  where  it  failed  to  relieve. 

We  made  now  a  careful  trituration  of  three  grains  of 
Strychnia  to  ninety  of  sugar  of  milk,  and  from  this  a  decimal 
higher  trituration,  and  gave  from  it  a  powder  four  times  a  day. 
We  followed  in  so  doing  a  good  example,  set  by  Kafka,  who 
gives  Atropine,  where  Belladonna  is  indicated,  and  does  not 
relieve,  and  we  found  the  same  rule  held  good  with  regard  to 
Strychnia  and  Nux  vomica,  especially  as  we  felt  encouraged  to 
the- trial  by  the  favorable  results  of  Dr.  Nash. 

Another  remarkable  instance  this  fall  is,*that  intermittents 
appear  in  places  where  they  have  never  been  seen  before;  might 
not  the  shakings  and  quakings  which  mother  earth  got  be  the 
cause  of  it?     The  calamities  of  this  boiling  cauldron  befel  this 

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f)GO  01M1CIFUGA   KACEMOSA. 

time  the  Pacific  slope,  but  the  frequent  and  sudden  changes  of 
weather  are  something  unusual  at  this  time  ot  the  year,  when 
we  usually  enjoy  the  finest  autumn. 


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CIMICIFUGA    BACEMOSA. 

BV  8.  A.  MKRRKI.L,   M.  II.,   COUNCIL   BLUFFS,   IOWA. 


This  is  the  best  remedy  I  have  found  this  season  for  conges- 
tions of  the  brain  and  lungs,  and  in  worm  fevers  attended 
with  congestion  of  the  brain.  The  disease  has  usually  yielded 
like  magic  under  the  action  of  this  remedy.  Was  first  led  to 
its  use  in  a  bad  case  of  congestion  of  the  brain  and  lungs,  I 
had  early  in  the  season,  which  proved  very  obstinate  under  the 
use  of  the  ordinary  remedies. 

Noticing  the  similarity  of  her  brain  symptoms  to  those  pro- 
duced by  the  drug — she  complained  of  seeing  rats,  mice,  etc. — 
I  concluded  to  make  a  trial  of  the  remedy.  To  my  great 
gratification  the  unfavorable  spmptoms  disappeared  like  magic. 
Since  then  I  have  had  many  cases  and  have  used  little  else 
than  this  remedy. 

Had  a  marked  case  in  a  woman,  that  took  all  the  symptoms 
of  a  violent  congestive  intermittent.  Paroxysm  every  48 
hours,  with  a  slight  one  towards  the  close  of  the  disease  on  the 
intermediate  day.  Had  taken  quinine  during  one  interval 
before  sending  for  me.  Found  the  patient  intensely  cold,  and 
extremities  covered  with  cold  perspiration  ;  did  not  complain 
much  of  being  cold ;  there  was  great  thirst,  nausea,  vomiting, 
violent  headache,  delirium,  grasping  at  flocks,  and  the  utmost 
difficulty  ot  breathing  ;  said  she  should  die  from  suffocation, — 
and  indeed  there  seemed  great  danger.  Put  her  upon  the 
ordinary  remedies  for  two  days  with  no  benefit  whatever; 
rather  worse.  Suspecting  that  I  had  my  old  enemy,  conges- 
tion, I  put  the  patient  on  Aconite  and  Cimicifuga.  To  my 
great  relief  the  symptoms  at  once  began  to  yield  and  disap- 
peared rapidly.  She  pointed  out  the  Cimicifuga  as  making 
her  feel  better  every  time  she  took  it.  Never  made  a  more 
speedy  cure. 

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EXPULSION    OF   GALL  STONES — VACCINATION.  661 

(For  the  American    Homoeopathic  Observer.; 
EXPULSION    OF    GALL    STONES. 

BT  8.   A.   MERBBLL,  M.   D.,   COW  CI  h   BLUFFS,   IOWA. 


Mrs.  J. — This  lady  came  to  me  last  fall  while  suffering  from 
a  severe  attack  of  gall  stones.  Had  been  subject  to  such 
attacks  for  fifteen  years.  Had  been  treated  for  it  a  great  deal 
without  decided  benefit. 

When  I  first  saw  her  she  was  suffering  the  most  intense 
agony.  Ordered  an  active  dose  of  Podophyllin,  (one  grain,) 
to  be  followed  by  six  ounces  of  olive  oil.  The  Podophyllin 
operated  actively,  but  12  hours  or  longer  elapsed  before  I 
could  induce  the  patient  to  take  the  oil.  At  last  she  suc- 
ceeded in  taking  four  ounces.  In  the  conrse  of  24  hours  she 
passed,  according  to  the  statement  of  the  nurse,  more  than  a 
dozen  large  gall  stones,.  Owing  to  my  having  left  no  specific 
instructions  for  preserving  them,  only  one  was  kept  until  my 
return  to  see  the  patient.  This  one  was  soft,  non-metallic,  cut 
with  a  clear,  white,  wa^-like  appearance,  had  about  the  con- 
sistence of  soft  putty,  and  burned,  when  placed  upon  the  coals, 
like  wet  fat.  Some  of  them,  according  to  the  statement  of  the 
nurse,  must  have  been  of  the  size  of  a  musket  ball,  and  some- 
what elongated,  from  passing  through  the  narrow  gall  duct. 

Aconite  and  Nux  were  sufficient  to  relieve  the  symptoms 
that  remained,  and  with  the  exception  of  occasional  attacks  of 
slight  pain  at  first,  for  a  while,  which  these  remedies  were 
sufficient  to  control,  she  remains  well. 

Query. — What  was  this  disease?  Could  these  concretions 
have  been  formed  in  the  liver  originally  affected  with  fatty 
degeneration  ?     If  not,  what  ? 


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VACCINATION. 

Inquiry  by  Nemo — Answered  by  A.  M.  Cashing,  M.  D.  Lynn,  Mass. 


To  vaccinate  with  the  scale  I  take  a  common  tumbler,  (as  it 
is  usually  handy,)  on  the  bottom  of  which  I  place  a  small  drop 
of  water,  then  with  a  sharp  knife  I  shave  from  the  scale,  very 
fine,  what  I  wish  to  use,  mix  with  the  drop  of  water  to  a  soft 

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paste,  which  is  done  very  quick,  spread  it  upon  the  arm,  then 
with  a  dull  lance  caretully  scratch  the  arm  lengthwise  and 
crosswise  till  blood  enough  oozes  to  color  the  paste,  rubbing  it 
well  in  with  the  side  of  the  lance,  with  thumb  and  finger  dis" 
tending  the  lacerations  as  much  as  possible,  and  apply  adhe- 
sive plaster,  to  remain  twenty-four  hours.  It  is  done  in  a  short 
time  and  takes  every  time  if  the  matter  is  fresh  and  good. 
Try  it. 

(For  the  American   Homosopathie  Obaerrer  J 

Baptiaia  in  Inflammation  of  Inguinal  Glands. 

BY  D.  WALDKON,  M.  D.,  WASHINGTON,   D.  C. 


Mr.  D.  T.  W.,  aged  30 — bilious-sanguine  temperament, 
never  taken  any  mercurial  remedies.  After  an  exposure  to  cold 
with  wet  feet,  was  attacked  with  severe  inflammation  and  indu- 
ration of  inguinal  glands  of  the  right  side  ;  no  pain  except 
when  standing  ;  all  the  glands  where  involved.  The  usual 
remedies  both  high  and  low,  Mercurius,  Calcarea,  Dulcamara, 
Nitric  acid,  Silicia,  Sulphur  and  others  were  tried  for  about  a 
mqnth  without  avail,  when  after  a  discontinuance  of  medicines 
for  four  or  five  days,  remembering  a  note  in  Dr.  Burt's  proving 
of  Baptisia  tinctoria,  it  was  given  in  drop  doses  four  times  a 
day  with  immediate  amelioration  of  swelling  and  induration, 
and  in  six  days  the  case  was  dismissed  cured. 

Of  regular  (?)  practice  down  South  we  have  a  report  as  fol- 
lows :  "  Can  not  you  send  us  a  live  homoeopathic  physioian  ?  Mrs. 
Winslow  and  the  "regulars"  are  killing  all  the  infants  two  years 
old  and  under.  Such  butchery  with  opium  and  calomel  no  man 
ever  saw.  Dysentery  is  now  prevailing,  and  the  best  physi- 
cian here  begins  his  treatment  of  babes  with  the  soothing  syrup, 
follows  it  with  calomel,  and  generally  closes  the  scene  with  a 
mixture  of  paregoric,  castor  oil  and  turpentine,  which  reminds  one 
of  the  darkies  prescription  for  a  broken  rib  :  'Alum  to  draw  de  parts 
to  geder,  and  rosin  to  sodder  'em.'  But  here,  if  the  victim  lingers 
too  long  they  finish  it  with  ice  on  the  head  and  whisky  in  the  stomach, 
I  have  rceeived  and  answered  some  20  letters  from  inquiring  homoeo- 
paths— but  none  of  them  have  come.  We  want  a  man  of  force  and 
address" 


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rFor  the  American  Homoeopathic  Obserrer.] 
A    PATHOLOGICAL,    INQUTRY. 


Allow  us  to  ask  a  few  questions  in  your  valuable  journal.  A 
death  recently  occurred  under  our  observation  which  excited 
considerable  comment  among  the  attending  allopathic  physi- 
cians, and  we  should  be  pleased  to  awaken  a  little  pathologi- 
cal inquiry  among  homoeopathists. 

A  man  aged  about  25  years  was  being  treated  for  dementia? 
The  mental  alienation  was  complete,  yet  not  of  a  formidable 
type.  It  did  not  seem  to  affect  him  physically,  he  being  stout, 
athletic  and  plethoric.  No  blood  dyscrasia,  nor  traces  of 
previous  disease  or  treatment.  As  before  remarked  he  was 
under  the  charge  of  two  and  sometimes  three  allopathic 
physicians.  September  18th  the  following  prescription  was 
ordered :  ft  Spts.  nit.  dulc,  5iss ;  tine,  opii,  Iss.  M.  et  sig., 
two  teaspoonfuls  three  times  a  day. 

Next  day  the  following  was  substituted :  ft  Tine,  opii,  ?ss  ; 
spts.  lavender  comp.,  3ii  ;  spts.  nit.  dulc.  ?ss.  M.  et  sig.,  two 
teaspoonfuls  every   three  hours,  while  awake. 

We  suppose  the  laudanum  and  spirits  of  nitre  were  given  to 
allay  mental  irritation,  which  never  existed;  given  in  doses, 
however,  sufficient  to  allay  the  normal  condition  of  the  bowels, 
as  it  was  followed  by  constipation. 

On  the  2l8t  symptoms  of  intermittent  fever  soon  supervened, 
the  chill  and  fever  being  quite  severe.  The  prescription  was 
changed :  ft  Quin.  sulph.,  3ii ;  mass  hydrarg.,  gr.  xvi ;  pulv. 
opii.,  gr.  xvi.  M.  et  fiat  pil  no.  xvi.  Sig.,  one  every  three 
hours. 

Not  seeming  to  improve  very  rapidly,  on  the  25th,  the 
following  was  ordered:  ft  Sulph.  quin.,  gr.  xxiv;  aquae 
pur.,  %i;  arom.  sulph  ac.,  3ss.  M.  et  sig.,  teaspoonful  every 
three  hours 

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564  PATHOLOGICAL   INQUIRY. 

This  was  followed  up  till  the  27th,  when  he  seemed  some 
better*  On  the  morning  of  the  28th,  however,  he  was  taken 
with  clonic  spasms  of  the  entire  muscular  system — much 
resembling  and  denominated  epileptic.  Lasting  for  a  half 
hour  they  were  finally  ameliorated,  and  it  was  thought  about 
to  subside  entirely  ;  laudanum  was  given  during  the  spasm. 
In  this  condition  he  was  left  alone  for  ten  or  fifteen  minutes. 
When  the  nurse  returned,  he  was  lying  partially  upon  the 
floor,  (his  bed  was  made  up  upon  the  floor,)  face  turned  down- 
wards, dead.  He  was  not  in  such  a  posstion  as  to  smother,  and 
none  of  his  previous  symptoms  indicated  asphyxia.  Imme- 
diate examination  gave  the  following  results:  Face  and  limbs 
of  a  dark  purple  color — almost  oedematous — mnch  swollen 
from  engorgement  with  venous  blood ;  trunk  somewhat  dis- 
colored but  more  natural  ;  limbs  stif£  arms  flexed  ;  re6t  of  the 
body  flaccid  aud  limber  for  several  hours.  Whole  body 
extremely  hot.  The  chest  was  very  elastic,  being  able  to  pro- 
duce deep  and  long  respiration- by  simple  pressure  upon  the 
sternum.  By  post  mortem  the  lungs  were  sound — suffused  to 
some  extent  with  venous  blood.  The  heart  was  normal.  The 
brain  presented  evidence  of  diseased  complications.  The 
entire  mass  of  the  encephalon  was  engorged  with  venous  blood, 
cutting  into  the  fibrous  tissue,  the  blood  of  divided  capillaries 
oozed  forth  in  innumerable  red  spots.  The  tissues  of  the  brain 
were  soft,  and  it  was  difficult  to  carry  on  the  examination  with 
accuracy.  Opening  into  the  middle  cornea  of  the  left  lateral 
ventricle  a  quantity  of  blood  was  found,  about  3iss.  No  rup- 
tured vessels  could  be  found  although  they  might  have  passed 
our  observation  quite  easily.  One  hemisphere  was  put  in  alco- 
hol, expecting  that  after  hardening  a  more  elaborate  examina- 
tion could  be  made.  The  result,  after  48  hours  in  spirits,  was 
rather  peculiar.  It  was  still  softer  in  consistency,  but  the  colors 
of  the  cineritious  and  fibrous  tissues  were  exactly  transposed. 
Under  the  surface  of  the  pia  matter,  to  the  depth  of  two  lines 
was  a  layer  of  gray  matter  somewhat  whitened  in  appearance. 
Instead  of  succeeding  alternate  layers  of  white  and  gray  sub- 
stance there  next  came  a  layer  clearly  defined  at  edges,  of  very 


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white  and  somewhat  tougher  material.  This  was  live  or  six 
Hues  in  depth.  The  interior  ot  the  hemisphere  was  of  a  bright 
lead  color,  and  retained  none  of  the  characteristics  of  fibrous 
tissue.  Under  the  microscope  the  tissues  of  the  long  lobules, 
capillary  bronchi,  and  fresh  tissue  of  the  brain  appeared  normal. 

he  macerated  portion  of  the  interior  brain  substance  looked 
like  so  much  thick  paint.  Will  some  student  who  cares  for 
pathology  give  us  instruction  on  the  following  subjects  : 

The  probable  cause  oi  death. 

What  was  the  cause  of  the  extreme  venous  congestion  ? 

Will  non-oxygenation  of  the  blood  from  all  causes  or  any 
cause  produce  venous  congestion,  i.  e.  the  blood  confined  to 
the  veins  and  not  entering  the  arteries. 

Is  paralysis  of  the  lung-cells,  lobules,  or  capillary  bronchi 
possible  ? 

Does  asphyxia  produce  extreme  venous  congestion,  and  how? 

What  occasioned  the  change  of  texture  and  color  in  the 
brain  substance? 

The  above  case  was  heroically  allopathic.  We  happened  to 
be  silent  observers.  It  may  serve  to  awaken  a  few  minds  to 
the  importance  of  pathological  research.  We  hope  to  hear 
from  them  through  the  Observer.  F.  &  F. 


Tumor  of  Heart — Sudden  Death  While  Wrestling. — 
Dr.  Finnell  exhibited  (N.  Y.  Pathological  Society,  Sept.  23, 
1868,)  a  heart  removed  from  a  man  25  years  of  age.  He  had 
beeii  engaged  wrestling  with  another  man,  in  a  quarrel,  when 
he  suddenly  fell  down  and  expired.  His  death  was  attributed 
to  the  quarrel,  but  a  post-mortem  examination  failed  to  give 
any  reason  for  the  suspicion,  no  cause  for  death  being  found, 
save  a  rather  peculiar  condition  of  the  heart.  In  the  walls  of 
the  left  ventricle  was  an  irregular,  scattered  mass  of  fibrinous 
deposit,  which  invaded  the  entire  thickness  of  that  wall  of  the 
organ.  The  heart  was  otherwise  sound.  It  seemed  evident  to 
him  that  this  was  the  cause  of  death,  the  heart  being  overtasked 
while  in  that  crippled  condition.  One  of  the  kidneys  removed 
from  the  deceased  weighed  but  two  ounces  and  the  other  eight 
ounces. 

Dr.  Finnell  remarked  that  this  was  the  third  case  of  this 
sort  of  deposit  that  he  had  met  with.  In  one  of  these  the 
exudation  existed  in. both  ventricles. 


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l  For  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer.] 
ALLOPATHIC    FAVOR. 

»Y  T.  8.  GOOD  Will,   M.  D.f  POBT  RICHMOND,  STATEN    ISLAND,  H.  Y. 


It  is  not  to  be  expected  that  a  class  of  M.  D.'s  who  send  to 
the  grave  three  out  fonr  of  their  numerous  cases  of  mortality, 
needlessly,  as  a  sacrifice  to  the  dignity,  prestige  and  impor- 
tance of  their  antique  mode  ot  treatment,  would  treat  the 
members  of  a  rival  and  more  successful  school  with  great 
kindness  or  consideration.  Neither  is  it  desirable  that  they 
should. 

The  cause  of  homoeopathy  and  humanity  has  less  to  fear 
from  their  animosity  than  from  their  fraternal  treatment. 
Were  it  not  for  the  barriers  themselves  have  reared  against 
us  and  picketed,  to  keep  us  separate,  the  influx  into  the 
homoeopathic  ranks  of  a  moiety  of  the  incompetency  and  ruth- 
lessness  which  the  allopathic  fraternity  carry  along  with  them, 
would  have  sunk  homoeopathy  beyond  resurrection  a  long 
time  ago. 

Had  the  system  of  Hahnemann  when  first  offered  to  them, 
been  accepted  and  approved  by  the  authorities  of  the  domi- 
nant school,  instead  of  being  received  as  Herod  received  the 
infant  Savior,  it  would  soon  have  been  exalted  to  Heaven  as 
a  perfect  substitute  for  brains  and  conscience,  and  upon  its 
failing  to  sustain  that  elevation  it  would  forthwith  have  been 
cast  down  to  hell,  like  everything  else  that  is  fated  to  receive 
their  fickle  esteem,  until  in  some  indefinite  cycle  of  their 
ceaseless  revolvings  it  should  be  turned  up  and  exhibited  again 
with  like  results. 

Thank  God  for  the  animosity  of  such  men  as  those  who 
drove  Hahnemann  out  of  Germany — as  those  who  manipulated 
the  Regents  of  the  University  of  Michigan — as  those  who 
conducted  the  medical  department  in  the  U.  S.  army  during 

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NEW  LUNATIC  ASYLUM  667 

our  late  war — as  resisted  the  chartering  of  homoeopathic 
colleges  and  societies  in  the  legislatures  of  the  several  States, 
and  are  threatening  the  members  of  their  own  societies  with 
expulsion  if  they  recognize  the  professional  standing  of  a 
homoBopathist.  May  the  derisiveness  of  their  dispobition,  pur- 
poses and  acts  never  be  less  ! 

It  takes  the  entire  patronage  of  from  three  to  five  old  school 
practitioners  to  furnish  a  living  to  one  decent  homoeopathist. 
He  will  save  eight  or  nine  out  ot  every  ten  of  the  cases  which 
his  predecessors  lost,  and  will  diminish  the  duration,  sufferings 
and  expense  of  diseases  in  approximately  the  same  ratio; 
except  that  he  will  need  time  to  cure  some  of  the  cases  they 
would  have  speedily  buried. 

If  one  wishes  to  make  money,  let  him  be  an  allopath,  elec- 
tionere  himself  into  a  good  position,  and  the  less  he  knows 
about  curing  disease  the  more  riding  he  will  have  to  do ;  the 
more  he  rides,  the  more  ready  people  will  be  to  employ  him, 
and  the  more  money  he  will  make.  To  be  an  honest  homoeo- 
pathist, one  needs  self-sacrificing  patience  and  self-discipline, 
as  well  as  professional  enthusiasm. 


NEW    LUNATIC    ASYLUM. 


In  the  last  issue  of  the  Observer  I  notice  inquiry  was  made 
with  reference  to  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lunatic  Asylum 
in  this  State  to  be  placed  in  the  care  of  a  homoeopathic  physi- 
cian. The  accompanying  form  of  an  act  was  introduced  into 
our  gLegislature  last  winter,  reported  favorably  by  the  com- 
mittee to  whom  it  was  referred,  and  there  allowed  to  remain. 
The  failure  is  ascribable  only  to  the  indifference  of  the  profession 
to  the  political  advancement  of  our  method  of  practice.  We 
hope  a  thorough  canvass  will  be  made  this  fall,  and  more  general 
interest  awakened  and  concerted  action  secured.  It  is  fully 
time  that  the  adherents  of  the  homoeopathic  system  be  allowed 
to  participate  in  all  the  practical  advantages  growing  out  of 
legislative*  enactment.  h.  m.  p. 

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668  NEW   LUNATIC  ASYLUM. 

An  Act  Authorizing  the  appointment  of  Commissioners  to  locate 
a  site  for  an  asylum  for  the  insane  in  one  of  the  western 
or  Southern  tier  of  counties  of  this  State. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  New  York,  represented  in  Senate  and 
Assembly,  do  enact  as  follows  : 

Section  1.  Erastus  Corning,  Theodore  W.  Dwight,  John  Stanton 
Gould,  Henry  D.  Paine,  M.  D.,  and  William  H.  Watson,  M.  D.,  are 
hereby  appointed  Commissioners,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  select 
a  suitable  site,  in  some  one  of  the  Western  or  Southern  tier  of  coun- 
ties of  this  State,  upon  which  to  erect  an  Asylum  for  the  Insane. 

§  2.  The  said  Commissioners  shall  have  power  to  receive  by  gift, 
grant  or  bequest,  or  may  contract  for.the  purchase  of  lands  which 
they  may  deem  suitable  as .  a  site  for  the  location  of  said  Asylum, 
subject  however,  to  approval  of  the  next  Legislature,  to  whom  they 
shall  report  their  action  in  the  premises  within  ten  days  after  the 
commencement  thereof. 

§  3.  Should  the  action  of  said  Commissioners  be  approved  by  the 
Legislature  and  a  site  be  obtained  under  the  provision  of  the  second 
section  of  this  act,  there  shall  be  established  on  such  site  an  Asylum 
for  the  Insane,  which  shall  be  under  the  direction  of  a  Superinten- 
dent who  shall  be  a  homoeopathic  physician  in  good  and  regular 
"standing,  subject  to  the  rules  and  regulations  as  the  Legislature  shall 
from  time  to  time  prescribe  ;  to  the  end,  that  adequate  provision  may 
be  made  for  the  proper  care  and  treatment  of  insane  persons  residing 
in  any  part  of  this  State,  whose  guardians  or  friends  may  iudicate  a 
preference  for  the  homoeopathic  system  of  medical  practice. 

$  4.     This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 

The  design  of  the  enclosed  form  of  an  act  now  pending  iu  the  Leg- 
islature is  to  secure  homoeopathic  treatment  of  mental  diseases  in  a 
public  Asylum  for  the  Insane  in  order  : 

1 .  To  make  suitable  provision  for  the  proper  care  and  treatment  of 
the  large  number  of  insane  persons  in  the  Western  and  Southern  tier 
of  counties.  The  census  of  1865  shows,  that  a  large  proportion  of  the 
number  of  lunatics  in  this  State    reside  in  the  locality  designated. 

2.  To  afford  the  numerous  adherents  of  the  homoeopathic  system  of 
practice  residing  in  this  State  an  opportunity  to  avail  themselves  of 
a  method  of  treatment  to  which  they  are  accustomed  and  in  which 
they  have  confidence. 

3.  To  obtain  full  control  of  the  medical  department  of  at  least  one 
public  Institution,  from  all  of  which  we  have  been  hitherto  rigidlv 
excluded  by  allopathic  intolerance,  although  fully  entitled  to  such 
representation  by  the  payment  through  our  patrons  of  a  large  percen- 
tage of  the  expense  required  to  erect  and  maintain  the  said  public 
charitable  and  reformatory  institutions  in  this  State. 

Without  doubt,  the  measure  commends  itself  to  your  confidence  and 
will  enlist  your  active  support ;  have  the  goodness,  therefore,  to 
write  to  the  members  of  the  Legislature  from  your  locality  urging 
them  to  support  the  proposed  act."         Very  truly,  yours, 

H.  M.  PAINE. 


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A    GENUINE    HERMAPHRODITE. 

REPORT  BT  HKNRY  K.  AVERT,  X.  D.,  POUOHKEEP8IE,   K.    T. 


The  case  embodied  in  this  report  is  one  that  has  created  con- 
siderable interest  in  the  profession,  from  the  nature  of  the 
developments  being  so  novel  and  extraordinary,  and  from  the 
fact  that  no  analogous  case  is  recorded. 

Condensed  reports  of  the  case  appeared  in  the  Phila.  Med. 
and  Surg.  Reporter  for  August  22d,  1868,  the  Medical  Investiga- 
tor of  Chicago,  for  October,  1868,  and  the  Medical  Gazette  of 
New  York,  for  September  5th,  1868  ;  but,  at  the  solicitation 
of  many  I  have  republished  these  reports  and  particularized 
more  fully  parts  that  were  merely  referred  to,  and  supplied 
points  that  space  would  not  allow.  I  do  not  doubt  but  what  a 
similar  case  has  existed,  but  as  for  an  identical  one  I  can  find 
no  evidence  of,  nor  reference  to  any  case,  that  carries  such 
unmistakable  evidence  of  the  existence  of  a  true  testicle,  and 
where  an  operation  has  settled  the  matter  beyond  a  mere 
diagnosis. 

It  has  been  asserted  by  many  and  claimed  by  some,  that  a 
condition  of  nature  embodying  the  two  sexes  can  never  exist, 
although  cases  have  been  reported  where  malformations 
deformed  either  the  one  sex  or  the  other — without  adding  to 
either — and  making  what  might  appear  a  hermaphrodite,  and 
have  been  commonly  so  called  ;  but  I  do  not  think  a  case  is  on 
record  where  one  person  has  possessed  the  organs  of  male  and 
female  organizations  in  a  complete  state  of  development,  and 
where  such  positive  evidence  of  existence  is  obtained  by  an 
operation.  The  fact  can  now  be  settled  that  such  a  thing  as  a 
genuine  hermaphrodite  has  existed. 

In  giving  the  history  of  the  case,  I  shall  give  the  woman's 
statement,  as  near  as  possible,  in  her  own  language  : 

August  6,  1868. — Christie  Ann  C called  at  my  office 

to  consult  me  as  to  her  case.  She  stated  that  she  had  recently 
arrived  from  Nova  Scotia,  was  visiting  a  sister  in  this  city,  and 
had  calculated  to  visit  New  York,  but  was  advised  to  call  and 
see  me,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  surgical  aid.  She  stated 
that  she  was  unmarried,  twenty-four  years  of  age,  five  feet  ten 
inches  high,  enjoying  comparatively  good  health,  occupied  dur- 
ing the  past  two  years  in  teaching  school,  and  that  she  had  a 
growth  upon  her  privates. 

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Her  object  in  coming  to  me  was,  she  said,  to  see  if  I  would 
remove  the  tumor,  as  it  annoyed  her.  The  physician  at  home, 
the  only  one  to  whom  she  had  ever  shown  it,  stated  that  he 
could  do  nothing  for  her. 

From  observation  I  discovered  that  she  possessed  a  deep, 
coarse  voice,  a  masculine  frame  and  face  ;  in  fact,  resembled  an 
ordinary  coarse  woman. 

Aftei  a  careful  examination,  to  my  surprise  I  found  the  fol- 
lowing to  exist :  The  mammae  were  undeveloped,  the  chest  was 
full,  and  the  pelvis  somewhat  contracted  for  a  woman  of  her 
size  ;  the  clitoris,  resembling  a  penis  in  flaccid  state,  was  two 
inches  long  and  half  an  inch  in  diameter,  with  well  developed 
glans  and  foreskin — no  orifice  was  discovered.  A  vagina  two 
inches  deep  and  well  formed,  existed  ;  but  a  close  <x  urination 
per  rectum  and  bladder  did  not  discover  any  trace  of  a  litems; 
the  meatus  urinarius  and  vestibule  were  perfect;  the  right 
labium  majorum  was  quite  natural  and  of  usual  size;  the  labia 
minora  were,  traceable  ;  but,  in  the  folds  of  the  left  labium 
there  appeared  a  large  pendant  tumor,  resembling  the  left  testi- 
cle of  a  man,  with  a  well  developed  scrotum  of  usual  size,  of 
some  four  inches  in  length,  resembling  in  every  respect  the 
scrotum  of  a  man.  Tracing  up  what  appeared  to  be  the  cord, 
I  found  it  made  its  exit  from  the  external  abdominal  ring,  and 
had  evexy  indication  of  a  spermatic  cord;  the  epidymis 
appeared  to  be  natural ;  in  fact,  everything  resembled  a 
testich. 

She  stated  that  she  felt  some  sexual  desire,  and  that 
every  morning  for  the  past  six  years  l.e  had  noticed  a  small 
quantity  of  blood  in  the  mucus  she  was  in  the  habit  of 
coughing  up. 

To  my  question,  as  to  how  long  the  tumor  had  existed, 
she  stated  that  she  had  noticed  nothing  of  it  until  she  was  ten 
years  of  age. 

Being  placed  in  somewhat  of  an  embarrassing  position,  in 
discovering  so  much  more  than  I  expected  to  find,  I  resolved 
to  call  a  consultation,  to  ascertain  if  my  diagnosis  of  a  testicle 

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would  be  confirmed.  Accordingly,  Drs.  I.  S.  P.  Lord,  E.  H. 
Parker,  and  ray  brother,  Dr.  E.  W.  Avery,  all  of  this  city, 
were  called  in,  when  they  all  agreed  that  it  resembled  in  every 
respect  a  testicle ;  but,  the  case  being  so  extraordinary  they 
could  not  form  any  diagnosis,  although  they  advised  an 
operation. 

With  the  assistance  of  Dr.  Lord  and  Dr.  E.  W.  Avery,  I 
proceeded  to  perform  the  operation  of  removing  the  tumor,  by 
the  usual  process  for  castration — by  making  an  incision  of  some 
five  inches  inN  length,  so  as  to  expose  the  cord,  when  three 
arteries,  a  nerve,  and  veins  were  found.  Severing  the  cord  the 
retraction  was  the  same  that  might  be  expected  in  performing 
the  operation  upon  a  man  ;  the  tumor  was  then  dissected  out, 
the  wound  partially  closed,  and  the  patient  placed  in  bed. 
Dressings  of  diluted  carbolic  acid  were  used,  and  in  the  course 
of  ten  days,  the  ligatures  having  come  away,  the  wound  was 
found  nearly  closed.  Sixteen  days  after  the  operation  she  was 
up  and  around. 

After  removal,  the  tumor  was  examined  by  Drs.  Lord,  E.  W. 
Avery,  and  several  others,  with  a  microscope  magnifying  three 
hundred  and  fifty  (350)  times,  when  cellular  structure  and 
convoluted  tubes  were  visible,  with  rudimentary  spermatozoa  ; 
in  fact,  everything  indicated  a  testicle. 

Subsequent  examinations  have  proven  the  nature  of  the 
tumor;  it  has  been  declared  beyond  any  doubt  to  be  a  testicle. 


[We  publish  Dr.  Avery's  report  entire,  and  expect  that  it 
will  call  forth  considerable  interest  and  discussion  in  the  pro- 
fession. In  our  opinion  it  does  not  settle  the  doubts  of  those 
who  disbelieve  in  the  existence  of  *  genuine  hermaphroditism. 
Why  should  this  being  be  called  a  woman  in  the  absence  of 
either  mammae  or  uterus?  There  appears  to  have  been  more 
evidence  of  the  male  sex  than  the  female;  one  testicle  appar- 
ent, and  another  probably  concealed  ;  absence  of  menstruation 
and  the  usual  characteristics  of  womanhood,  such  as  voice, 
figure,  etc.,  etc. — e.  a.  l.] 

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THE    SCHOOL  AT  MONTPELUER   AND  HOMOEOPATHY. 


[The  British  Journal  of  Homoeopathy  says  : 

In  a  recent  number  of  the  Art  Medical  we  find  a  very  interesting 
paper  by  Dr.  Roux,  of  Cette,  extracted  from  the  Bibliothique  Bom- 
(Bopathique,  which  we  have  not  seen,  giving  an  account  of  the  mode 
in  which  homoeopathy  has  been  received  by  the  School  at  Montpell- 
ier,  and  incidentally  contrasting  its  reception  at  the  old  vitalist 
school  with  the  treatment  it  has  received  at  the  Medical  School  of 
Paris.  As  it  is  a  novel  sensation  to  us  to  hear  of  the  doctrines  of 
Hahnemann  being  treated  at  one  of  the  reigning  schools  of  medicine 
otherwise  than  with  the  grossest  injustice,  we  willingly  make  room 
for  an  account  of  diftereut  treatment,  as  it  forms  an  agreeable  break 
in  the  wearisome  monotony  of  narrow-minded  bigotry  and  unmerited 
contumely  with  which  it  has  been  the  invariable  custom  to  treat  the 
doctrines  of  Hahnemann.  ] 

The  school  of  Montpellier  has  broad  and  conciliatory  ideas;  it 
admits  without  hesitation  all  well-attested  facts,  and  only  rejects 
exclusive  systems.  The  breadth  of  its  conceptions  renders  it  ac- 
cessible sooner  or  later,  to  all  discoveries,  some  of  which  will  dash 
through  the  narrow  circle  in  which  others  have  elsewhere  shut  them- 
selves up  M.  Lordat  wrote  :  "  My  great  object  is  to  record  present 
truths  in  such  a  manner  that  they  shall  not  prevent  their  due  recep- 
tion to  future  truths.,, 

A  man  of  a  high  order  of  intellect,  Bisueno  d'Amador,  placed  in  a 
chair  commanding  the  whole  medical  horizon,  above  the  atmosphere 
of  prejudice,  was  able  to  look  far  afield  for  discoveries  and  to  per- 
ceive the  value  of  Hahnemann's  system. 

This  professor  wrote  as  follows  :  "  Homoeopathy  is  a  doctrine  very 
congenial  to  vitalism.  Indeed,  I  may  say  it  is  vitalism  itself  broadly 
applied  to  therapeutics*  The  new  system  of  therapeutics  directs 
itself  to  the  vital  forces  in  order  to  cure  the  disease,  just  as  vitalist 
pathology  studies  those  forces  in  order  to  apprehend  its  production. 
The  vital  forces  being  the  source  of  the  disease  it  is  to  these  forces 
we  must  apply  the  agent  intended  to  destroy  the  morbid  modification* 
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that  great  glory,  all  that  the  vitalism  of  Montpellier  wanted  was  to 
find  out  the  mode  of  disengaging  from  medicinal  agents  the  active 
forces  they  contained  ;  this  is  what  Hahnemann  did  by  means  of  bis 
great  principle  of  attenuations.  By  that  great  and  beautiful  discovery 
he  has  vastly  extended  the  sphere  of  vitalism,  and  what  is  more,  has 
given  to  this  doctrine  a  practical  basis  henceforward  beyond  the 
reach  of  cavil. " 

This  declaration  made  a  sensation  ;  the  Paris  press  bellowed  aloud 
at  it.  The  Bulletin  de  Therapeutique  commenced  by  crowning  with 
flowers  the  victim  it  wished  to  sacrifice.  "  Much  commendation,"  it 
said,  "was  bestowed  on  the  ruling  power,  for  selecting  for  the  chair 
of  pathology  and  general  therapeutics  in  Montpellier,  a  man  who  had 
twice  borne  away  the  prize  of  the  Academy  of  Medicine,  and  whose 
known  works  promised  a  brilliant  future  ;  we  allude  to  M.  Risueno 
d'Amador." 

After  this  well-merited  compliment  the  Bulletin  goes  on  :  "  But 
see !  from  the  mouth  of  this  professor  issues  an  immense  scandal  ;  his 
chair  is  converted  into  a  chair  of  homoeopathy.  0  what  profanation, 
what  sacrilege !  We  have  no  doubt  the  professors  of  that  school 
must  feel  indignant  at  such  a  prostitution  of  teaching  ;  but  their 
indignation  should  not  remain  silent;  the  whole  school  should  protest 
energetically  en  masse;  it  owes  this  much  to  its  glory  and  to  its 
duty." 

The  faculty  treated  these  outcries  with  contempt,  and  here  is  how 
the  worthiest  representative  of  the  Montpellier  School,  M.  Lordat, 
replied  at  a  later  period  :  "  Homoeopathy  has  the  adhesion  of  one  of 
our  most  distinguished  masters,  M.  d'Amador.  The  opinion  of  a  man 
of  his  worth,  who  understands  his  art  in  all  its  branches  and  bearings, 
is  worthy  of  attention,  especially  when,  without  derogating  from  the 
science  such  as  successive  ages  have  made  it,  he  endeavors  to 
aggrandize  it  by  acquisitions  which  seem  to  him  profitable." 

The  inveterate  enemies  of  the  new  method  turned  towards  the  gov- 
ernment and  denounced  to  it  the  teaching  of  d'Amador :  "  Why," 
cried  the  Bulletin,  4'  does  the  minister  of  public  instruction  allow  a 
great  school  to  be  thus  polluted  ?  "  Yielding  to  Paris  influences  the 
minister  ended  by  forbidding  the  professor  to  speak  of  homoeopathy 
from  his  chair.  Succumbing  to  force,  the  professor  ceased  to  utter 
the  word,  but  continued  to  season  his  lectures  with  the  spirit  and  the 
sap  of  this  vigorous  and  fruitful  doctrine. 

Applying   to    science    what    Andre    Chenier    said    of    poetry — 

"  Sur  dea  pensers  nouveaux  faisons  des  vers  antiques." 


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d'Amador  expressed  in  old  medical  language,  the  results  of  recent 
discoveries,  and  woko  up  the  peaceful  echos  of  tradition  by  the  ardent 
words  of  progress,  eager  to  unite  the  scientific  treasures  of  the  North 
and  South,  of  the  present  and  past,  he  presented  Hahnemannic  ideas 
under  Hippocratic  forms,  just  as  though  he  might  have  poured  the 
exquisite  Johannisberg  wine  from  a  j  recious  Greek  vasi. 

Posterity  will  remember  d'Amador's  generous  initiative,  and  will 
extol  Montpellier  for  having  the  first  professor  in  France  who  pub- 
licly adopted  homoeopathy. 

The  echoes  of  the  lecture  room  retain  the  remembrance  of  his  elo* 
quent  voice.  "  The  teaching  of  this  master  is  still  cherished  by  our 
school,"  said  one  of  the  extra-academical  professors,  in  this  faith- 
fully expressing  the  feeling  of  the  public. 

The  dean  of  the  faculty  of  the  sciences  of  this  town,  Professor 
Dunal,  was  one  of  the  partizans  of  homoeopathy.  This  circumstance 
is  of  great  importance  in  a  city  where  the  accessory  sciences  are 
deeply  influenced  by  medicine,  whereas  in  Paris  medicine  is  quite 
subordinated  to  th  sc  sciences. 

Homoeopathy  was  avowed  and  practiced  by  two  extra-academical 
professors  of  Montpellier,  Dr.  Andrieu,  recently  deceased,  and  Dr« 
Parlier. 

One  of  the  most  esteemed  practitioners  of  the  Sout  j  of  France,  Dr. 
Batigne,  formerly  an  extra-academical  professor,  having  seen  the 
remarkable  effects  of  this  system  in  M.  Parlier's  practice,  said  to  the 
present  writer  "  I  am  too  old  to  devote  myself  to  the  practice  of 
homoeopathy  ;  but  if  ever  I  should  have  a  consultation  wit  i  you  I 
should  be  happy  to  see  you  treat  the  case  homoeopathically." 

Other  professors  wrote  to  ask  me  respecting  the  homoeopathic 
prophylactics  and  remedies  for  epidemic  chol  ra. 

Professor  Lordat  has  maintained  the  prudent  reserve  which  has 
always  characterized  the  school  of  which  he  is  the  worthy  reuresenta- 
tive  :  "I  neither  admit  nor  deny  thj  uth  of  homoeopathy,*'  he  says, 
as  I  am  not  sufficiently  acquainted  with  it,  not  having  had  time  to 
study  it.  I  shall  suspend  my  opinion  regarding  it  untill  I  shall  be  in 
a  position  to  have  an  opinion,  that  is  to  say,  until  I  shall  have  exam- 
ined thoroughly  into  it." 

Nothing  could  apparently  be  more  simple  than  this  reserve,  acd 
yet  except  at  Montpellier  how  seldom  is  it  practiced.  M  Lor  at  on 
a  former  occasion  observed:  "  Hahnemann  has  given  us  many  drugs 

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which  he  says  are  specific  in  various  morbid  conditions.  We  should 
be  grateful  to  him  for  this,  although  his  statements  have  not  jet  been 
verified." 

In  expressing  himself  in  this  manner,  at  a  perioi  when  the  discov- 
eries of  Hahnemann  had  not  jet  been  verified  at  Montpellier,  M. 
Lordat,  without  being  able  to  guarantee  them,  showed  that  he  had 
no  reason  foT  rejecting  them,  and  for  refusing  the  acknowledgments 
due  to  their  author. 

The  venerable  professor  di J  not  hesitate  to  saj  to  one  of  his  favor- 
ite pupils,  Dr.  Masclarj,  of  Nimes  :  "  When  I  see  around  me,  at 
Marseilles,  Avignon,  Cette,  and  Toulouse,  men  of  standing,  good  faith, 
and  great  attainments  practicing  homoeopathy  and  publishing  accounts 
of  their  success,  I  am  constrained  to  saj  :  Surelj  there  must  be  some 
truth  in  this  doctrine,  especially  when  you,  mj  dear  pupil,  whom  I 
have  known  these  thirtj  years,  come  to  me  bringing  the  fruits  of  jour 
experience." 

An  extra-academical  professor  of  the  same  school,  at  present  in 
holy  orders,  Dr.  Barre,  said,  speaking  of  specifics:  "The  common 
system  of  medicine  possesses  but  few  of  these  heroic  remedies. 
Homoeopathy  professes  to  have  discovered  a  great  many,  and  carries 
on  her  research  »s  actively.  I  know  not  what  to  think  of  it  all ;  but 
we  must  at  all  events  grant  that  Hahnemann  and  his  school  have 
started  from  a  true  principle." 

Like  M.  Lordat,  this  conscientious  physician  frankly  expresses  his 
ignorance  of  the  action  of  those  means  he  has  not  tried,  but  he 
acknowledges  the  starting  point  to  be  founded  on  truth. 

Acting  also  on  the  wise  custom  of  Montpellier,  the  late  lamented 
Dr.  Saurel,  extra  academical  professor  of  s  school,  and  editor  of 
the  Revue  Therapeutique  du  Midi,  wrote  in  his  journal :  We  are  far 
from  being  hostile  to  homoeooatby,  on  which  we  are  not  in  a  position 
to  pronounce  a  judgment,  never  having  tried  it  nor  seen  it  tried." 

Subsequently  he  went  on  to  say ;  "We  have  no  difficulty  in  believ- 
ing that  it  can  cure  certain  diseases  by  means  of  remedies  whose 
action  is  homoeopathic  to  them." 

The  former  chief  editor  of  the  same  journal,  Dr.  Bar  baste,  consid- 
ered himself  bound  in  honor  to  make  the  following  declaration :  "  I 
have  never  been  opposed  to  the  homoeopathic  movement  of  our  age  ; 


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I  am  too  friendly  to  a  medical  philosophy  to  be  so  ;  more  particularly 
as  I  belong  to  a  celebrated  school  which  counts  among  its  lights 
Lordat,  d'Amador,  Dunal,  Bar  re,  etc.,  who  have  shown  more  than 
mere  deference  towards  the  new  doctrine.*' 

If  we  now  look  what  has  happened  in  the  Academy  of  Sciences 
and  Letters,  of  Montpellier,  we  find  tho  former  general  secretary,  Dr. 
Kousset,  speaking  as  follows  :  "  The  faculty  is  indebtod  4o  Professor 
d'Amador  for  having  absorbed  homoeopathy  for  the  benefit  of  his  doc- 
trines, deducing  this  therapeutic  method  from  the  Hippocratism  and 
and  vitalism  of  Montpellier." 

To  thank  d'Amador  in  these  terms  is  to  acknowledge  all  the 
value  of  the  new  method  and  the  advantages  it  is  capable  of 
offering. 

M.  Kousset  adds  :  "  The  idea  of  specificicity,  so  dear  to  our  school, 
has  been  sagely  developed  by  Dr.  Hahnemann." 

For  most  medical  men  the  stumbling-block  in  homoeopathy  is  the 
question  of  medicinal  dynamization,  in  other  words,  the  infinitesimal 
doses. 

On  this  point,  which  excites  so  much  repugnance,  let  us  hear  the 
deeply  philosophic  words  of  Professor  Jaumes,  of  Montpellier  :  "  It 
has  been  shown  that  the  impossibility  of  understanding  why  such 
and  such  a  procedure  modifies  the  virtues  of  drugs,  is  no  reason  for 
rejecting  it.  So  that  when  homoeopathy  affirms  that  by  treating  a 
substance  in  such  a  manner  its  power  is  increased,  the  assertion 
appears  to  me  strange,  but  I  am  unable  a  priori  to  demonstrate  its 
falsity.  It  seems  to  me  difficult  to  apprehend  the  casual  relations 
between  triturations  and  dilutions,  made  according  to  certain  rules, 
and  the  enhanced  virtue  said  to  be  thus  obtained,  but  that  is  no 
proof  of  the  impossibility  of  the  result." 

This  disposes  of  the  accusation  of  absurdity  often  brought 
against  the  homoeopathic  preparations.  Experience  alone  can 
decide. 

Professor  Kibes,  of  Montpellier,  influenced  by  the  testimony  of  the 
numerous  witnesses  to  their  effects,  thus  writes ;  "  Homoeopathy 
proves  that  medicines  have  an  indubitable  action  in  infinitely  small 
doses." 

We  shall  now  draw  a  comparison  between  Paris  and  Mont- 
pellier in  respect  to  their  several  modes  of  treating  the  homoeo- 
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677 


Paris. 

Since  the  year  1838  the  Acade- 
my of  Medicine  has  condemned 
homoeopathy. 

No  member  of  the  teaching 
body  has  adopted  the  new 
system. 


The  medical  periodicals  wage 
fierce  war  against  it;  one  of  them 
goes  so  far  as  to  say,  that  to 
treat  cholera  by  this  system  '•  is  a 
crime  that  should  be  proceeded 
against."* 

The  Academy  of  Medicine  re- 
fuses to  accept  gratuitously  the 
Art  Medical,  because  it  favors 
homoeopathy. 

One  professor  wishes  to  ex- 
clude the  homoeopathic  system 
"  from  the  sphere  of  honest 
physic. "IT  A  journal  calls  it 
"  a  trade  carried  on  to  the  detri- 
ment of  science  and  human- 
ity."* 

The  medical  societies,  even 
those  which,  without  occupying 
themselves  with  science,  have  no 
other  object,  according  to  their 
programme,  than  "to  maintain 
fraternal  relations  amongst  medi- 
cal men,"  expel  homoeopathic 
practitioners  as  '•  mercenary  men, 
who  trade  on  public  credulity.' ' 
They  even  go  so  far  as  to  expel 
any  practitioner  who  meets  them 
in  consultation. 


MONTPELLIER. 

Twenty  years  later  the  leading 
men  still  suspend  their  judg- 
ment. 

One  professor  and  two  agreges 
of  the  Faculty  of  Medicine,  and 
a  dean  of  the  Faculty  of  Sciences, 
have  professed  and  practiced 
homoeopathy. 

The  Revue  Therajmitique  du 
Midi  publishes  my  observations 
on  cholera  treated  homoeopathi- 
cally. 


The  Faculty   of    Medicine  ac- 
cepts the  Art  Medical. 


M.  Lordat  calls  the  homceo- 
pathiss  "men  worthy  of  considera- 
tion.'^ M.  Alique:  "estimable 
men. "|  M.  Saurel  calls  them 
"honest,  sincere,  disinterested." || 


The  Academy  of  Sciences  and 
Letters  admits  the*  disciples  of 
Hahnemann,  and  no  practitioner 
refuses  to  hold  fraternal  relations 
with  them.  Besides  this,  the 
faculty  appointed  me  among  the 
first  of  the  judges  of  a  competition 
for  the  post  of  house  physician, 
though  my  devotion  to  homoeopa- 
thy was  well  known. 


To  sum  up,  if  Montpellier  has  not  opened  her  portals  wide  to 
admit  the  new  system,  she  has  not,  like  Paris  closed  and  double- 
bolted  them  against  it 


*  Union  Medicate,  1849,  p.  175. 
fi  Elements  de  Palhologie  Medicate,  T.  I.  p.  286. 
t  Journal  de  la  Soc.  de  Med.  prat,  de  Montpellier,  1846,  p.  129. 
%  Precis  de  la  Doctr.  Med.  de  Montpellier.  p.  576. 
t  Union  Medicale,  1857,  October  24. 
I  Revue  Therap,  du  Midi,  T.  VII,  p.  269,  T,  IX,  p.  345, 


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A  few  years  ago  Dr.  Imbort-Gourbeyre,  professor  at  Clermont  Fer- 
rand,  having  stood  as  candidate  for  the  chair  of  therapeutics  at  Mont- 
pellicr  at  that  time  vacant,  received  a  letter  from  Professor  Jaumes, 
the  reporter,  in  which  the  following  passage  occurs :  "  The  faculty 
did  not  wish  homoeopathy  to  be  officially  taught  in  their  name,  and 
excuse  my  frankness,  I  think  they  acted  rightly.  M.  Imbert-Gour- 
beyre  remarked  that  the  faculty  of  Montpellier  ignored  homoeopathy. 
The  faculty  granted  that  it  did  so ;  and  it  was  on  that  account  that 
they  refused  to  admit  the  system  represented  by  M.  Imbert-Gour- 
beyre,  just  as  they  refused  to  reject  it  when  represented  by  M 
d'Amador.  They  feared  to  give  an  official  character  to  the  homoeo- 
pathic teaching  of  the  former,  just  as  they  feared  to  protest  against 
the  homoeopathic  teaching  of  the  latter.  Calmly  established  in  philo- 
sophic doubt,  they  remain  in  suspense,  they  wait  to  see  what  the 
future  shall  decide. 

Charged  with  the  weight  of  her  ancient  renown  this  school  advances 
at  a  solemn  and  measured  pace.  Unwilling  to  remain  immovable, 
she  yet  fears  to  advance  too  rapidly.  Whilst  Paris  is  all  for  violent 
interfering  methods,  Montpellier  is  in  all  things  in  favor  of  the 
expectant  system. 

The  Paris  School  (if  there  be  such  a  thing,  which  is  denied  in 
Paris  itself,)  shows  itself  consistent.  Declaring  the  action  of  infin- 
itesimal doses  to  be  impossible,  it  vows  that  the  testimony  in  its  favor 
is  sheer  imposture,  and  will  not  listen  to  it. 

Enlightened  by  a  better  philosophy,  the  Montpellier  School  con- 
fesses that  this  is  a  case  which  experience  must  decide.  May  she 
then  make  .up  her  mind  to  interrogate  experience ! 


HOMCEOPATHY    IN    CANADA. 


The  Allopathic  "  Canada  Medical  Association  recently  adopted  a 
clause  iu  its  organization  as  follows  ;  "  No  person  shall  be  admitted  as 
a  member  whose  practice  is  based  on  an  exclusive  dogma.  Dr.  Mars- 
den,  of  Quebec  declared  that  this  was  intended  to  exclude  the  hom- 
oeopaths, and  some  others. 

Dr.  John  Wanless,  a  talented  homoeopath  of  Montreal,  Canada  pub- 
lishes in  The  Daily  Witness  "  of  that  city  Sept.  16th,  1868,  a  two 
oolumn  article  severely  but  justly  criticising  this  allopathic  ostra- 
cism, and  proving  that  homoeopathy  is  entitled  to  full  recognition* 
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There  are  plenty  of  men  who  have  been  brought  up  in  the  medical 
profession,  in  the  same  allopathic  schools  as  the  members  of  the  Can- 
ada Medical  Association,  and  who  hold  degrees,  diplomas,  and  licen- 
ses, from  as  eminent  universities  and  colleges  in  Great  Britain  and 
all  over  the  world  as  they,  who  have  actually  studied,  investigated, 
and  tested  Homoeopathy.  There  are  nearly  three  hundred  of  these 
alone  in  Great  Britain,  whose  names  are  there  registered  according 
to  law,  as  physicians  and  surgeons  practising  homoeopathy  in  1867, 
and  many  of  them  have  stood  at  the  top  of  the  profession  in  Britain. 
The  brauche3  of  pathology  and  clinical  medicine  are  considered  to 
give  one  as  clear  an  idea  of  the  actions  of  the  organs,  their  diseases, 
and  effects  of  medicines  upon  them,  as  any  of  the  other  branches  of 
the  study  of  medicine.  The  professor  of  these  branches  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Edinburgh  is  a  Homoeopathist.  Professor  Macdonald,  of 
the  University  of  St  Audrews,  Scotland;  Dr.  Arnold,  Professor  of  the 
Theory  and  Pratice  of  Medicine  in  the  University  of  Zurich;  Dr. 
Bigil,  in  the  University  of  St  Petersburgh  ;  Dr.  Arnitb,  Professor  of 
Midwifery  in  the  general  hospital  at  Vienna;  Dr.  J.  Buchner,  Profes- 
sor of  Homoeopathy  in  the  University  ol  Munich  ;  Dr.  Botts,  Profes- 
sor of  Surgery  in  the  University  of  Genoa  ;  Dr.  Chevalier  de  Horatius, 
Professor  of  the  Theory  and  Practice  of  Medicine  in  the  University 
of  Naples,  and  President  of  the  Royal  Academy  of  Medicine ;  and 
about  30  other  professors  in  various  colleges  and  hospitals  in  Europe 
and  America, — are  all  Homoeopathic  Professors  in  Allopathic  Univer- 
sities. There  are  over  17  court  physicians  hi  Europe  Homoeopathists. 
In  European  countries  there  are  thousands,  nearly  all  of  them  hav- 
ing been  educated,  and  having  practiced  as  allopathic  physicians,  but 
have  adopted,  as  I  have  done  myself,  the  homoeopathic  system  from 
a  conviction  of  its  superior  efficacy  apd  success.  Many  of  the  reigning 
Sovereigns  of  Europe  :  the  Queen  of  Spain;  the  Empress  Eugenie  of 
France;  the  King  and  Queen  of  H;  Dover;  the  King  of  the  Belgians; 
the  Pope;  H.  R.  H.  Carl  HE.  of  Parma;  H.  J  H.  Archduke  John  of 
Austria;  H.  R.  H.  the  Prince  Albucht  of  Prussia;  H.  R.  H.  the 
Duchess  of  Cambridge,  and  others  employ,  and  have  attached  to  their 
courts,  Homoeopathic  physicians.  Dr.  Fleischmann,  Physician  to 
the  Vienna  Homoeopathic  Hospital  for  25  years,  has  been  knighted 
by  the  King  of  Bavaria  for  his  distinguished  services.  Dr.  Elwart 
was  decorated  with  an  Eagle  of  the  4th  class,  and  court  physician, 
Dr.  Weber,  with  the  Knight  Grand  Cross  of  the  Order  of  Guelph,  by 
the  King  of  Honover  on  his  birthday.  Dr.  Charles,  of  Marseilles, 
has  recently  received  by  the  French  Government  the  Order  of  the 
Legion  of  Honor,  and  from  Pope  Pius  IX.  that  of  St  Gregory  the 
Great,  in  consideration  of  the  services  he  rendered  during  the  chol- 
era epidemic  of  1849.  And  so  we  might  go  on  recording  honors 
after  honors  conferred  upon  Homoeopathists  for  their  conspicuous  ser- 
vices. Many  of  them  have  written  ably  on  the  subject,  and  as  those 
who  have  studied  the  subject  are  the  most  likely  to  give  some  knowl- 
edge of  it  to  others,  I  will  very  briefly  allow  a  recent  convert  from 
Allopathy  into  Homoeopathic  ranks  to  speak  for  himself.    There  are 


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hosts  of  them  who  can  do  this,  but  I  shall  give  here,  the  results  of 
a  clinical  study  of  Homoeopathy  by  Andrew  C.  Chalmers,  M.  D., 
Edin.,  L.  R.  C.  S.  Edin.— Thomhill,  Dumfriesshire.  Dr  Chalmers 
says  :  — "  Having  satisfied  myself  that  homoeopathy  deserved  inves- 
tigation, I  commenced  its  study  fully  three  years  ago,  and  from  the  es- 
timate I  have  already  expressed  as  having  had  of  it  to  that  time,  it 
will  readily  be  believed  that  it  was  begun  reluctantly,  and  simply 
from  a  sense  of  duty  felt  by  me  after  reading  Dr.  Sharp's  investiga- 
tion. I  had  no  hope  of  finding  anything  in  it  to  change  my  mind  on  the 
doubts  I  had  been  led  to  form  of  the  power  of  drugs  as  therapeutic 
agents;  but  I  felt  the  necessity  of  the  step  to  satisfy  myself  on  the 
subject.  I  am  thankful  for  the  result,  and  am  only  sorry  that  I  can- 
not advocate  so  powerfully  as  I  would  wish,  what  I  believe  to  have  so 
much  good  in  it.  From  a  careful  pursual  of  the  works  of  Dr.  Sharp, 
Professor  Henderson,  and  many  others.  I  found  that  homoeopathy 
was  not,  what  it  was  represented  to  be  in  Professor  Simpson's  •'  Hom- 
oeopathy, its  Tenets  and  Tendencies ;  "  but  that  it  is  stated  to  be  a 
method  for  the  cure  of  disease,  which  had  been  expressed  by 
Hahnemann,  after  careful  experiment,  observation,  and  induction  in 
the  motto,  '•  SimUia  similibus  curantur"  and  which  had  nothing  to 
to  do  with  quack  or  quackeries,  infinitesimal  doses,  magic,  etc.,  etc., 
but  was,  on  the  contrary,  fully  as  foreign  to  these  as  the  old  system 
with  its  routines,  wild  speculations,  empiricisms,  and  expectancies.  I 
ventured  upon  the  practical  inquiry  with  much  painstaking  and  anx- 
iety,— :I  ventured  only  to  treat  the  most  common  and  uncomplicated 
diseases,  such  as  catarrhs,  sore  throats,  diarrhoeas,  etc.,  in  which  I 
used  the  ordinary  pharmaceutial  preparations,  administered  in  small 
doses  and  uncombined,  I  had  all  success  in  these  my  first  attempts, 
and  had  ray  confidence  in  the  new  system  much  increased  by  it.  As 
I  thus  progressed,  step  by  step,  I  ventured  with  much  anxiety  to  pre- 
scribe arsenic  in  a  case  of  gastritis  (inflammation  of  the  stomach), 
with  the  result  of  a  speedy  and  unexpected  cure  in  a  few  days, — a 
result  not  looked  for  by  the  friends  of  the  lady,  and  greatly  to  my 
own  surprise. 

"  From  that  time  (Jan.,  1865,)  I  may  say  that  my  faith  was  estab- 
lished, and  since  then  I  have  already  entirely  practised  according  to 
the  homoeopathic  law.  "  Dr.  Chalmers  here  mentions  his  cases ; 
"  three  of  which,  "  he  says — Nos.  27,  2.  and  5 — see  Homoeopathic 
Review  for  August,  1868  — "  three  cases  were,  from  the  first  moment 
that  I  saw  them,  so  hopeless-looking  that  I  considered  having  re- 
course to  practices  (blistering,  stimulating,  etc.,)  in  common  use  for 
such  diseased  conditions  would,  in  a  very  short  time,  have  caused 
death,  therefore,  as  a  dernier  ressort,  I  had  recourse  to  homoeopathic 
treatment,  and  that  with  the  most  satisfactory  and  unlooked-for  result, 
recovery  taking  place  in  all.  I  need  not  say  how  much  my  confi- 
dence in  the  new  system  was  strengthened  by  such  success.  Apop- 
lexy, croup,  pneumonia,  erysipelas,  gastritis,etc,  were  included  in 
the  diseases  treated,  and  the  cases  were  numerous.  The  cases  were 
selected  from  all  clases  of  society.     They  were    all  treated  at   their 


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own  houses, —  some  of  which  were  not  advantageously  circumstanced 
in  a  sanitary  condition,  and  sometimes  we  had  to  be  satisfied  with 
indifferent  nursing  and  imperfect  hygienic  treatment.  In  all  I  gave 
no  more  particular  directions  as  to  the  diet  than  I  had  been  in  the 
habit  of  doing  previously,  and  in  not  a  few  of  the  cases  we  had  to  be 
content  with  very  ordinary  fare  indeed,  no  choice  being  possible. 
Some  had  been  subjected  to  much  fruitless  medication  before  coming 
under  homoeopathic  treatment,  and  were  glad  and  pleased  by  the 
change  and  result.  In  conclusion,  it  is  but  right  to  say  that  all  were 
treated  in  complete  ignorance  that  anything  unusual  in  their  treat- 
ment was  had  recourse  to,  — i.  e,  they  had  no  notion  but  that  they 
were  being  treated  according  to  the  more  usual  method,  and  many  of 
.  them  had,  I  believe,  never  heard  of  homoeopathy." 

There  may  be  no  end  to  theories,  as  allopathy  well  illustrates,  but 
there  is 

A  NATURAL  LAW  OF  CURE, 

which  is  the  basis  of  homoeopathy,  and  which  guides  the  homoeopath- 
ists  in  the  selections  of  their  remedies  to  be  given  to  their  patients, 
and  which  is  blessed  with  results  as  above.  "  Order  is  Heaven's 
first  law,  "  and  we  find  one  in  medicine.  It  is  a  fact,  that  castor-oil 
will  produce  and  cure  a  certain  kind  of  diarrhoea,  rhubarb  will 
another,  blue-pill  another ;  opium  will  produce  and  cure  a  certain 
kind  of  delirium  tremens)  belladonna  another,  hyoscyamus  another,  and 
so  on  through  all  the  list  of  medicines,  that  which  will  produce  a  cer- 
tain kind  of  organic  or  functional  abnormality,  will  be  able  to  cure  a 
similar  disturbance  which  has  been  brought  about  by  action  of  another 
cause,  or  in  other  words  "  likes  are  cured  by  likes,  "  or  expressed  in 
latin  similia  similibus  curantur.  Then  the  basis  of  homoeopathy  is 
not  a  theory  or  thing,  ending  in  hypothesis,  but  a  principle,  a  law,  a 
fact,  known  and  acted  upon  by  those  who  are  not  blind,  just  as  the 
astronomer  acts,  when  he  bases  his  actions  on  the  law  of  gravitation, 
the  chemists  upon  the  law  of  chemical  affinities,  the  mechanic  on  the 
law  of  relative  forces,  the  mariner  on  the  law  of  storms,  etc.,  and  the 
knowledge  of  the  fact  that  it  is  a  law  and  not  a  mere  theory  of  Dr. 
Marsden's  creation,  proves  that  it  will  be  so  always  under  its  sphere 
and  circumstances,  for  God  has  made  it  to  be  so.  The  same  peculiar 
kind  of  gastritis  or  other  disease,  that  was  once  cured  by  arsenic, 
etc.,  will  always  be  oured  by  arsenic,  etc.,  for  "  all  things  do  work 
according  to  law,  "  except  an  allopath,  and  he  has  no  law  to  work 
with.  No  wonder  that  they  are  like  Demetrius,  the  silversmith,  when 
a  substitute  yas  found  for  his  shrines  for  Diana.  The  shrines  brought 
no  small  gain  to  the  craftsmen,  and  these  craftsmen  shouted, 
"Great  is  Diana  of  the  Ephesians  !  "  so  with  the  Canada  Medical  Asso- 
ciation ;  they  say  we  are  the  temple  of  wisdom  ;  no  homoeopath,  with 
his  single  theory  cure  and  its  statistical  results,  can  enter  our  port- 
als ;  we  cannot  recognize  anything  which  has  originated  outside  our 
temple,  "  Great  is  Diana !"  And  what  does  their  temple  contain,  ac- 
cording to  the  acknowledgments  of  their  best  men  ?  Let  us  see 


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OPINIONS  OF  ALLOPATHS  ON   ALLOPATllY, 

Id  August  last,  a  new  periodical  was  issued  in  Britian  called  the 
Practitioner,  a  monthly  journal  of  theapeutics,  edited  by  Drs.  Ana- 
tie  aud  Laiison.     It  has  an  opening  note  as  follows : — 

"It  is  admitted  on  all  hands  that  the  present  state  of  medical  sci- 
ence is,  in  one  respect,  most  unsatisfactory.  While  our  knowledge  of 
the  facts  of  diseases,  as  well  as  of  the  facts  of  healthy  physiological 
life,  has  made  great  progress  of  late  years,  therapeutics,  or  the  sci- 
ence of  healing,  has  remained  very  nearly  where  it  was,  when  Rous- 
seau exclaimed,  "  Leave  me  to  die,  but  do  not  kill  me  ! " 

It  is  true  that  in  the  way  of  mere  destruction  of  old  delusions,  as 
to  the  in  allibility  of  certain  methods  of  treatment,  much  has  been 
done,  and  it  is  also  true  that  by  purely  empirical  inquiry  we  have  got 
possession  of  a  few  remedies  —  such  as  cod  liver  oil,  chlorotorm,  iodide 
of  potassium — which  are  of  the  greatest  value,  but  it  is  none  the  less 
certain  that  an  exact  knowledge  of  the  mode  of  handling  remedies 
does  not  exist.  Upon  this  point  we  shall  not  be  accused  of  exaggera- 
tion, since  we  can  produce  the  highest  authority  for  our  statement. 

Sir  Thomas  Watson  made  the  following  remarks  in  opening  the 
first  session  of  the  Clinical  Society  : —  "  Certainly  the  greatest  gap 
in  the  science  of  medicine  is  to  be  found  in  its  final  and  supreme 
stage, — the  stage  of  Therapeutics.  We  know  tolerably  well  what  it 
is  we  have  to  deal  with,  but  we  do  not  know  so  well,  nor  anything 
like  so  well,  how  to  deal  with  it.  We  want  to  know  distinctly  what 
is  the  action  of  drugs  and  of  the  other  outward  influences  upon  the 
healthy  organs  and  functions.  To  me  it  has  been  a  lift -long  wonder 
how  vaguely,  how  ignorantiy,  and  how  rashly  drugs  are  often  pre- 
scribed. " 

The  editor  of  the  Dublin  Medical  Journal  says  :  Assuredly  the 
uncertain  and  unsatisfactory  art  that  we  call  medical  science  is  no 
science  at  all,  but  a  mere  jumble  of  inconsistent  opinions,  of  conclu- 
sions hastily  and  often  incorrectly  drawn,  of  facts  misunderstood  or 
perverted,  of  comparisons  without  analogy,  of  hypothesis  without 
reason,  and  of  theories  not  only  useless  but  dangerous.  Broussais 
says  :  When  I  would  seek  a  guide  airnng  the  most  illustrious  authors 
to  whom  Therapeutics  expresses  herself  most  indebted,  I  find  noth- 
ing but  confusion. 

Prof.  H,  Bennett,  of  Edinburgh,  says  "Medicine,  then,  in  its  pres- 
ent state,  possesses  no  primitive  fact  Some  say  "  it  must  nieud  or 
end  ;  "  some,  "  it  cannot  be  worse  ;  "  some,  "  throw  physic  to  the 
dogs  ;  "  others,  "  that  it  would  have  been  better  that  it  had  never 
existed  ;"  "  that  more  harm  than  good  is  done  by  .physicians ;"  "that 
thousands  are  slaughtered  in  the  quiet  sick  room,"  etc.  The  allo- 
pathic temple  inside,  as  thus  described  by  themselves,  is  sad  to 
think  about ;  but  all  that  is  said  against  them  and  infinitely  more  by 
their  own  brethren,  their  wisest  and  most  experienced  brethren;  not 
their  young  men,  they  have  much  to  learn  yet ;  but  the  film  will  fall 
from  their  eyes  too,  as  it  has  fallen   from  others.     The  statistics,  the 


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experience,  of  the  oldest  and  best  are  all  against  them  ;  the  torture, 
the  sickening  of  patients-  the  deaths  all  against  them;  the  law  of 
Nature  is  against  them  ;  who  would  be  benefitted  in  the  practice  of 
physic  by  gaiuing  admission  into  such  a  temple  ?  Gentlemen  of  the 
Canada  Medieal  Association,  homoeopathy  is  different,  it  has 

1st.  Shown  good  results.* 

2nd.  It  is  adopted  and  practiced  by  a  large  body  of  practical  medi- 
cal men,  coming  fast  to  be  in  the  majority. 

3rd.  It  has  made  steady  progress  throughout  the  world. 

4th.  It  is  easily  proved  true  or  false. 

5th.  It  has  a  principle  of  law  for  its  guidance.  It  is  not  based 
upon  a  single  theory,  as  the  C.  M.  A.  has  alleged. 

6th.  It  possesses  accurate  accounts  of  the  physiological  action  or 
provings  of  the  medicinal  effects  of  drugs  upon  the  human  frame. 

7th.  The  medicines  are  not  repulsive,  nauseous;  they  are  good  and 
easily  taken,  by  old  people  as  well  as  young. 

8th.  The  system  of  homoeopathy  in  Canada  is  just  as  much  legal- 
ized by  act  of  Parliament  as  allopathy;  is  much  more  regular,  and  its 
members  are  quite  as  anxious  to  raise  the  standard  of  medical  educa- 
tion in  their  candidates  for  license  as  yourselves. 

Gentlemen  of  the  Canada  Medical  Association  : 

As  a  homoeopath  I  would  present  you  with  some  good  advice  :  leave 
the  worn-out  temple,  when  it  is  so  bad  as  your  brethren  say,  and 
look  into  homoeopathy.  It  will  be  a  little  hard,  doubtless,  to  begiu  a 
new  study  at  your  time  of  life,  to  give  up  old  experiences  ;  but  the 
path  is  sweet.  You  will  be  free,  the  truth  will  daily  dawn  upon  your 
efficient  studies  of  our  Materia  Mcdica,  and  your  long  and  anxious 
testings  will  be  blessed.  Prof.  Henderson,  of  Edinburgh  University, 
says,  "  to  investigate  homoeopathy  is  to  become  convinced  of  its 
truth. " 

The  late  Dr.  Andrew  Combe,  allopath  physician  to  the  Queen, 
says,  "  Let  us  scout  quacks  and  pretenders  as  we  may,  homoeopathy 
presents  too  strong  a  prima  facia  case  to  warrant  our  dismissing  it 
with  mere  ridicule  and  contempt.1' 

The  late  Sir  John  Forbes,  Physician  to  the  Queen's  household, 
said,  "As  an  established  form  of  practical  medicine — as  a  great  fact 
in  the  history  of  our  art — we  must  nolens  volens  consider 
homoeopathy. 

Dr.  Marsden,  take  the  advice  of  these  gentlemen,  cast  away  the 
old  brass  shrines,  investigate  homoeopathy  rationally ;  and  while 
doing  so  adopt  the  motto  of  The  British  Journal  of  Homaopathy, 
which  is, 

In  certis,  unitas  ;  in  dubiis,    libertas;  in  omnibus,  charitas. ; 

The  physicians  of  Ohio  who  are  not  graduates,  by  recent  law  of 
that  State,  were  required  to  suspend  practice  by  the  1st  of  October, 

1868. 


*'  The  wise  physician,  skilled  our  wounds  to  heal 
It  mm*  than  armies  te  the  publie  weal." 


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American  Eclectic  Medical  Review,  Editors  Robert  S.  Newton,  M. 
P.,  and  P.  Albert  Morrow,  M.  P.  Published  monthly,  New 
York  City.     $2  per  annum. 

One  of  the  neatest  monthlies  among  our  exchanges.  It  contains  a 
vast  amount  of  matter  of  very  little  interest  to  homoeopaths,  but  an 
industrious  student  can  collate  grains  of  purest  wheat  among  the 
chaff.  The  following  on  page  185  of  October  number  is  perhaps  in- 
tended as  a  cut  at  homoeopathy  but  not  justly  so.  We  acknowledge 
that  the  principle  has  been  known  for  ages,  but  we  must  honor 
Hahnemann  for  its  application  in  the  reformation  of  the  Art  of  Heal- 
ing. Sidney  Smith  well  said  "  that  man  is  not  the  discoverer  of  art, 
who  first  says  the  thing ;  but  he  who  says  it  so  long,  so  loud,  and  so 
elcarly  that  he  compels  mankind  to  hear  him." 

Similia  Similibus  Curantur. — Says  a  learned  Bohemian  :  "  Horn- 
oeopathists  will  be  aghast  to  learn  that  they  have  been  burning  in- 
cense at  the  wrong  shrine.  Whatever  claims  Hahnemann  may  have 
upon  their  admiration  and  gratitude,  he  did  not  discover  the  prin- 
ciple that  *  like  cures  like.  '  The  learned  Synd  Ahmed  Bahador  is 
the  inconoclast  who  has  stripped  the  German  savant  of  his  borrowed 
plumes.  In  a  lecture  at  Benares,  he  asserted  that  the  similia  simili- 
bus maxim  is  only  a  little  more  modern  than  the  Himalayas.  It  is 
laid  down  in  the  sacred  books  of  Brahmins,  and  has  been  current 
among  the  Arabs  from  immemorial  times*  These  insatiable  orien- 
tals seem  determined  to  leave  us  nothing  upon  which  to  nourish  our 
self-conceit.  " 

On  Nervousness,  its  true  nature  and  treatment  by  Henry  R.  Mad- 
den, M.  D.     London  :  Henry  Turner  &  Co.,  1868. 

An  excellant  monograph.  The  following  seven  principles  of  treat- 
ment are  well  illustrated  : 

1.  Secure  the  patients  confidence. 

2.  Carefully  unravel  the  complications  of  the  case. 
8.  Carefully  avoid  violent  measures. 

4.  Avoid  mere  palliation,  and  especially  opiates. 

5.  Carefully  observe  the  mental  state  of  the  patient. 

6.  Use  every  means  to  strengthen  the  will  of  the  patient. 

7.  Keep  up  the  patients  interest  in  the  course  of  treatment  pur- 
sued. 


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Constipated  Bowels  :  The  Various  Causes  and  Different  Means 
of  Cure.  By  S.  B.  Birch,  M.  D.,  M.  R.  C.  P.  L„  etc.  Phila- 
delphia :  Lindsay  and  Blakiston.     1868.     12  mo.,  pp.  181. 

The  author  enumerates  among  the  causes  of  inveterate  constipation 
the  following : 

1.  The  use  of  aperients. 

2.  Indolent  habits,  luxury,  too  much  sleep,  confinement  in  hot, 
relaxing,  ill- ventilated  apartments,  morbid  fear  of  draughts,  etc. 

3.  Torpid  liver  anl  deficiency  or  perversion  of  biliary  secretion. 

4.  Neglect  of  proper  periods  for  evacuating  the  bowels,  especially 
when  nature  impels. 

5.  Pure  nervousness,  excessive  anxiety  regarding  frequency  and 
regularity  of  the  alvine  evacuations. 

6.  Want  of  contractile  power,  atony  of  the  nerves  and  the  muscular 
coat  of  the  intestinal  canal,  irregular  peristaltic  action,  flatulent  dis- 
tension. 

7.  Deficient  secretion  of  moisture  in  the  lower  bowels,  owin  to 
which  hardened,  scybalous  masses,  or  else  numerous  little  bullet- 
like formations  are  apt  to  lodge  in  the  colon  or  rectum. 

8.  Constipation  from  causes  mechanical,  and  of  limited  location, 
e.  g.t  hemorrhoidal  affections,  pregnancy,  and  muscular  weakness  or 
pain,  (rheumutic  or  otherwise)  located  in  the  abdominal  parietes, 
loins;  diaphram,  etc. 

9.  Special  condition  connected  with  infancy,  old  age,  cerebro- 
spinal debility  and  irritability,  and  cerebro-spinal  paralysis. 

The  following  objection  to  the  use  of  purgatives  has  something 
more  in  it  thau  mere  sentimentalism  : 

"  The  question  may  be  put  closely  to  those  who  claim  the  possession 
of  refined  minds,  whether  even  the  natural  relief  of  the  bowels  from 
the  limited  amount  of  debris  resulting  from  the  moderate  quantity  of 
ingesta  essential  for  the  wear  and  tear  of  the  system,  is  not  suffi- 
ciently humiliating  to  the  higher  feelings  of  the  soul,  without  volun- 
tarily placing  ourselves  in  a  position  necessitating  undue  and  offens- 
ive augmentations  of  this  disagreeable  excretion  ?  Surely  the  natural 
requirement,  at  its  minimum,  gravely  reminds  us  of  our  frail 
mortality.' ' 

The  best  feature  of  the  volume  is  the  discouragement  the  author 
gives  to  the  use  of  oathartics,  and  his  recommendation  of  temperate 
habits,  fresh  air,  exercise,  cold  water,  etc.,  etc. 

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Of  course  Dr.  Birch  knows  nothing  of  the  true  curatives.  We 
would  be  glad  if  he  would  test,  homoeopathy  in  this  respect.  He 
would  find  that  purgatives  never  cure  constipation,  but  that  the  so- 
called  astringents  (alumina,  nux,  opium,  etc.,)  applied  homoeopath- 
ically,  most  certainly  will. 

When  a  young  man  we  were  practicing  allopathy  with  an  old 
physician.  A  patient  called  for  a  prescription  for  constipation,  after 
a  few  general  questions,  my  partner  directed  me  to  prescribe  anti- 
bilious  pills  for  him,  one  to  be  taken  every  night.  After  the  patient 
left  I  asked  the  old  gentleman  how  long  it  would  take  to  cure  the 
case.  He  turned  round  and  with  a  smile,  said  "Cure?  What  do 
you  mean  ?  We  don't  cure  such  cases.  He  will  take  a  pill  at  night 
and  his  bowels  will  move  in  the  inorning,  by-and-by  he  will  require 
two  pills  and  be  back^for  more.  These  cases  help  the  office 
receipts  finely." 

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THE    SIXTH    VOLUME. 


The  present  number  closes  the  fifth  volume  of  the  American 
Homoeopathic  Observer.  We  have  issued  regularly  every 
month  a  number  containing  48  or  more  pages,  making  for  the 
year  1868,  a  volume  of  six  hundred  pages  of  reading  matter. 
Once  during  the  year  we  issued  a  double  number  (96  pages 
instead  of  48.)  This  was  understood  by  our  subscribers  as 
being  a  mere  matter  of  convenience  for  a  single  issue,  but  two 
of  our  cotemporaries  announced  that  we  had  abandoned  our 
monthly  publication  and  taken  up  with  what  one  of  them  termed 
the  bi-monthly  mania.  Learned  in  all  diseases  they  under- 
stood this  and  may  have  suffered  from  it.  This  has  been  the 
only  objection  our  cotemporary  journals  have  made  to  the 
Observer,  and  this  tault  has  existed  only  in  their  prolific 
imaginations.  Now  and  again  however  we  meet  with  one  who 
seems  inclined  to  depreciate.  We  direct  the  attention  of  these 
and  others  to  a  few  facts  : 

First. — The  Observer  from  the  commencement  has  had 
peculiarities  which  have  made  it  more  succes  d ul  than  its  prede- 
cessors or  cotemporaries.     A  few  of  these  characteristics  are  : 

1.  For  two  dollars  it  has  published  a  larger  number  of  pages 
of  reading  matter  than  any  other  journal  East  or  West. 

2.  These  pages  have  contained  a  larger  amount  of  original 
matter  than  others. 

3.  Also,  a  fuller  and  more  reliable  record  of  homoeo- 
pathic information. 

4.  In  the  department  of  Materia  Medica  it  haa  been  steadily 
in  the  advance,  and  accomplished  a  large  amount  of  pioneer 
work. 

5.  Its  Clinical  record ^has  been  of  practical  value  to  our  busy 
practitioners  every  month.  It  has  not  been  exclusive;  we 
have  published  reports  of  cures  with  either  low  or  high  dilu- 
tions, but  have  not  given  the  use  of  our  pages  to  accounts  of 
oases  treated  with  nostrums. 

Second. — Although  homoeopathic  magazines  have 'multiplied 
rapidly  the  Observer  has  maintained  ita  position. 


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588  AMERICAN   HOMOEOPATHIC   OBSERVER. 

When  we  first  urged  the  publication  of  a  homoeopathic  peri- 
odical in  Michigan,  we  addressed  one  of  our  leading  physicians 
asking  his  cooperation  ;  he  replied  as  follows  : 

"In  regard  to  publishing  a  journal  in  this  State,  I  have 
many  doubts  of  the  propriety  at  the  present  time.  In  the  first 
place  there  are  already,  in  my  opinion,  more  enterprises  of  the 
kind  than  can  well  be  sustained,  and  more  than  a  majority  of 
practicing  physicians  have  time  to  read.  In  the  second  place 
there  are  too  few  of  us  in  this  State  to  sustain  such  a  journal, 
as  I  should  be  willing  to  see  issued. 

As  to  your  last  suggestion  there  are  three  insurmountable 
barriers  to  my  accepting  the  proposition.  First,  I  do  not  con- 
sider myself  competent  to  the  task ;  second,  I  have  not  the 
time,  at  my  command,  necessary  to  discharge  the  requisite 
duties,  and  third,  I  have  not  the  means  to  carry  on  the 
project. 

1  have  thus  expressed  my  own  views  frankly  and  without 
reserve,  not  wishing  to  throw  any  obstacle  in  the  way  of 
others  who  may  wish  to  engage  in  such  an  undertaking." 

Others  discouraged  us  just  as  much  and  we  were  obliged  to 
undertake  the  adventure  upon  our  own  responsibility  entirely. 
Now  we  reap  the  fruits  of  success,  and  receive  congratulations 
from  a  host  of  friends.  They  help  us  with  both  moral  and 
material  support.  While  expressing  our  gratitude  for  this  we 
desire  to  ask  them  to  aid  us  so  that  we  may  not  only  maintain 
the  advantages  gained,  but  make  it  vastly  more  attractive  and 
useful  than  it  has  hitherto  been. 

Subscriptions  have  been  received  with  general  promptness, 
but  there  are  yet  a  few  who  owe  for  this  year.  Will  they, 
now  reminded  of  the  fact,  remit  for  neAt  year  also. 

Some  changes  in  the  present  departments  will  probably  be 
made  and  additional  ones  added,  and  such  other  improvements 
adopted  from  time  to  time  as  are  likely  to  contribute  to  the 
strength  and  permanence  of  this  regular  monthly  visitor  to  the 
homoeopathic  profession.  e.  a.  l. 

Homceopathy  in  Russia. — It  has  been  generally  reported  by  the 
press  in  the  United  Slates  that  the  Emperor  of  .Russia,  by  a  "ukase," 
forbade  the  practice  of  homoeopathy  in  his  dominions. 

I  have  the  authority  of  the  Russian  Legation  at  Washington  to  state 
that  there  is  not  a  word  of  truth  in  the  report.     T.  S.  Verdi,  M.  D. 

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INDEX  TO  VOL.  V. 


Abscess  of  the  antrum,  by  Dr,  H.  S.  Chase  .         .  230 

Adams,  J.,  Dr.,  persoual  notice  of,  160 

Apocynum  cannabinum,  by  A.  Lindsay,  M.  D.,  19 

Anderson,  R.  L.,  Dr.,  personal  notices  of  56,  104 

Anomalous  case,  an,  by  J.F.  Merritt,  M.  D.,  ...  70 
Articular  Rheumatism — knee  joints,  by  C.  D.  Williams,  M.  D.  72 
Algoid  growth.  Cause  of  syphilis  and  gon.,  by  Dr.  B.W.  James  80 
Artery  ligatures,  by  Dr.  B.  W.  James         .  .         .  81 

Amenorrhea,  Pulsatilla  in  124 

Aneurism  curable  without  lig.  of  artery,  by  Dr.  B.  W.  James  135 
Allopathy  run  mad,  by  Dr.  E.  H.  Drake  ....  149 
Allopathic   favor,  by  Dr.  T.  S.  Goodwin  .  .  .       566 

Ahlborn,  H.,  Dr.,  removal  of.  160 

Amusing,  "a  genteel  purgative,"  .....         207 

Apocynum  androsemifolium,  by  Dr.  CD.  Tufford.  -  .  220 
American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy  .         .  250,  303,  447 

American  Eclectic  Medical  Review,  notice  of         .  .  584 

Allen,  H.  F.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  .  ,  .  252 
Art  of  Prolonging  life,  review  of  ...  262 

Annual  address  before  Mich.  Inst.  Horn.,  by  Dr.  J.  D.  Craig        397 

«•  Report  of  Bond  St.  (N.  Y.,)  Homoeopathic  Dispensary  408 
"       «•    New  York  Horn,  Dis.,  139  w.  34th  st.         .       408 

"  u        "    Poughkeepsie   Homoeopathic  Dispensary         .  408 

Appreciable  difference,  an  .         .  .         .         .451 

Alopecia,  translated  by  Dr.  S  Lilienthal  .  .  .    459 

Amaurosis  dental,  by  Dr.  H,  S.  Chase  .  .  .         465 

Baptisia  in  typhoid  fever  .  .  .  .69 

Bassett  W.  M.  Dr.  personal  notice  of 104 

Baehrs  System  of  Therapeutics,  notice  of  246 

Barrett,  C.  B  ,  Jr.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  252 

Blakesly,  J.  M.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  .      56 

Bell,  Jas.  L„  Dr.  personal  notice  of  ...  56 

Brown,  J.  A.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  ....         104 

Biliary  calculi,  by  Dr.  R.  Arnold  ...  .234 

Bachelors  and  Benedicts,  by  Dr,  H.  P.  Gatchell  .  .  412 

Barrett — Lodge,  marriage  notice  of  .  »  '456 

Bacmeister,  T.,  Dr.,  removal  of  .  .  .  456 


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Baker,  Chas.  H.,  Dr.,  removal  of  .  .       456 

Baxter,  H.  H.,  Dr.,  removal  of  .  ,  .456 

Baptitia  and  Sanguinaria,  by  Dr.  R.  Shide  .  .  467 

Baptisia  leucantha,  by  Dr.  E.  M.  Hale  .  .  .     526 

Baptisia  in  inflammation  of  inguinal  glands,  by  Dr.  D.  Waldron,  562 
Bromide  of  potassium  in  acne  .  .  .  .283 

Bell,  J.  S.,  Dr.,  removal  of  ....  304 

Bellows.  A.  J.,  Dr.,  personal  notices  of  .  .  407,  452 

Burt,  W.  H.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  407 

Brener,  J.  D.,  Dr.,  removal  of  ...  408 

Biggai,  Prof.,  personal  notice  of  ...  456 

Bellow,  A.  J.,  Dr.,  reply  to  by  Dr.  H.  P.  Gatchell         .         .         215 
Bryonia,  its  effect  on  the  pulse,  by  Dr.  E.  C.  Price  .         .     478 

Cancer,  by  Dr  W.  H.  Burt  ....  20 

Catarrhus  aestivus,  by  Dr.  C.  W.  Boyce  .  .23 

Canada,  Homoeopathy  in         ....  578 

Canadian  licentiates  .  .  .  ...  160 

Chandler,  A.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  .56 

"Cerebrospinal  meningitis,  by  Dr.  Geo.  B.  Palmer.         .  .       75 

Consultations,  few  thoughts  upon  their  degeneracy,  by  an  invalid     93 
Chandler,  G.  E.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .         104 

Childs,  Amherst,  Dr.,       "  "  .  .     104 

Coffeen,  J.  Q.  A.,  Dr.         "  ...  104 

Cooper,  H.  T.,  Dr.,  "  "  ,  .         .       104 

Clin,  experience  with  high  pot.  of  New  Rem.,  by  Dr.  E.  Mr  Hale,  122 
Cactus  grand,  in  asthma  and  heart  affectious,  by  Dr.  D.  Clawson  229 
Cubebs  and  ague  .  .  .  .         .         219 

Chronic  inversion  of  the  uterus,  by  Dr.  E.  R.  Ellis  .  222 

Case  of  tenia,  by  Dr.A.  I.  Sawyer  ....       138 

Cholera  in  Berlin,  by  Sorge,  translated  by  Dr.  S.  Lilienthal  284 

Comstock,  T.  G.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of        .  .  304 

Clark  &  Ricards,  Drs.,  removal   of  .  .  .     303 

Cowles,  Edwin,  Dr.,  removal  of  ...  408 

Cowles,  S.,  Dr.,  removal  of  .  .  .  408 

Capilla  Hominis,  an  allopathic  mistake  corrected         .  .       421 

Chloroform  mortality,  by  Dr.  B.  W.  James  .         .  .     429 

Compound  fracture  of  sub-maxillary  bone,  by  Dr.  A.  I.  Sawyer  435 
Chronic  rheumatism,  by  Dr.  Reiss,  trans,  by  Dr.  S.  Lilienthal  457 
Coon,  H.  C,  Dr..  removal  of  .  .  ,512 

Colotomy;  operation  in  a  curious  case  of  constipation,  etc  .  525 
Cimicifuga  tacemosa,  by  Dr.  E.  H.  Horton  .  527 


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Cholera,  Dr.  Kafka's  treatment  of,  translated  by  S.  Lilienthal,    557 
Cimicifuga  racemosa,  by  Dr  S.  A.  Merrill         .  .  .    560 

Consumptives  home,  third  annual  report         ...  98 

Constipated  bowels,  notice  of  work  by  Dr.  Birch  .  .      585 

Deaths  from  capital  operations,  in  Pennsylvania  Hospital         .      136 
Dental   Physiology,  by  Dr.  H.  S.  Chase  .  .  .233 

De  Derky,  F.  F.  Dr.  removal  of        ....  512 

Dropsy  and  porrigo,  by  Dr.  M.  B.  Lukens  .  .  134 

Douglas,  J.  8.  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  160 

Displacements  of  the  womb,  by  Dr.  C.  A.  Williams         .  172 

Diagnosis,  pathology,  and  treat,  of  diseases  of  women,  notice  of,    245 
Do  we  need  dogmatism  ?  by  Dr.  Geo.  J.  M.  McLeod         .         .     418 
Dietetics  and  morality,  by  Dr.  J.  Younglove  .  .  485 

Differential  diagnosis  of  menstrual  retention  and  early  pregnancy  520 
Editorial  notices         ......         255 

Embryo  heart,  by  Dr.  H.  P.   Gatchell  .  .  .218 

Ellis,  E.  R.,  Dr.,  personal  notioe  of  .  .  56 

Endoscope,  by  Dr.  B.  W.  James         ....  78 

Essay  on  man,  by  Alex.  Pope,  notice  of  .  .  .98 

Epistaxis,  by  Dr.  B.  W.  James         ....  136 

Enlarged  testicle,  by  Dr.  B.  W.  James  .  .  .      136 

Eggert,  W.  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  252 

Erratum  for  March  number  ....  256 

Errata 256,  304 

Excerpta  from  Sydenham  Society  report  by  Dr.  H.  P.  Gatchell  409 
Exhumed  surgical  instruments,  by  B.  W.  James         .  .        437 

Effect  of  Bryonia  on  the  pulse  in  pneumonia,  by  Dr.  E.  C.  Price  478 
Expulsion  of  gall  stones,  by  Dr.  S.  E.  Merritt  .  .        561 

Fairbank,  C.  D.,  Dr.,  notice  of  removal  of        .  .  .       160 

Fackler,  J.  M.,  Dr.,    removal  of  .  .  .253 

Fairbanks — Opdykc,  marriage  notice  of  .         .  456 

Fatal  cases  reported,  by  Dr.  M.  B.  Lukens         .  .  .    516 

Frost,  J.  H.  P.,  personal  notice  of  .  .56 

Frequency  of  Eating,  by.  Dr.  H.  P.  Gatchell         .  .    208 

Fish,  E.  W.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  and  notice  of  removal  252,  512 
Fractured  or  dislocated  clavicle,  by  Dr.  B    W.  James         .  422 

Fistula  in  ano  cured  by  a  ligature  by  Dr.  A.  I.  Sawyer  .  436 
Foreign  bodies  in  the  eye,  singular  cases,  by  Dr.  B.  W.  James,  522 
Garside,  Wm.  B.  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  56 

Garnsey,  C.  Alex.,  Dr.,     "  .         .  101 

Gatchell,  H.  P.,  Dr.  personal  notice  of  ...  252 


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Garside,  Wm.  B.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  .56 

Garnsey;  C.  Alex..  Dr.;  personal  notices  of        .  .         104,  512 

Gatchell,  H.  P.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  252 

Gross'  Comparative  Materia  Medica,  by  Dr.  J.  S.  Douglas  105 

Gleanings  from  Sydenham  Soc.  rep.  for  '68,  by  H.  P.  Gatchell     141 

Gen.  pract'rs  use  of  the  opthalmoscope,  by  Dr.  B.  W.  James  179 

Garnsey,  C.  Alex.,  Obituary  notice  of  the  daughter  of  .       253 

Gibson,  Dr„  removal  of  .  .  .  .  253 

Oeheminum  in  gonorrhoea  .  .  286 

Graduates  of  New  York  Homoeopathic  Medical  College         .         253 

Pennsylvania  "  u  "  253 

St.  Louis  "  "  "  .  254 

Hahnemann  •«  "  "    of  Chicago     254 

M    of  Phila.,Pa.  254 
11         Cleveland  "  "  "  254 

Glycerine  in  gran,  engorg,  and  ulc.  of  the  uterus,  by  Dr.  Hale     375 
Gray,  J.  F.,  Dr.,  obituary  notice  of  the  wife  of        .  .         555 

Granular  opthalmia,  by  Dr.  G.  M.  Parkhurst  .         .     466 

Goodrich — Warner,  marriage  notice  of  .  .  .512 

Hale,  E.  M.,  Dr.,  personal  notices  of  .         104,  512 

Hahnemann  Medical  College,  Philadelphia.         .  .       249,  510 

Haven,  Pres.,  personal  notice  respecting         .  .  .       304 

Hering,  Constantino,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .56 

Hempel,  C.  J.,  Dr.  personal  notices  of  *  .  56,  252, 

Hooper,  Joseph,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  .56 

Homoeopathic  Colleges         .....  100 

Homoeopathic  Dispensary  at  Albany,  N.  Y.  .  103 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  .  .         103 

"  Hospital    at     Boston,  ,Mass.         .  ...      446 

"  Dispensary  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio         .  .         .  103 

"  Hospital     at     Dayton,  Ohio        .  .        .         155 

41  "  Harrisburg,  Pa.         .  .  446 

"  Dispensary  at  Lynn,  Mass.         .  .         .  103 

"  Hospital     at    Pittsburgh,  Pa.  .  446 

Washington,  D.  C.  .446 

Hill,  R.  S..  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  512 

Hortoh,  A.  E.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  512 

Hoyne,  T.  S.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of         .  .  .  512 

Homoeopathic  Hospital  and  Dispensary  of  Pittsburgh,  Pp.         .     155 

"  Medical  Society  of  Pennsylvania        .  .         155 

"  Pharmaceutical  Association  .     156 


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Heart  clots,  by  Dr.  A.  It.  Thomas  ...  236 

Hewson,  W.,  Dr.,  letter   from  ....  99 

Hermaphrodite,  a  genuine  .  .  .  .  569 

Homoeopathic  World,  notice  of  .  .  .  246 

Homoeopathy  in  Michigan  State  University  247,  341.  398,  498 

Hahnemann  Medical  College,  Chicago         .  .         .       102,  510 

Homoeopathic  Life  Iusurance  Companies         .  ,  .        251 

Homoeopathic  treatment  of  sterility  ....  251 
Harris,  C.  T.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  304 

Helmuth,  Wm,  Tod,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  407 

Hill,  A.  A.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  407 

Hill,  A.  A.,  Dr.,  removal  of        ...  408 

Hunt,  J.  B.,  Dr.,  removal  of  ....  408 

Hoxie — Ware,  marriage  notice  of  .  .  .      408 

Holden's  Manual  of  the  Dissection  of  the  Human  Body,  notice  of  441 
Homoeopathic  asylum  for  the  insane  ....  446 
Hull  A.  Cooke,  Dr.,  obituary  notice  of.  .  .  452 

Holcombe,  N.  W.,  Dr.,  removal  of  .  .  .      456 

Hydrastis  Canadensis,  enquiry  .  .  .  .         458 

Homoeopathic  Medical  College,  St.  Louis         .  .  .       510 

Horton,  A.  E.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  512 

Hooper,  Joseph,  Dr.,  removal  of  .  .  .         512 

Hamamelis  vir.  in  treatment  of  wounds,  by  Dr.  C.  W.  Hamisfar  524 
Importance  of  minor  surgery,  by  Dr.  B.  W,  James         .  .     26 

Important  case  of  gangrene,  by  Dr.  L.  Younghusband  .  73 

Illegitimate  births         .  .  .  .77 

Intemperance  and  cure,  by  Dr.  R.  L.  Anderson         .  .  91 

Indiana  Institute  of  Homoeopathy  .  .         101,  303,  393 

Intermittent  fever         .  .  .  .  .  125 

Importance  of  respiratory  action  and  pulse  to  ope.,  by  Dr.  James  137 
Ingham,  Shiawassee  Clinton  and  Eaton  counties  Horn.  Med  Soc.  155 
Illumination  of  the  auditory  meatus,  by  Dr  B.  W.  James  .  181 

Ingratitude  of  the  stomach  .....  214 
Influenza,  by  Dr.  D.  B.  Whittier  ....      220 

Introductory  lecture  of  Dr.  J.  C.  Morgan,  notice  of         .  .  246 

Injury  of  the  arm  in  a  threshiug  machine,  by  Dr.  A.  I.  Sawyer  430 
Injury  of  the  foot,  by  Dr.  A.  I.  Sawyer         .  .  .  432 

Injury  of  the  left  arm,  by  Dr.  A.  I.  Sawyer  .  .  433 

Inquiry  respecting  vaccination  ....         438 

Jackson,  H.  H.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  104 

*  Jahr,  venereal  diseases,  notice  of  ...  241 

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Jewett,  J.  R.,  Dr.,  obituary  notioo  of  daughter  of 

Jewett,  W.  E.,  Dr.,  removal. of  .  ... 

John 8 on,  D.  A.,  Dr.,  removal  of 

Johnson,  Wm.,  Dr.  removal  of 

Kali  bichromicum,  poisoning  by 

Kiger,  T.  C,  Dr.,  removal  of 

Knapp,  E.  R.,  Dr.,  removal  of 

Koeneke,  H.  F.,  Dr.,         ..... 

Lateral  hermaphroditism         .... 

Life  Insurance  Homoeopathic         ...  55, 

Lilienthal,  S.,  Dr.,  personal  notices  of 

Lindsay,  Harriet,  Mrs.,  obituary  notice  of        . 

Lukens,  M.  B.,  Dr.,  personal  notices  of 

Ludlam,  Prof.,  personal  notice  of 

Leufest,  J.,  Dr.,  removal  of  ... 

Lucas,  J.  M ..  Dr.,  obituary  notice  of 

Lee,  J.  K.,  Dr.,  removal  of 

Liscomb,  S.  J.,  Dr.,  removal  of 

Liberally  educated  practitioners,  by  Dr.  T.  S.  Goodwin 

Local  applications  for  unhealthy  ulcers 

Lindsay,  A.,  on  Apocynum  cannabinum 

Marriage  notice,  Smith — Moorehouse 

"      Walters— White         .  .         . 

Materia  Medica,  a  synopsis  of,  by  Dr.  E.  M.  Hale 

May,  J.  P.,  Dr.,  obituary  notice  of 

May,  Horace,  Dr.,     "  '•  .  . 

Mann,  O.  H.,  Dr.,  removal  of 

Manual  of  pharmacodynamics,  notice  respecting  reprint  of 

Mera,  H.    P.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of 

Merritt,  J.  F.,  Dr.,  obituary  notice  of 

Mortality  of  Detroit,  Michigan,  for  1867         , 

Mortality  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  for  1868 

Myringomykosis,  by  Dr.  B.  W.  James 

Michigan  Homoeopathic  Institute         .         .         248,  803, 

Minnesota  Homoeopathic  Institute         .  : 

Missouri  State  Homoeopathic  Society 

Merrill,  J.  C,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of 

Myricu  cerifera,  pathogenesis  of,  by  Dr.  Hale 

Montpellier,  school  at,  and  homoeopathy 

Nasal  polypi,  by  Dr.  John  E.  James 

Nasal  catarrh,  by  Dr.  N.  M.  Payne 


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408 

160 

408 

468 

456 

408 

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252 

253 

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456 

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525 

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INDEX  TO   VOLUME   V.  695 

New  modes  of  treat,  wound,  and  incised  sur.,  by  Dr.  B.  W.James  30 
New  Remedies,  Homoeopathic  Materia  Medioa  of                     .55 

New  Homoeopathic  dispensaries         ....  56 

New  England  Medical  Gazette         ....  98 

New  anaesthetic,  by  Dr.  B.  W.  James  227 

New  Hampshire  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society          .             .  396 

New  York  Homoeopathic  Society           .                          .             45,  446 

New  York  Homoeopathic   Medical  College            .               .  511 

New  Lunatic  Asylum,  by  H.  M.  P.         .             .             .         567,  568 

Nellis,  C.S.,  Dr.,  removal  of         ....         .  456 

North-western  Pro  vers*  Association            .             .             .  102 

Noble,  0.  E  ,  Dr.,  removal  of                                   .             .  253 

Note  from  the  editor  of  the  surgical  department         .             .  425 

Noyes,  Frank,  Dr.,  removal  of                     .             .             .  512 
Nitric  ac.  and  Trillin  in  uterine  haemor.,  by   Dr.  C.  A.  Garnsey  514 

Ohio  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society           .                          .  303 

Outwatcr,  John,  Dr.,  removal  of                     .                          .  408 

Ovarian  congestion,  etc.,  by  A.  I  Sawyer                                  .  426 

Our  Colleges 451,  511 

One  cause  of  deformed  pelvis,  by  Dr.  R.  C.  Smedley          .  513 

Pathogenesis  of  Myrica  cerifera,  by  Dr,  E.  M.  Hale.         .         .  9 

Partridge,  J.  M.,  Dr.,  removal  of                     .             .             .  304 

Palmer — St.  Clair,   marriage  notice  of  408 
Papers  upon  various  subjects,  by  an  invalid         .                          .415 

Pessary,  a  new,  by  Dr.  M.  S.  Buttles,  M.  D.  138 

Pennsylvania  hospital  reports,  notice  of                     .             .  246 

Permanent  anaesthetic         .....  45 
Polypwus  officinalis  and  P.  pinicola  by  Dr.  Burt,    57,  116,  187,  268 

"                '•       proving  by  Dr  E.  Cooley        .            .  481 

Phytolacca  in  mastitis,  by  Dr.  M.  B.  Lukens                          .  77 
Physiology  and  principles  of  medicine,  by  Prof.  H.  P.  Gatohell      82 

Phosphate  of  soda  in  certain  diseases  of  children,  by  Dr.  Hale  134 

Prize  for  monograph  on  nasal  catarrh                      .             .  154 

Prizes  for  prov.  of  Bromide  of  am.  and  Dioscorea  or  Dioscorin  154 

Potter,  E.,  Dr.,  obituary  notice  of                     .                         .  159 

Potter,  E.  M.,  Dr.  removal  of            ....  160 

Phthisis  pulmonalis,  by  Dr.  H.  P.  Gatohell         .  209 

Phlegmasia  alba  dolens,  by  Dr.  R.  Arnold        .             .        .  221 

Pomeroy,  R.  S.,  Dr.,  removal  of                     .            .  253 

Pharmacodynamics,  by  Di.  Richard  Hughes,  notice  of        .  65 

Phytolacca  in  asthma         .....  283 


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Plastic  surgery,  notice  of  .  .  .  .        439 

Poisoning    y  Kali  bichromicum,  by  Dr.  C.  Alex.  Garnsey       .     468 
Proving  of  Bromide  of  potassium,  by  Br,  J.  C.  Merrill  ,  471 

Proving  of  Rhus  v.  by  preacher  Kunze,  trans,  by  Dr.  S.  Lilienthal  474 
Proving  of  Tolporus  officinalis,  by  Dr.  E.  Cooley         .  .      481 

Poole,  T.  W.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  512 

Pathological  inquiry,  by  F.  &  F.  .  .  .        5G3 

Potatsium,  bromide,  proving  of,  by  Dr.  J.  C.  Merrill         .  471 

Philosophy  of  eating,  by  Dr.  A.J,  Bellows         .  .         83,  148 

Quantity  of  fuod         ......  90 

Quarterly  Jour,  of  Phvsch.  Med.  and  Med.  Jurispru.,  notice  of   244 
Quin  J.  M.,  Dr.,  obituary  notice  of         .  .  .  .     301 

Bamsbothara  J.  H.,  Dr.,  obituary  notice  of  .  .     512 

Baynale,  C.  M„  Dr.  removal'of        .  .  .  .512 

Robinia  pseudo  acaeia  in  acidity  of  the  stomach         .  .  24 

Bice,  N.  B.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  56 

Bunyan,  D.  H.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  .104 

Bemoval  of  foreign  bodies  from  the  trachea,  by  Dr.  B.  W.  James  183 
Seduction  of  dislocated  inferior  maxillary,  by     "         "  4t       186 

Beply  to  Dr.  Bellows,  ly  Dr.  H.  P.  Gatchell         .  .  215 

Bemarkable  case  of  constipation,  by  Dr.  B.  Faulkner         .  228 

Beports  of  cases  treated  Juglans  cinerea  wanted,  .  .  256 

Belations  of  climate  to  phthisis  pulmonalis,  by  Dr.  H.  P.Gatchell  257 
Beynolds.  J.  N.,  Dr.,  removal  of  .  .  .        408 

Begister.of  locations  for  homoeopathic  physicians  .  .     451 

Beynolds— Keeler,  notice  of  marriage  .  .  .        512 

Begular  (?)  practice   in  the  South  .  .  .  562 

Rhus  verniz,  proving  of.  .....     474 

Science  of  surgery,  by  Prof.  E.  C.  Franklin,  notice  of        .  46 

Schley,  P.  T.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  56 

Soap  for  speculum         ....••         ™ 

Syphilis  contracted  from  cigar  stumps,  by  B.  W.  James  .      81 

Special  pathology  and  diag.  with  thera.  hints,  by  Dr.  E.  G.  Baue     97 
Seeley,  J.  E.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  .  10 1 

Summer  sessions  in  our  homoeopathic  colleges  .  .         155 


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Schmidt,  John  0.    Dr.,  obituary  notice  of  159 

Sanders,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  .         160 

Shepherd,  A.,  Dr.,  removal  of  .  .  .  160 

Sleep,  an  instructive  anecdote  ....        219 

Sixteenth  annual  report  of  the  N.  Y.  Opthalmic  Hospital        .      247 
Scott,  J.  L.,  Dr.,  removal  <Jf  253 

Skin  diseases,  reports  of  treatment  wanted        .  .  .     256 

Spranger,  F   X.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  407 

Sumner,  T.  F.t  Dr.,  removal  of         ...  .  408 

Supposed  case  of  phthisis  pulmonalis  cured,  by  amputation  of  a 

diseased  hand,  by  Dr.  A.  I.  Sawyer        .  .  .       427 

Sciatica  caused  by  suppressed  haemorrhoids  cured  by  Nuz  vom. 

3,  by   Dr.  A.  I.  Sawyer  ....  428 

Sanders,  W.H.,  Dr.,  removal  of        .  .  .  .         456 

Symphytum  in  uterine  haemorrhage,  by  Dr.  A.  Lindsay         .         519 
Splenotomy,  mortality  attending  the  operation         •  .  525 

Strychnia  in  ague,  by  Dr.  S.  Li  lie  o  thai  .  .  .     559 

Smith — Moorehouse,  marriage  notice  of  .  .         103 

Sugar,  pathogenesis  of,  criticism  by  Dr.  Hale         .  .  113 

Tallmage,  K.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of         .  .  .  104 

Transactions  New  York  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society         .  45 

Torsion  of  arteries  and  antiseptic  treat,  of  incis.  by  Dr.  James       80 
The  philosophy  of  eating,  by  Dr.  A,  J .  Bellows         .  83,  146 

The  present  state  of  the  practice  of  physio        .  .  .96 

The  third  annual  report  of  the  consumptives  home  .  98 

The  Hahnemann  Medical  college  of  Chicago  •  .    102,  510 

Trott,  L.  E„  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  104 

Thompson,  A.  H.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  104 

Tipple,  E.  D.,  Dr.,  removal  of        ....  160 

Thompson,  C.  H.,  Dr.,  removal  of  .  .  .       160 

Treatment  of  diphtheria,  by  new  remedies,  by  Dr.  T.  S.  Hoyne   232 
Tompkins,  Frank.  Dr.,  removal  of  .  .  .       252 

Treatment  of  spermatorrhea        •  .  .  •  451 

Tribute  to  the  late  Dr.  Hull  ....  452 


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Trinks,  Dr.,  obituary  notice  of  ...     455 

Thayer,  S.  B.,  notice  respecting"/'  further  reply,"  .        456 

Tanaoetum  in  epistaxis,  by  Dr.  E.  M.  Hale        *  .    450 

Tumor  cured,  by  Dr.  Wm.  Gallupe        ....     461 
Tumor  of  the  heart,  sudden  death  while£  wrestling        .  .     565 

Utero-abdominal  supporter         .....        177 
Ustilago  madis  a  monograph  on,  by  Dr.  W.  H.  Burt  305,  362 

Uterine  schirrus  cured  without  surg.  op.,  by  Dr.  B.  W.  James    423 
Vanderburgh,  F.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .         104 

Vanderburgh,  Dr.,*obituary  notice  of  157 

Value  of  the  pessary,  by  Dr.  E.  M.  Hale        .  .  .161 

Vishno,  Chas.JDr.  removalkof        ,  253 

Vivion,  J.,  B.  Dr.,  removal  of  ,  .  253 

Verdi,  S.  T.,  Dr.,  personal  notice  of  .  .  .     456 

Veratrum  v.  in  puerperal  convulsions,  by  Dr.  L.  Tounghusband  466 
Vanderburgh  D.  W.,  Dr.,  removal  of  512 

Vaccination,  inquiry  answered  by  Dr.  A.  M.  Gushing  .       561 

Ware,  Wm.  G.f  Dr.,  personaTnotice  of  ,  .  56 

Who  is  it? 100 

Western  Institute  of  Homoeopathy  103,  303,  394 

Womans'  College,  at  Cleveland,  Ohio  .  .  155 

Wheeler,  B.  A.,  Dr.,  removal  of  .  .      160 

Whippy,  Wm  A.,  Dr.,  removal  of  .  .  .160 

Wayne  County  Homoeopathic  Institute        .         305,  397,  443,  497 
Wisconsin  State  Homoeopathic  Association  .        451,  511 

Waters,  M.  H.,  Dr.,  removal  of  ,  .  456 

Webster,  H.  D.  L.,  Dr.,  removal  of  .  .456 

Wood,  O.  S.,  Dr.,  removal  of  ....  456 

Why  not  Detroit?  .....  508 

Wanless,  John,  Dr.,  personal* notice  of  .  .  512 

Welch,  James  W.,  Dr.,  removal  of  .  .  .    512 

Wells,  Dr.,  on  diseases  cause  andacure,  by  Prof.  H.  P.  Oatehell  553 
Walters — White,  marriage  notice  of  .  .  103 

Younghusband,  Dr.  personal  notice  of  407 


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tor*  during  the  year : 
J.  8.  Douglas,  M.  D., 
C.  D.  Tufford,  M.  D., 
Ghas.  B.  Barrett,  Jr.,  M.  D., 
E.  R.  Ellis,  M.D., 
J.  Younglove,  M.  D.. 
A.  L  Sawyer,  £M.    D., 
R,  Faulkner,  M.  D* 


A.  Lindsay  M.  D., 
E.  C.  Price,  M.  D., 
Daniel  Waldron,  M.  D.t 
J^O.  Merrill,  M.D., 
O.  M.  Parktaurst,  M.  D., 
John  E.  James,  M.  IX, 
T.  S.  Hoyne,  M.  D., 


Rawdon  Arnold,  M.  D.t 

D.  Clawson,  M.  D.t 
C.  W.  Boyce,  M.  D., 
Geo.  J.  McLeod,  M.  D., 
A.  R.  Thomas,  M.  D., 

E.  Cooley,  M.  D., 
William   Oallupe,   M.   D. 


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Dr.  "Wells  on  diseases,  cause  and  cure 563  ,     A  genuine  hermaph 

CLINICAL  OBSERVATIONS.  J  CO  I  LEGE8,  SOCIETI 

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Expulsion  of  gall  stones,  by  Dr.  Merrell 561  I     On  nervt  usness  by  II 

Vaccination,  inquiry  answered 561        Constipated  bowels.  I 

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